Moved to Australia with family

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"

Appeared in the feature film "Heaven Tonight" as a rock musician

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

Played a hit man in "Hunting" (released in 1991)

Had recurring role (for six weeks) on Australian TV's "Home and Away"

Toured Australia in the stage musical "Grease", playing the lead role of Danny Zuko

Played the regular role of Rob McGregor on "Snowy River: The McGregor Saga" (three seasons aired in USA on The Family Channel, 1993-1995)

Breakthrough screen role as the drag artiste Felicia/Adam in "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"

American film debut co-starring with Kevin Spacey and Russell Crowe as California 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; also premiered at Sundance

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

Returned to the stage in "Face to Face", performed in Melbourne

Offered a terrific turn as a man suffering with short-term memory loss in "Memento"; released in USA in 2001

Co-starred in "The Count of Monte Cristo"

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

Cast in the lead of remake of "The Time Machine", directed by Simon Wells, the great-grandson of H G Wells

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 Andy Warhol in "Factory Girl"

Set to portray Houdini in "Death Defying Acts"

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