Made stage debut at age seven appearing in the children's play "Dinosaur Door" at Theater for the New City

First earned notice directing the short film "Multi-Facial"; screened at the 1995 Cannes Festival

Feature directorial debut, the Sundance screened "Strays"; also scripted, produced and starred

Signed by Paramount to a two-picture option acting deal

Featured in "Saving Private Ryan" as the ill-fated Lieutenant Caparzo

Voiced the title character in the animated feature "The Iron Giant"

Featured in the ensemble drama, "Boiler Room"

Breakthrough role as Riddick, a futuristic ex-con, in the sci-fi thriller "Pitch Black"

Starred as gang leader Dominic Toretto in "The Fast and the Furious"

Played the lead in the action thriller "xXx"

Reprised role of Riddick in "Pitch Black 2"

Starred as a DEA agent out to avenge his wife's murder in the action feature "A Man Apart"

Reprised role in "The Chronicles of Riddick," the sequel to the surprise sci-fi hit "Pitch Black"

Played a more lighthearted role in the comedy film, "The Pacifier"

Starred in Sidney Lumet's "Find Me Guilty," as a mobster who successfully defends himself in a two-year trial

Played a mercenary in Mathieu Kassovitz's "Babylon A.D."