Dane has since played Captain Tom Chandler in the post-apocalyptic drama The Last Ship and currently stars as Cal Jacobs in the HBO series Euphoria.

[11][12] In 1993, Dane moved to Los Angeles,[10] where he played small roles in the television series Saved by the Bell, The Wonder Years, Roseanne, and Married... with Children, among others.

His made-for-television film credits included two biopics, Serving in Silence (1995) (about Margarethe Cammermeyer's experiences in the military), and Helter Skelter (2004), in which he portrayed Charles "Tex" Watson, a member of the Manson family.

In 2005, Dane guested as Dr. Mark Sloan in "Yesterday", the eighteenth episode of the second season of the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy.

[15] In December 2006, he starred in the A&E television film Wedding Wars as the brother of a gay man (played by John Stamos) who goes on strike in support of same-sex marriage.

[21] In June 2011, Dane entered a California treatment center to recover from a dependency on prescription drugs he had developed after suffering a sports injury.