Studied acting with Sanford Meisner at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse.
Big Broadway break was a 1979 production of Bent, costarring with Richard Gere.
Also in 1979, made a splash as "Ajax" in cult hit The Warriors, directed by Walter Hill, with whom he would later work in 48 Hrs. (1982) and Wild Bill (1995).
Has played recurring characters on Sex and the City, Third Watch and 7th Heaven.