Trivia

Is friends with Tom Waits and the two are often confused for each other.

Owns and operates his own successful acting studio in New York City, when he is not performing in movies and on television. (October 2006)

Received a full scholarship at the Julliard School in New York City, where he studied acting as a member of the Drama Division's Group 7 (1974-1977).

Received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Writing from The New School and his Master of Fine Arts degree in Playwriting from the University of Ohio.

He and his wife, Lisa Greenberg, have two children: son, Samuel Jackson Waites; daughter, Michaela Katherine Waites.

Born on exactly the same date as Harriet Sansom Harris (of "Desperate Housewives", "Frasier", and "The 5 Mrs. Buchannons" fame).