Biografie

Often plays leaders and authority figures

Often plays fathers and family men

The role of J. Jonah Jameson, Peter Parker/Spider-Man's hot-tempered boss.

Low-pitched, rolling voice

Often plays sharp-tongued and short-tempered men who intimidate other characters

Is the voice of the yellow peanut M&M on the commercials since the late 1990s, replacing John Goodman after the original 1995 commercials. In 2000, a video game was produced, M&M's: The Lost Formulas (2000), in which he portrayed Yellow Peanut.

Fluent in German. He learned it as part of his musical education. However, he has said that he is better at understanding than speaking it.

Attended and graduated from the University of Montana. Received an Achievement Award for the university in April 2002. Studied to become a composer before getting to musicals and acting.

Breakthrough role was as Vern Schillinger in HBO's first hour-long drama, the critically-acclaimed prison series Oz - Hölle hinter Gittern (1997).

As of 2017, has appeared in six films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Gottes Werk und Teufels Beitrag (1999), Juno (2007), Up in the Air (2009), True Grit - Vergeltung (2010), Whiplash (2014) and La La Land (2016).

[on his career] If I had any other talent or salable commodity I probably would have gone into it. I mean, aside from the modelling, yeah.

I never listened to the Grateful Dead as a teen; the only exposure I got was what came through the walls when my sister was listening to them.

I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all genres: a horror movie, a zombie movie, alien invaders, chick flick, or raunchy comedy. If it's well done, I'm a fan.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

The best compliment I ever got from the public or producers or directors is that I just totally blend in and become the character and they don't notice me and that the play happens or the movie happens or the television show happens.