He is best known for his role as Wesley (the abusive radical boyfriend) opposite Robin Wright's Jenny in Forrest Gump (1994).
He is most known for the role of the preppy pipe-smoking astrophysicist Fisher in the 1997 film Contact opposite Jodie Foster.
[1] Blake's film credits include Contact, Young Guns, Forrest Gump and Cast Away.
In 2012, Blake appeared in the Criminal Minds episode "Closing Time", as an unsub who castrated his victims.
In 2010, he guest starred in the In Plain Sight episode "Whistle Stop", as an informant of the FBI to enter WitSec.