Attended college at the University of Iowa.
Standard character actor who has reliably played in urban films as both good guys (cops, attorneys) and bad (mobsters).
Studied with Stella Adler in New York and was an understudy to Robert Duvall in the 1965 production of Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge.".
Was the first person in mind for Strickland in Back to the Future (1985).