Born in Telford, Pennsylvania, he pursued acting studies at De Anza College in Cupertino and later at San Jose State University, while briefly working as a bartender at New York's Studio 54. His breakout role came as Charlie Reece in the 1987 crime-drama Rampage, and the same year he headlined the television-film Western series Desperado as Duell McCall, a character created from an Elmore Leonard…
