Met writer-director David Gordon Green while attending NCSA

Acted in several of Green’s short films

While still in school co-wrote the screenplay “All the Real Girls” with Green

Made feature acting debut in Green’s debut feature, “George Washington”

Played the lead role, opposite Zooey Deschanel, in “All the Real Girls”; directed by Green

Played a serial rapist in three episodes of NBC’s “Third Watch”

Played the lead role in “50 Ways to leave Your Lover”

Featured in Cameron Crowe’s “Elizabethtown”

Played Rachel McAdams’ love interest in the holiday hit, “The Family Stone”

Cast as a member of the outlaw Jesse James Gang in the drama “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”

Played Ryan Gosling’s brother in the independent drama “Lars and the Real Girl”

Made directorial debut with the independent film “Pretty Bird”; also wrote screenplay

Cast as Amy Poehler’s colleague and love interest in the NBC comedy “Parks and Recreation”