An ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
He was nominated for a 1986 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "A Lesson from Aloes", at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
He was nominated for a 1988 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Little Egypt", at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
He was awarded the 2010 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for his performance in a "A Guide for the Perplexed", at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
He was nominated for the 2011 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for "Rantoul and Die" at the American Blues Theater in Chicago, Illinois.