Raised outside of Boston, MA in Newton and Wellesley

TV series debut as a regular, "The Dirty Dozen: The Series" (FOX)

Stage debut opposite Nathan Lane in Terrance McNally's "The Lisbon Traviata"

Cast in the shot-lived ABC spy drama "Under Cover"

Appeared in Richard Greenberg's play "The Extra Man"

Cast as union organizer Al Kahn in the World War II-era drama "Homefront" (ABC)

Broadway debut as a comedy writer in Neil Simon’s acclaimed "Laughter on the 23rd Floor"; again teamed with Nathan Lane

Featured in the NBC miniseries "A Woman of Independent Means"

Portrayed Charles Van Doren in Richard Greenberg's Off-Broadway play "Night and Her Stars"

Made feature film debut in "City Hall"

Cast opposite Mary Stuart Masterson in the Hallmark Hall of Fame’s adaptation of Horton Foote's "Lily Dale"

Played both a father and his own son in Richard Greenberg's Off-Broadway "Three Days of Rain"

Portrayed Senator Walter Mondale in the HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon"

Cast as a goofy but sexy veterinarian in the Lifetime comedy series "Maggie"

Played Will's brother in a memorable two-part episode of "Will & Grace" (NBC)

Portrayed Amy's estranged (later divorced) husband in the CBS drama series "Judging Amy"

Starred opposite Sela Ward as a steelworker romancing a movie actress in "To Catch a Falling Star" (CBS)

Guest-starred as a politician with kinky sex habits romancing Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie in "Sex and the City" (HBO)

Returned to Broadway co-starring with Liev Schreiber and Juliette Binoche in "Betrayal"

Had a recurring role as Dennis Martino on the NBC comedy "Ed"

Cast in the film "Bad Company"

Featured in "The Station Agent"

Starred as Tommy Flanegan in the HBO series "K Street"

Played the father in the film "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights"

Cast as Peter Benedict on the short-lived WB series, "Jack & Bobby"

Cast in Clint Eastwood's WWII drama, "Flags of Our Fathers"

Had a recurring role on ABC's "Desperate Housewives" as Victor Lang, a politician and love interest for Gabriella (Eva Longoria Parker)

Cast unlikable CIA boss in Mike Nichols' "Charlie Wilson’s War"

Cast as Roger Sterling on AMC's "Mad Men"; earned an Emmy nomination in 2008 for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series