Trivia

Was certified as an advanced, open water, swift diver at the age of 13.

Owns two pit-bull mixes that he rescued, one from the streets of South Central, Los Angeles, California, while working on a case, the other from a shelter.

His nationality is Portuguese, Irish and French-Canadian. He was born and raised in the United States.

Taught Shaolin Kempo and is trained in Kendo.

First job was as an Usher at Cinema 140.

First time on a set was while he lived in South Florida. He played a train station vendor in Burt Reynolds's B.L. Stryker (1989) television series.

Was not cast as a regular; however, appeared in the trailer for the television show Angel (1999) for the first three seasons.

Was cast in the independent film Shut Up and Shoot! (2006); however, his scene was deleted before it was ever filmed because of budgeting restrictions.

Born and raised in a small New England town located someplace between Cape Cod and Boston.

His major in college was Dramatic Art.

Was an altar boy and was voted most religious in 8th grade.

Graduated from a Catholic Grammar School and a Catholic High School.

Some of his favorite films include but are certainly not limited to King Kong (1933) (Merian C. Cooper); Spartacus (1960) (Stanley Kubrick); The Hustler (1961) (Robert Rossen); For a Few Dollars More (1965) (aka, For a Few Dollars More) (Sergio Leone); In the Heat of the Night (1967) (Norman Jewison); The Sting (1973) (George Roy Hill); Dog Day Afternoon (1975) (Sidney Lumet); Jaws (1975) (Steven Spielberg); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) (Clint Eastwood); The Deer Hunter (1978) (Michael Cimino); Stand by Me (1986) (Rob Reiner); Tombstone (1993) (George P. Cosmatos); Braveheart (1995) (Mel Gibson); The Green Mile (1999) (Frank Darabont); The Matrix (1999) (The Wachowski Brothers); Gladiator (2000) (Ridley Scott); Men of Honor (2000) (George Tillman Jr.); Big Fish (2003) (Tim Burton); 300 (2006) (Zack Snyder); Rocky Balboa (2006) (Sylvester Stallone).

Some of his favorite authors are William Shakespeare, Herman Melville and Aristotle.