• 1958: Born in New York, USA.
• 1960: Lived in South America from age two to age ten.
• 1969: Relocated from Argentina to upstate New York.
• Began acting career in NYC.
• Moved to Los Angeles after studying at Warren Robertson's Theatre Workshop.
• 1984: Played first major TV role in the CBS historical miniseries, "George Washington" (CBS).
• Had roles in "Swing Shift" (1984) and "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1985); both cut before release of film.
• 1985: Acted in "High School Narc", an "ABC Afterschool Special".
• 1985: Feature acting debut, "Witness"; cast as the brother of Alexander Godunov.
• 1987: Acted in the quirky, progressive music-infused comedy "Salvation! Have You Said Your Prayers Today?"; met X singer Exene Cervenka, whom he would marry and later divorce.
• 1988: Played first leading role in a feature, starring in Renny Harlin's suspenseful "Prison".
• 1988: Appeared in "Let's Get Lost" the documentary biopic of jazz musician Chet Baker.
• 1988: Had a supporting role in the romantic drama "Fresh Horses".
• 1990: Featured in the unimpressive horror sequel "Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III" and the slightly better faring Western sequel "Young Guns II".
• 1991: Delivered impressive starring performance in "The Reflecting Skin".
• 1991: Portrayed David Morse's violent tempered brother with a remarkable turn in Sean Penn's powerful directorial debut "The Indian Runner".
• 1993: Cast as a wheelchair-bound snitch in "Carlito's Way".
• 1993: Had memorable co-starring roles in the suspenseful thrillers "Boiling Point", "Deception" and "The Young Americans".
• 1994: Had a cameo alongside former wife Exene Cervenka, playing a homeless couple with cameos in the quirky independent comedy "Floundering".
• 1994: Starred in the darkly comic thriller "The Crew".
• 1995: Played an FBI agent sent to infiltrate the Japanese crime organization Yakuza in the independent actioner "American Yakuza".
• 1995: Appeared as the weapons officer in Tony Scott's suspense thriller "Crimson Tide".
• 1995: Played Lucifer in Gregory Widen's eerie supernatural feature "The Prophecy".
• 1996: Appeared in the Sylvester Stallone action vehicle "Daylight" and was one of the patrons of a bar held hostage in Kevin Spacey's feature directorial debut "Albino Alligator".
• 1996: Appeared as one of the suitors of Isabel Archer in "Portrait of the Lady".
• 1997: Delivered strong performance opposite Demi Moore in "G.I. Jane", directed by Ridley Scott.
• 1997: Starred in the Fox TV-movie remake of the 1970 action-thriller "Vanishing Point".
• 1998: With Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow, formed the third leg of the triangular romance at the heart of "A Perfect Murder"; also provided original art used in the film.
• 1998: Co-starred as Sam Loomis, Marion Crane's boyfriend, in Gus Van Sant's remake of "Psycho".
• 1999: Played a charming traveling salesman who seduces a frustrated housewife on vacation in the Catskills in Tony Goldwyn's directorial debut "A Walk on the Moon".
• 2000: Starred opposite Sandra Bullock as a star baseball pitcher in recovery in the rehab-set comedy-drama "28 Days".
• 2001: Played the dashing and heroic Aragorn in "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", the first of Peter Jackson's adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkein classic.
• 2002: Reprised role of Aragorn in "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers".
• 2003: Again starred as Aragorn in the third and final installment "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King".
• 2004: Starred as Frank T. Hopkins, one of the greatest long-distance endurance horse riders, in "Hidalgo".