On Broadway he has appeared in The Rothschilds, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Nick and Nora, The Light in the Piazza and Cyrano de Bergerac. Off-Broadway appearances include The Woods, Marco Polo Sings a Solo and The Devil’s Disciple (BAM). He made his film debut in Dog Day Afternoon, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe. Other films include Lipstick. Protocol, Just Cause, Fright Night, Child’s Play, The Princess Bride and Loggerheads. Also, he was tapped by Tim Burton for the speaking voice of Jack Skellington in the animation classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. On TV he has starred in the dual roles of Sidney Carton and Charles Darnay in the Hallmark Hall of Fame “A Tale of Two Cities,” as well as Hallmark’s “You Can’t Go Home Again.” He has appeared as a recurring guest star on the television series “The Practice,” “Law & Order,” “ER,” “Felicity,” “Judging Amy” and as a regular on “The Court.” Most recently he was Abraham Lincoln in the acclaimed PBS mini-series “God in America” and the crusty Judge Howard Matchick on “The Good Wife.”
