 This was soon followed by an appearance in the TV series "Law & Order", as well as leading roles in films such as "Ghost in the Machine" and "Born to Be Wild".In 1995, he won the Young Artist Award as Best Young Leading Actor in a Made for TV Movie for his role as Jody Baxter in "The Yearling" and won the Young Artist Award the following year as Best Young Leading Actor in a Feature Film for his role as Rick Heller in "Born to Be Wild".After several other television and film appearances, most notably the acclaimed Emmy Award-winning mini-series "Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All", he temporarily left acting to finish high school and later to attend Columbia University in New York City where he received his degree in English.