He is best known for his performance in the Roland Emmerich epic, The Patriot,[1] and continues to forge a career out of playing the layered bad guy.
Commenting on his death scene in Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg proclaimed, "That was better than the opening credits of ER!"
In addition to The Patriot and Saving Private Ryan, Wood appeared in the Emmy Award-nominated movie, 4 Minutes, where he portrayed celebrated runner Sir Christopher Chataway.
Wood has spent the past two decades working in the film and television industries of the U.S., Canada and UK – playing both Americans and Brits – as well as writing and producing.
He is currently in development on the cop drama, Moon Rising, with Devilishly Good Productions in L.A. Wood has written a series of thriller novels about an RCMP constable, Darkly Stewart.