The Bronx-born actor who spent his childhood shuttling between his divorced parents who lived on opposite coasts, gradually built his TV profile, from bit roles sitcoms like "Arsenio" (ABC) and "Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher" (The WB) before guest starring in a memorable 1998 installment of the NBC FBI drama "The Profiler", playing a convicted murderer whose father captures hostages to be released on the condition that his son be freed. On the big screen, he was featured as a doomed fighter pilot that comes to his end following a foolish battle with "Godzilla" (1998) and was featured in the direct-to-video thriller "Captured" (1999).