Portrayed Jesus in The Passion of the Christ in 2004 and Private Witt in the 1998 WWII epic film The Thin Red Line. He also starred in the 2000 sci-fi film Frequency alongside Dennis Quaid and the 2002 crime thriller High Crimes alongside Ashley Judd. In 2011, he began playing John Reese on the CBS sci-fi series Person of Interest. He was a basketball star in high school until a foot injury derailed his professional aspirations. He debuted in the 1991 film My Own Private Idaho as an Airline Clerk.
