[6] Garity made his first onscreen appearance as an infant, when his parents carried him through their Vietnam travelogue, Introduction to the Enemy (1974).
He played his father in the film Steal This Movie (2000) based on the life of Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman.
He also starred as Harvey in the Danny Boyle/Alex Garland film Sunshine (2007) and as the tormented survivor of a tragic family accident in Lake City (2008).
[1] For his portrayal of Barry Winchell in the film Soldier's Girl (2003), Garity earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television and in 2002 he won the Young Hollywood Award for a Standout Performance.
[9] On August 27, 2007, Garity married actress Simone Bent[10] at St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University.