He was born in Pittsburgh, and raised in Chicago Dad David is a lawyer. Mom Jacqueline is a museum executive. Sister Makeba is a mechanical engineer. Earned a theatre degree from Northwestern University in 1997. Worked as a waiter and as a Victoria's Secret stock boy. Graduate of Whitney Young High school in Chicago, Illinois Left "ER" at the end of the 2003-04 season to co-star in the new Fall 2004 NBC cop drama "Hawaii" (2004).