 He had roles in "Alligator" (1980), "Eight Men Out" (1988) and "Sunshine State" (2002) — all written and directed by John Sayles.He also appeared in "1941" (1979), "The Big Red One" (1980), "The Hearse" (1980), "Cattle Annie and Little Britches" (1981), "Body and Soul" (1981), "" (1982), "O'Hara's Wife" (1982), "Spring Break" (1983), "Sahara" (1983), "Jocks" (1987) and "Jennifer 8" (1992).He has directed episodes of television series such as "Arli$$", "ER", "Millennium", "Dawson's Creek", "NYPD Blue", "Nash Bridges", "Fantasy Island", "Weeds", "Gilmore Girls", "Army Wives", "The Twilight Zone", "Alias", "Las Vegas", "Jack & Bobby", "Everwood", and "Greek".