Made stage debut as chorus member in "Damn Yankees" at the Rainbow Theatre in Winnipeg

Acted in numerous roles at the Manitoba Theatre Centre and later at the Stratford in Ontario

Made his Broadway debut in "The House of Atreus"

Landed first starring role on Broadway in "Applause"; earned first Tony Award nomination

Was the associate director of the Guthrie Theatre

Made stage directorial debut with "Of Mice and Men" at the Guthrie Theatre

Garnered second Tony nomination for his role in "A Little Night Music"

Recreated stage role for the film adaptation of "A Little Night Music"

Played the lead role of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street" on Broadway; co-starred opposite Angela Lansbury

Featured in Alan Alda's directorial debut, "The Four Seasons"

Starred in Arthur Miller's sole musical, "Up from Paradise"

Had a recurring role as spy Michael Haggerty on "Murder, She Wrote" (CBS); re-teamed with Lansbury

Starred in "Teddy & Alice" on Broadway

Starred in the Broadway production of "The Speed of Darkness"

Portrayed Walt Disney in the CBS TV-movie "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story"

Played the U.S. President in Showtime's "In the Company of Spies"

Starred in a production of Neil Simon's "The Dinner Party" at the Music Box Theatre

Headlined the national tour of the award-winning play "Copenhagen"

Joined Anne Heche and Neil Patrick Harris as the replacement cast in the award-winning drama "Proof"

Featured in the "About Schmidt" opposite Jack Nicholson; directed by Alexander Payne

Played power broker Judd Fitzgerald on the Showtime series "Brotherhood"

Appeared as John Cusack's father in the film "1408"

Portrayed Franklin D. Roosevelt in the HBO film "Into the Storm"; earned an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Movie

Nominated for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie