In 2015, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame, cementing his place among the country’s theatrical greats.
His portrayal of Ernest Hemingway in a 1988 television miniseries, for which he put on 35lbs, earned him a Golden Globe Award. He later returned to the literary giant in 2017 with Pamplona, a one-man stage production about the author.
On the big screen, he collaborated twice with director John Huston, starring in Fat City alongside Jeff Bridges and appearing in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. Further screen credits included American History X, The Bourne Legacy and Alexander Payne’s Oscar-nominated Nebraska.
On the small screen, he featured in the hit CBS police drama Blue Bloods, the sitcom Titus and the biblical miniseries Jesus of Nazareth, in which he played the criminal Barabbas. He also starred in Prison Break as a prison warden.