 Zuiker who wrote him some scripts that he used to win the national championship in Dramatic Interpretation and won a scholarship to attended California State's graduate school and also teach their Speech and Forensics team.A friend of his introduced him to "Law & Order" star Angie Harmon who then introduced him to Russel Simmons and his agent Stan Lathan who liked his monologues.Jenny Delaney from the William Morris Agency then started to market him to various casting directors including Francine Maisler at Paramount Pictures who signed him; his first check was for $30,000.