A husky-voiced and strapping character actor, Vincent D'Onofrio gained 70 pounds for his frightening breakthrough portrayal as the dangerously unstable Private 'Gomer' Pyle in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" (1987) and played Lili Taylor's lovable hunk in the bittersweet "Mystic Pizza" (1988). He also turned heads as a bleach blond mechanic with a gorgeous body in "Adventures in Babysitting" (1987), essayed a boatyard worker committed to his retarded brother in "Signs of Life" (1989), and romanced Julia Roberts in "Dying Young" (1991).

The 1990s brought D'Onofrio supporting roles in