Trivia

Selected for the International Clown Hall Of Fame, and was inducted August 7, 1999.

Won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, for his performance as George in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'.

Recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant in 1984.

Along with Robin Williams, appeared in the music video for Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy".

In 1989, was nominated for four Tony Awards for "Largely New York": as author of a Best Play nominee, Best Actor (Play), Best Director (Play) and, with collaborator Kimi Okada, Best Choreographer. In 1999, his show "Fool Moon" won a Special Tony Award for Live Theatrical Presentation.

Lives in Nyack, NY, a suburb of New York City, which is home to many fellow artists and entertainers.

Michael O'Connor and Doug Skinner and he were awarded the 1983 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Creation and Performance for The Regard of Flight (1983) at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Knocking them dead on Broadway, playing a crackerjack "George" to Kathleen Turner's "Martha" in the revival of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". (April 2005)

David Shiner and his play, "Fool Moon" in presented by the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson at the James A. Doolittle (University of California) Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded 1994 Los Angeles Alliance Ovation Theatre Award for Play (Large Theatre) .

Just finished his reoccurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Nate Haskell: Serial Killer. (May 2011)

Son Santos Patrick Morales Irwin born in 1990.

He was awarded the 1994 Drama-Logue Award for Performance for "Fool Moon" in presented by the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson at the James A. Doolittle (University of California) Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Michael O'Connor, Doug Skinner and he were awarded the 1983 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Creation and Performance for their play, The Regard of Flight (1983) in a Mark Taper Forum production at the Mark Taper Forum Too Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

He and David Shiner of "Fool Moon" in presented by the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson at the James A. Doolittle (University of California) Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded 1994 Los Angeles Alliance Ovation Theatre Award for Director.