He played Captain Rhodes in the horror film Day of the Dead with Lori Cardille. In 1994, he played Dean Martin in Pulp Fiction.
He initially wanted to become a lawyer before becoming an actor. He attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he studied drama.
In 2010, he portrayed Harry Cooper in Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D.
His father played trombone with the Les Brown Orchestra and enrolled him as an alter boy.
He had a brief role in Dawn of the Dead, directed by George A. Romero.