Although he separated from Ellen Barkin in 1993, he did not file for divorce until May 1999.

Was nominated for Broadway's 2000 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for a revival of Eugene O'Neill's "A Moon for the Misbegotten."

Educated by the Christian Brothers in Dublin.

Before becoming an actor, he was an archaelogist, a schoolteacher, a short-order cook, and a bullfighter.

Started acting at the age of 29 and he went to America for the first time when he was 37.

He went from a priest in Stigmata (1999) to Satan in End of Days (1999).

Has a son, Jack, born 1989; and a daughter, Romey Marion, born 1992.

Autobiography titled "Pictures in My Head"

In a November 1999 interview with the New York Post, he claimed to have been molested by his Latin teacher while at an English seminary preparing for priesthood.