Raised in New Castle, Delaware

Acting debut in ABC's daytime drama "One Life to Live" as a gay teenager

Primetime debut, "The Secrets of Lake Success" (NBC)

Feature film debut, "Crimson Tide"

Featured in the ensemble drama, "White Squall"

Appeared in the Gregg Araki ensemble, "Nowhere"

First starring role in the thriller, "I Know What You Did Last Summer"

Cast opposite Mike Myers in "54" playing a bartender at the legendary NYC disco

Co-starred with Sarah Michelle Gellar and future wife, Reese Witherspoon in "Cruel Intentions"

Acted in Christopher McQuarrie's feature directorial debut, "The Way of the Gun"

Starred as a hot shot computer programmer in "Antitrust"

Played the manservant of a visiting American movie producer in Robert Altman's critically-acclaimed "Gosford Park"

Co-starred with Kieran Culkin and Susan Sarandon in the satirical black comedy "Igby Goes Down"

Co-starred in Paul Haggis' directorial debut "Crash," a multicharacter study of L.A. race relations

Portrayed one of the men who lifted the flag at the battle of Iwo Jima in Clint Eastwood's "Flags of Our Fathers"

Portrayed FBI up-and-comer Eric O’Neill in "Breach" opposite Chris Cooper

Played a war hero in "Stop-Loss" directed by Kimberly Peirce