He made his film debut in Mike Leigh's  Naked (1993) and had a leading role in John Herzfeld's 2 Days in the Valley (1996), starring alongside Danny Aiello, James Spader, and Jeff Daniels.
hiː mˌeɪd hɪz fˈɪlm deɪbjˈuː ɪn mˈaɪk lˈiːz nˈeɪkᵻd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti θɹˈiː ænd hæd ɐ lˈiːdɪŋ ɹˈoʊl ɪn dʒˈɑːn hˈɜːzfɛldz tˈuː dˈeɪz ɪnðə vˈæli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɪks, stˈɑːɹɹɪŋ ɐlˈɔŋsaɪd dˈæni ˈeɪəlˌoʊ, dʒˈeɪmz spˈeɪdɚ, ænd dʒˈɛf dˈænjəlz.