| Won a Tony Award in 2004 for his portrayal of John Wilkes Booth in Stephen Sondheim's Assassins. |
| Among many jobs while auditioning for acting work in New York City after college was a stint as a window-dresser for the FAO Schwartz toy store. |
| Made Broadway debut in 1993 as the title character in the original stage production of The Who's Tommy, which earned him a Tony nomination, and also led to special appearances on Who |
| Born in Maryland, but raised primarily in Huntington, WV, where his father was a music professor at Marshall University. |
| Parents met at The Juilliard School: his mother is a dancer; and his father, a pianist, marched in the inauguration parade for President John F. Kennedy in 1960. |