My parents moved to American Samoa when I was three or four years old. My dad was principal of a high school there. It was idyllic for a kid. I had a whole island for a backyard. I lived there until I was eight years old and we moved to Santa Barbara.

He appeared in the music video of The Residents' "Give it to Someone Else" featured on The Commercial DVD. Early life
Stoltz was born in Whittier California the son of Evelyn B.

He recently portrayed Daniel Graystone in the science fiction television series Caprica and became a regular director on the television series Glee. He is widely known for playing the role of Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film Mask which earned him the nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture and has appeared in a wide variety of films from mainstream fare like Some Kind of Wonderful to independent films like Pulp Fiction Killing Zoe and Kicking and Screaming.