The same year, he appeared as a lead character opposite Bill Maher in the short-lived Showtime series Hard Knocks.

[1][2] Hinkley's on-screen career began in the 1980s, including television guest roles, and periodic regular turns on TV series, including the short-lived Showtime series Hard Knocks (1987), that also featured Bill Maher.

Having appeared in the Academy Award-winning Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall, he has also been known for his roles in such popular box office draws as The Cable Guy (1996), The Little Vampire (2000), Ocean's Thirteen (2007) and Leatherheads (2008).

In 1995, he co-starred in the short-lived Fox TV sitcom The Preston Episodes with David Alan Grier.

[4] As of 2010, Hinkley worked as a teacher, teaching theatre arts to children in Boulder, Colorado.