Born in Olean, NY and from age 10 raised in Buffalo, NY

Left home at age 17 to hitchhike to Alaska, then backpacked around Europe

Worked on a kibbutz in Israel and celebrated his 19th birthday in India

Trekked through the Himalayas and Afghanistan

Worked with the Studio Arena Theater in Buffalo

Moved to New York and did odd jobs including teaching ballroom dancing

Won a full scholarship to dance with the Joffrey Ballet in New York City, where he danced for three years

Appeared on Broadway in "Brigadoon"

Appeared in "West Side Story" on the Paris stage

TV acting debut as Gary Corelli on the daytime soap, "One Life To Live"

Paired with Martin Zurla to jointly produce off-Broadway plays out of the Raft Theatre

Feature debut, "Silverado" playing Deputy Tyree

Debut in a TV-movie for which he also earned an Emmy nomination, "The Execution of Raymond Graham"

Made London stage debut opposite Albert Finney in "Orphans"

Played an itinerant rock singer in "Psycho III"

Portrayed an arrogant boxer in "Split Decision"

First leading role in a feature, "Outback"

Debut in a TV miniseries, "Iran: Days of Crisis"

Played human guinea pig, Jobe Smith in "The Lawnmower Man" loosely based on the short story by Stephen King

Formed his own production company, Tyree Pictures, named after his charcter from "Silverado"

TV series debut, played title character in "The Marshal" (ABC)

Cast in the Lawrence Kasdan western, "Wyatt Earp"

Starred as a senator who gets kidnapped by a milita group, while on board a train in "Hijack"

Joined the cast of NBC's "American Dreams" as a military operative who has dealings with Will Estes' JJ Pryor

Starred in "Planet Terror," Robert Rodriguez's half of the goretastic double feature "Grind House" a collaboration with Quentin Tarantino

Joined the fourth season of ABC's "Lost"