Date of Birth - September 9, 1954
Place of Birth - Oxnard, California, USA

Most Famous Role(s) Other Than Star Trek:
- Dr. Herbert West, a character in Re-Animator which he has reprised in the film's two sequels.

Trivia About the Actor:
- Has starred in 5 movies based on H.P. Lovecraft stories.
- Auditioned for the role of Commander Riker on TNG

Masters of Horror (2007) (TV)
- Starring as Edgar Allan Poe in "The Black Cat"
- Anchor Bay has amassed some of the greatest horror film writers and directors to bring to you the anthology series, "Masters of Horror". For the first time the foremost names in the horror film genre have joined forces for the series consisting of 13 one-hour films each season.
- In this episode, we're taken to 1840 Philadelphia, where the great writer Edgar Allan Poe is struggling with alcoholism, writers block, is short on cash, and is tormented by his wife Virginia's (Elyse Levesque) black cat that will either destroy his life or inspire him to write one of his most famous stories.

Abominable (2006)
- Starring as a clerk at a truck stop/converence store
- It has been sighted 42,000 times in 68 countries. A creature of myth and legend known by several names; Yeti, Sasquatch and the infamous Bigfoot! We've hunted it for years, but what happens when it decides to hunt us? "Abominable" centers on a man recovering from a mountain climbing accident, trapped in a remote cabin in the woods, who sees the legendary beast, and must convince someone to believe him, before the monster goes on a bloody rampage.

Satanic (2006)
- Starring as Detective Joyner
- Journey into the heart of black magic in this riveting horror-thriller full of edge-of-your seat suspense, startling twists…and dead bodies. Following a car accident, Michelle (Annie Sorell) wakes up with amnesia and bandages over her face. Her nightmares hint that she's done something very bad. Now, as people around her are murdered, she must piece together her past...before it kills her.

Voodoo Moon (2005) (TV)
- Starring as Frank Taggert
- A demonic being destroys an entire town, except a young boy named Cole (Eric Mabius) and his sister Heather (Charisma Carpenter). Twenty years later, the sister is an artist with psychic abilities and her brother has grown obsessed with tracking down the demon who took out his town. Together, they fight to destroy the evil being that could kill them both.

The 4400 (2005-2007) (TV)
- Starring as Kevin Burkhoff in 15 episodes
- 4400 missing people are returned all at once, as they were on the day they vanished. Unclear what this means, the government investigates them to see where they've been. It quickly becomes apparent that their presence will change the human race in ways no one could have ever foreseen.
- Kevin Burkhoff first appeared in the season two premier episode "Wake-Up Call," in which he was a patient in a psychiatric hospital. Kevin was a world-renowned neuroscientist and likely the "father of the 4400 technology". He injected himself with promicin in order to gain some type of 4400 ability. The promicin gave him the ability to rapidly heal muscle tissue, but it disfigured his appearance as well.

Edmond (2005)
- Starring as Desk Clerk
- A man in a suit at a Manhattan firm leaves work on Friday; he looks unhappy. He stops at a fortune teller's for a Tarot reading: "You are not where you belong," she tells him. That evening he quits his marriage and walks the streets of New York, passing from a classy bar to a gentleman's club, then to a high-class bordello, a mugging, a pawnshop, and a diner where someone does listen. He shares his insights with her and later with others. Violence, disappointment, and musings entwine as Edmond (William H. Macy) loses his moorings while believing he's found them.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2003) (TV)
- Starring as Doctor Dale Sterling in "Jackpot"
- In Las Vegas the Crime Scene Investigations unit is led by Gill Grissom (William Petersen). With almost obsessive dedication towards his quest for the facts, he and his elite team of investigators include Night Shift Assistant Supervisor Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger).
- In this episode, Dr. Robbins receives an embalmed head from Jackpot, Nevada. Gil Grissom heads to there to gather evidence but the townsfolk act suspiciously. The body is found, but buried up to the neck. Back at Las Vegas, Catherine receives a check for $250,000.