Birthday: Aug. 12, 1965.
Birthplace: Alexandria, Minn.
Occupation: Actor.
Current home: Los Angeles.
Marital status: Single, but my girlfriend for three years is actress Alicia Witt. We met on “Cybill.”
Working on: I play anchor Casey McCall on “Sports Night” on ABC-TV.
The last good movie I saw: “Pleasantville.”
I stay home to watch: Sports, Conan O’Brien and CNN.
The book I’ve been reading: J.P. Donleavy’s “Wrong Information Being Given Out at Princeton” (Thomas Dunne) and “A Walk in the Woods” (Broadway) by Bill Bryson.
Favorite pigout food: Burgers and malts.
Favorite performer: James Stewart.
Prized possession: My grandfather’s woodcarvings.
Personal heroes: e e cummings, Muhammad Ali, Orson Welles and my father.
Nobody knows I’m: Into doing yoga.
If I could do it over: I would have played baseball and football as a kid. I was a gymnast and I ran track. I wish I had had the experience of team sports. But it was a deliberate act of rebellion because my father had played those things.
I’d give anything to meet: Bob Dylan.
My fantasy is: I’m playing guitar and singing in some great concert hall, a la Dylan.
The worst advice my father ever gave me: “Get a teaching degree.” My father still thinks it’s funny that I have a master’s degree in acting.
People who knew me in high school thought I was: A dork. I was voted most sophisticated, but I think that was a joke.
If I weren’t an actor, I’d be: An incredibly unpopular rock star.
If I’ve learned one thing in life it’s: That life is a blank canvas and you get to be the paint and the painter.
The three words that best describe me: Boyish, serious and comical.
