2005 Portrayed Julius Caesar in the HBO mini series "Empire"
2004 Cast as a merciless, wheelchair-bound pyschopath opposite Jim Caveziel in "Highwaymen"
2004 Starred as Lord Marshal in "The Chronicles of Riddick"
2003 Cast in the thriller "Paycheck," directed by John Woo
2002 Portrayed an FBI agent who spent 37 years tracking the man behind the 1964 bombing of a Birmingham, Alabama church in the FX telefilm "Sins of the Father"
2001 Cast as a gay photographer (loosely based on Robert Mapplethorpe) in the thriller "The Caveman's Valentine"
2001 Co-starred as Caspar Weinberger in "The Day Reagan Was Shot" (Showtime)
2000 Offered a chilling turn as the commandant of Auschwitz testifying at the trials of Nazi war criminals in "Nuremberg"
1999 Turned in a villainous performance in the ABC miniseries "Stephen King's Storm of the Century"
1999 Played supporting role of Marcus in Julie Taymor's film "Titus", adapted from Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus"
1999 Co-starred in "The Insider"
1998 Had featured role in the Canadian-produced "The Red Violin"
1998 Appeared as Meg Ryan's doctor boyfriend in "City of Angels"
1997 Portrayed the mysterious Deacon Fletcher in the CBS miniseries "Night Sins"
1997 Co-starred in four features, including "Night Falls on Manhattan" and "Face/Off"
1997 Portrayed Alexander Hamilton in the PBS miniseries "Liberty! The American Revolution"
1995 Played Charlie Ross in "Truman" (HBO)
1993 Breakthrough screen role as title character in the celebrated "Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould"
1991 Received praise for performance in "Beautiful Dreamers"
1990 Supported Donald Sutherland in "Bethune"
1988 Played a Russian flyer in "Iron Eagle II"
1987 Appeared in the Canadian TV-movie "A Nest of Singing Birds"
1981 Joined Stratford Shakespeare Festival, eventually becoming associate director
1980 Acted at National Arts Centre after finishing theatre school
Raised in Windsor, Ontario
