Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Birthday: January 5, 1975
Height: 6'1"
Eyes: Blue
Hair Color: Sandy-Brown

Attended Georgetown University and graduated from the Honors English Program in 1997.
He moved to New York City to attend the Actors Studio Drama School so he could enroll in the Masters of Fine Arts program.

He was a medalist on the Men's Heavyweight Crew Team at Georgetown University

His father is of Irish heritage and his mother is of Italian heritage.

He was married to Jennifer Esposito (12/21/06 to 11/10/07)

Real Life Quotes

"I was in New York shooting Law and Order and the script came along, and I completely connected to it. From the first page, when he says, "Ever since I was eight years old, I knew what I wanted to be.'When I was eight years old, I wanted to be a chef or an actor. I used to cook all the time. I worked in restaurants the first half of my life." -to The Boston Herald on getting the script for Kitchen Confidential."

"I had size 12 feet when I was 10, so I thought I was going to be 6` 8. My goal was to be able to dunk a basket. I wound up being 6` 1" with size 14 feet. I got the raw end of the deal."