Began his acting career on the off-Broadway stage

First television role, the CBS series, “Mission Impossible” (uncredited)

First credited TV appearance, Aaron Spelling's “The Mod Squad”

Breakthrough role as Eric Peters on the soap opera “Days of Our Lives” (NBC)

Played a Las Vegas Con Man in “Corvette Summer” starring Mark Hamill

Cast in Bob Fosse's “Star 80” starring Mariel Hemingway

Had a recurring roles on the CBS drama, “Cagney & Lacey”

Had a memorable role as Mark Gilliam, an activist attorney with AIDS, on “L.A. Law” (NBC)

Played the suicidal Bruce Teller in Aaron Spelling's FOX prime-time soap “Melrose Place”

Cast as Dylan McKay's scheming father-in-law, Tony Marchette in the FOX prime-time soap “Beverly Hills, 90210”

Played creepy psychiatrist Dr. Graham Lester in the ABC crime series “Murder One” (ABC)

Cast on the USA Network series “Monk” as Adrian Monk's psychiatrist, Dr. Charles Kroger

Cast in the short-lived NBC sitcom, “Mister Sterling”

Cast in Tony Scott's “Domino” starring Keira Knightley

Appeared in the David Lynch film “Inland Empire”

Last film appearance before his death, “The Urn”