Moved to Australia with family at age three

Began career as a child actor in Australian theater

Won the Junior Mr. Victoria bodybuilding competition at age 16

Played student-turned-teacher Mike Young in the Australian TV serial "Neighbours"

Made feature debut in "Heaven Tonight" playing a rock musician

Portrayed a young Errol Flynn in "Flynn/My Forgotten Man" (released theatrically in 1994)

Had recurring role on the Australian soap opera "Home and Away"

Toured Australia, as Danny Zuko, in the stage musical "Grease"

Debuted as a series regular on "Snowy River: The McGregor Saga" (aired in USA on The Family Channel)

Had breakthrough role as a drag queen in "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"

Made US film debut, co-starring with Kevin Spacey and Russell Crowe, as Los Angeles policemen in the Oscar-nominated "L.A. Confidential"

Starred opposite Lili Taylor in "A Slipping Down Life"; premiered at Sundance Film Festival

Co-starred with Robert Carlyle in "Ravenous"; directed by Antonia Bird

Played a Marine prosecutor in the military drama "Rules of Engagement"

Returned to the stage in a Melbourne production of "Face to Face"

Offered a terrific turn as a man suffering with short-term memory loss in Christopher Nolan's "Memento"

Co-starred with James Caviezel in "The Count of Monte Cristo"

Played Chance Wayne in an Australian stage production of "Sweet Bird of Youth"

Played the lead in a remake of "The Time Machine"; directed by Simon Wells, the great-grandson of H G Wells (whose novel the film was based)

Acted opposite Helena Bonham Carter in the supernatural thriller "Till Human Voices Wake Us"

Starred in the family adventure film "Two Brothers"

Starred in "The Proposition," an Australian western written by musician Nick Cave

Portrayed pop artist Andy Warhol in "Factory Girl"

Played a smooth-talking salesman in the thriller "First Snow"

Portrayed magician Harry Houdini in "Death Defying Acts"

Co-starred in the Iraq war thriller "The Hurt Locker" (released theatrically in 2009)