Born in Buffalo, New York, he did the requisite paper route, worked in a record warehouse, a record store, a retail store and then began in radio at the age of 18. That took him from Buffalo to Miami, San Francisco and Seattle in the space of 3 years. After taking up stand-up comedy on the side, he left radio and hit the road full time from 1986-1997. He quit a fifth of Jack Daniels a day habit in 1997 and his life changed. Pursuing his lifelong desire to act he soon landed a starring role as Plastic Man in the independent film "Carried Away" which played in the Seattle International Film Festival. He scored several national commercials and a starring role in another independent film "Lover's Lane". This film also starred Anna Faris of The "Scary Movie" series, Sarah Lancaster of "Everwood" and "What About Brian", Riley Smith of"24" and "New York Minute", and Richard Sanders of "WKRP."After this series of successes and holding down a morning radio show for eight years he decided to give acting a more serious try. Moving to Los Angeles in 2005, he has worked pretty steadily since. Most recently on Castle, Cold Case, Eli Stone, The Starter Wife and the AMC series, Mad Men.A photographer on the side, he loves playing golf. He has shot even par twice but still waits for a hole in one. Vacations usually mean trips to famous courses like Pinehurst (2005 U.S. Open) , Sawgrass (The Player's Championship), Cascata (Michael Douglas Celebrity Tournament), Pine Needles (2007 Women's U.S. Open), The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island (2007 Senior PGA) and Trilogy at La Qunita (The Skins Game).He still enjoys working in radio part time at Smooth Jazz 94.7 The Wave in Los Angeles.