I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky ones. If I didn't think that, there would be something wrong with me. I'm grateful and thankful for what I've got.

Soon after graduating he went to rehab for drug and alcohol addiction and has since remained sober. They met while working on the 1999 play In Arabia We'd All Be Kings which Hoffman directed. He is the son of Marilyn L.

He joined the LAByrinth Theater Company in 1995 and has directed and performed in numerous stage productions. He received another three Academy Award nominations for his supporting work in Charlie Wilson's War (2007) Doubt (2008) and The Master (2012).