[1] He is best known for playing Moke in Rob Reiner's movies This Is Spinal Tap (1984)[2] and The Sure Thing (1985), Johnny Horne in Twin Peaks, Jordan in Flying Blind, Roland Sachs in 54 (1998), Hook in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and Kunivas – a male Klingon officer – in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Other film roles include Nicholas in A Time to Remember (2003), Dirk in Dirk and Betty (2000) (which he co-directed with Paul Gordon), Mr. Clarence in Intrepid (2000), Breeze in Boogie Boy (1998), Ben in Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (aka Fatal Love), and roles in Father of the Bride (1991), Parker Kane (TVM 1990), and The Big Picture (1989).
Other television roles include NYPD Blue, The Lot, In Living Color, Quantum Leap, Father Dowling Investigates, and more.
[3] He is an accomplished drummer and was in a band called "The Watch" with actor Michael Dorn (who played bass).
[3][4][13] He co-created Bauerbrook Films with actor, friend, and Twin Peaks co-star Dana Ashbrook.