Born in Detroit, Michigan; moved to Sherman Oaks, California as a child

Won a basketball scholarship to USC

Began working as a model in college

Appeared in the first of over 50 TV commercials beginning with a Pepsi ad in which he played a basketball player

Did commercials for Salem cigarettes and Revlon

Picked out of a TV studio audience to be a contestant on "The Dating Game"

Seen on "The Dating Game" by a talent scout

Signed seven-year contract with 20th Century-Fox after leaving college

Seen in a Pepsi ad by Mae West who had him hired to play a stud in "Myra Breckinbridge"

Feature acting debut, "Myra Breckenridge"

Made occasional appearances on the daytime soap "The Young and the Restless" as Jed Andrews

First TV-movie, "The Movie Murderer" (NBC)

Appeared as a recurring character in 15 episodes of "Bracken's World", a primetime showbiz melodrama

Played a small role as a publisher in Russ Meyer's "The Seven Minutes", based on Irving Wallace's novel about a pornography trial

First starring role in "Daughters of Satan", a supernatural melodrama

First starring role in TV-movie, "Returning Home" (ABC)

Starred in "Bunco", a busted cop show pilot

Co-starred in "The Gypsy Warriors", a busted WWII adventure series pilot

Appeared in two episodes of "The Rockford Files" as Lance White, "the perfect detective"

Co-starred in the busted detective show pilot, "Boston and Kilbride"

Co-starred in his miniseries debut, "The Sacketts", a Western melodrama

Played the title role on the popular CBS detective-comedy-drama series, "Magnum, P.I."

Served as executive producer for the last two seasons of "Magnum, P.I."

First story credit, provided story for "Limbo", an episode of "Magnum, P.I."

Formed his own production company, T.W.S. Productions

Executive produced a series of "B.L. Stryker" detective movies for ABC; Burt Reynolds and Ossie Davis starred

Was a recurring guest-star on the popular sitcom "Friends," (NBC) as Richard, Monica's boyfriend

Garnered critical praise for his comedic performance as an openly gay TV reporter in the hit "In & Out"

Returned to series TV as star of the CBS sitcom "The Closer"

Starred as a presidential candidate in the TNT film "Running Mates"

Co-exective produced and starred in "Louis L'Amour's Crossfire Trail" (TNT)

Made Broadway debut starring in the stage revival of "A Thousand Clowns"

Portrayed General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the A&E TV movie "Ike: Countdown to D-Day"

Starred in the CBS miniseries opposite Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy in Scott Turow's crime thriller "Reversible Errors"

Guest-starred on several episodes of "Boston Legal" (ABC) as Ivan Tiggs

Portrayed small-town Police Chief Jesse Stone who is frustrated by his boring job and misses his ex-wife in another TV movie for CBS, "Sea Change"; earned an Emmy nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

Will join the cast of the NBC drama "Las Vegas" as a billionaire who becomes the new owner of the Montecito Resort & Casino