He is best known for his Irish look with his natural red hair and slightly freckled skin. In 1996, he graduated from Pearl River High School in Pearl River, New York. In 1998, he took over the role of Ray in the Broadway production of The Beauty of Queen Leenane. He went on to play Second Bell Boy in the production of Once in a Lifetime. In 2005, he appeared in several Verizon Wireless commercials as Schmitty where his business-field character was tormented via cell phone by his friends and roommates.