He is known for his roles as Brad Chase in the TV drama Boston Legal, Oliver Richard in the NBC drama Harry's Law, FBI Special Agent John Scott in the Fox sci fi series Fringe, Christopher Chance in Fox's action drama Human Target, and Tommy Sullivan in ABC's Body of Proof.

He is a 1987 graduate from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, with a degree in mathematics.

He later took over the role of Jack Deveraux on the NBC Daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1994 to 1997.

He played Brad Chase on Boston Legal, a spinoff of the television series The Practice.

He married Australian actress Anna Torv, his Fringe co-star, in December 2008.