Born and raised in Michigan, he is of Irish and English descent, with a bit of German and Czechoslovakian. He began his professional training at the NSPA and studied theatre. Early on, as a character actor, he played Fred Casley, in Bob Fosse, Chicago, Jaime, in Eugene O'Neill, Long Days Journey Into Night, Burton, in Lanford Wilson, Burn This, Sidney Lipton, in Neil Simon, God's Favorite, Officer Klein, in Joseph Kesselring, Arsenic & Old Lace, and John, in Brian Clark, Whose Life Is It Anyway. Shortly after, he won a 'Best Actor award', for his portrayal of Ben, in the comedy, Who's On first, by Jack Sharkey. Transitioning from theatre into TV & Film, he's worked alongside Bill Paxton, Kirstie Alley, Gary Busey, Stephen Baldwin, Martin Landau, Michael Ironside, John Larroquette, Alan Thicke and Sam J. Jones. For almost a decade he took a "sabbatical" from TV & Film but has found his path once again. During the holidays you can find him in Hollywood feeding the homeless his own brown bag lunches.