Well, I think probably when I first got in the business, I wasn't thinking of being strictly a character actor. But I knew I wanted to be a working actor, and as the years have gone on, I just naturally evolved into that. Because, y'know, I'm not a leading guy. Never was.

He has also won acclaim for his occasional dramatic and comedic roles such as that of Captain K'Vada in the Star Trek: The Next Generation feature-length episode "Unification" and as Gordon Pibb in DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story. He is best known for his comedic work - as Jimmy James on the TV sitcom NewsRadio as Milton Waddams in the film Office Space and as the voices of Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland in the animated series King of the Hill.