I think you ultimately have to love who you're playing. You have to have that kind of feeling. You have to have passion for the person.

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).