Spent first six months of life in an orphanage in New Jersey

Worked as bartender for Shubert Organization theaters in New York

Professional acting debut, walking in a park with a girl in commercial for K-tel Records' "Love Songs of the 50s"

TV acting debut as Joey Perrini on NBC daytime soap, "Another World"

Made primetime TV-movie debut in "Hardhat and Legs" (CBS)

Moved to Los Angeles

Was regular on the short-lived NBC drama "Casablanca"

Feature debut as Joe Heron in "The Lonely Lady" starring Pia Zadora

Had supporting part in the ABC drama series "Our Family Honor"

Breakthrough screen role as violent ex-convict in "Something Wild"

Appeared in short subject, "Arena Brains"

First feature lead, co-starred with Tom Hulce as "Dominick and Eugene"

Portrayed Shoeless Joe Jackson in "Field of Dreams"

Starred as Irish gangster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas"

Delivered terrific performance as lonely LAPD officer in Jonathan Kaplan's urban paranoia thriller "Unlawful Entry"

Acted opposite Whoopi Goldberg in "Corrina, Corrina"

Played serial killer Ryan Weaver in "Turbulence"

Won praise for his performance as a policeman struggling with his conscience in "Cop Land"

Starred opposite Anjelica Huston in "Phoenix"

Portrayed Frank Sinatra in the HBO movie "The Rat Pack"

Appeared as the distant father of a troubled young boy in "A Rumor of Angels"; screened at Seattle and Toronto (released theatrically in 2002)

Co-starred as a Justice Department official in "Hannibal

Cast as the father of drug dealer George Jung (Johnny Depp) in "Blow"

Played a fire investigator in the HBO drama "Point of Origin"

Delivered a strong turn as a volatile cop in the Sundance-screened "Narc"

Cast in the ensemble thriller "Identity"; reunited with "Cop Land" director James Mangold

Appeared in the broadway production of "Match"

Emmy nominated guest-starring role, as an alcoholic suffering from withdrawal symptoms on the first real-time "ER" (NBC) episode

Co-starred in "Revolver," written and directed by Guy Ritchie (released theatrically in 2007)

Cast as a master thief in the short-lived CBS series "Smith"

Co-starred in the action-comedy "Smokin' Aces" directed by Joe Carnahan

Played a district attorney opposite LL Cool J in "Slow Burn"