| After dropping out of McAteer High School's School of the Arts program, his parents enrolled him in McAteer's Urban Pioneer Academy, an outward-bound type course. |
| Made his acting debut alongside his mother in an East Village improv show at age 10. |
| First big break was a starring role in the Francis Ford Coppola produced 1989 made-for-TV movie, Clownhouse, about three brothers who were terrorized by clowns. |
| Played the head thug in 1990s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie. |
| Decided to focus his career entirely on acting after landing a Miller Lite commercial in 1992. |