Birthday: June 26, 1953.
Birthplace: Astoria, N.Y.
Occupation: Actor.
Current home: Chatsworth, Calif. That’s north of Los Angeles.
Marital status: Married for seven years to Christine Davi.
Children: Sean, 17, Ariana, 8, and Frances, 6.
Working on: I play agent Bailey Malone on “The Profiler” on NBC-TV, and I wrote a script called “The Dukes of Melrose” that I’m trying to get made.
Favorite pigout food: A very thin, well-done, crispy-crust margherita pizza made in a wood-burning oven.
Favorite childhood memory: Sitting around after Christmas dinner with my aunts, uncles, mom, dad and grandparents, cracking walnuts and eating oranges, cigar smoke in the air.
Prized possessions: My Harley-Davidson and my art collection.
Nobody knows: That I would like to be a spiritual leader. I’d like to effect change.
I’m better than anyone else when it comes to: Taking a look at my defects.
If I could do it over: I wouldn’t have lost my contact with God, which I’ve re-established.
I want to teach my children: To connect to a high power, to be honest and to express themselves without fear.
If I could change one thing about myself: I would be less afraid.
My most irrational act: Trying to climb out of nursery school by going over the fence when I was 4. I still have a scar on my hand from hanging off the metal wire.
If I weren’t an actor I’d be: Doing something in the field of therapy.
If I’ve learned one thing in life, it’s: Have courage.
Major accomplishment: Being fully myself and helping my children to become fully themselves by example.
Most humbling experience: Realizing I’m powerless over life.
The three words that best describe me: Searching, open and loving.
