Moved to Chicago at age 12

Studied Aikido, a Japanese martial art

Feature acting debut, "Streets of Fire"

TV acting debut, "Lady Blue"

TV movie debut, "Sleep Well, Professor Oliver"

Feature debut as a lead, "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" filmed in 1986

Played fellow race car driver Rowdy Burns opposite Tom Cruise in "Days of Thunder" directed by Tony Scott

Cast opposite Kevin Costner in Oliver Stone's "JFK"

Acted opposite Sylvester Stallone in the thriller "Cliffhanger" directed by Renny Harlin

Cast in Anjelica Huston's directorial debut "Bastard Out of Carolina"

Appeared opposite Yun-Fat Chow and Mira Sorvino in "The Replacement Killers"

Played Captain Howard Cheney in "The Bone Collector" starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie

Cast opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in the futuristic thriller "The 6th Day"

Appeared in the TV movie "Saving Jessica Lynch" based on the true story of the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, by the United States army, in Iraq

Cast as a detective leaving the force in FX's drama "Thief" (lensed 2004)