Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Musical "Assassins" 2004
Theatre World Award "The Who's Tommy" 1992 - 1993
2007 Earned a Tony nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his role in "LoveMusik"
2005 Cast in the broadway production of "Sweeney Todd" as the bloody barber; earned a Tony nomination
2004 Starred as John Wilkes Booth in "Assassins," a broadway musical about Americans who dream of killing their country's presidents
2002 Cast as a cross-dressing neighbor of an American woman working in London in the midseason series "The American Embassy"
2001 Cast as a gay postal worker involved with a gangster (played by James Gandolfini) in "The Mexican"
2000 Reprised stage role in London production of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
1999 Succeeded Mitchell in the title role of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"; appeared for eight months before reprising part in L.A. production
1998 Replaced a vacationing John Cameron Mitchell in the Off-Broadway hit "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (July 8 to August 4)
1998 Acted in the feature "Lulu on the Bridge"
1997 Returned to Broadway as the ship's designer Thomas Andrews in the award-winning musical "Titanic"
1993 Made memorable guest appearance on HBO's "Dream On" as an expectant father
1992 Originated the lead role in "The Who's Tommy", a stage musical produced at La Jolla Playhouse; reprised part on Broadway, earning a Featured Actor in a Musical Tony nomination
1988 Film acting debut in "Tokyo Pop"
1986 - 1987 Played British rock singer Ian Ware on the syndicated series "Fame"
1985 Early TV credit in the CBS miniseries "Doubletake"
Raised in West Virginia
At age 11, began playing guitar
After graduating from Yale, worked in regional theater in such plays as "Romeo and Juliet" (1985) and "Tooth of Crime" (1985-1986)
Formed alternative rock group 'lame', with Alice Ripley, Shannon Ford and John Jinks
Headlined the European tour of "The Who's Tommy"
