MILESTONES
1984: Broadway debut in "Open Admissions" playing an Italian kid with a speech impediment
1984: Screen acting debut in "The First Turn-On!"

TRIVIA
Gained a world record 70 pounds for his role in Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Gained 45 pounds for his role in The Salton Sea (2002)
Has played Orson Welles in two different, unrelated productions: Ed Wood (1994) and Five Minutes, Mr. Welles (2005)

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