Has received widespread acclaim for his sensitive portrayal of Joe, a married English professor who arranges a date with a teenage boy, in Christopher Shinn's "Four", a role he has played in several productions around the U.S. Pursued advanced drama studies as a member of American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. 1976 - Graduated from Southwest State University (Marshall, Minnesota). Grew up as the fifth of 10 children in South Bend, Indiana, where his father was a steel mill worker. Has been in a long-term relationship with actress Wilma Mondi since the mid-1980s.