Winner of the Best Debut Performance (for L.I.E. (2001)) at the 2002 Independent Spirit Awards.

He and Billy Kay were already friends at the time L.I.E. (2001) was filmed, having worked together on an earlier film (The Newcomers (2000)).

Was ranked #5 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actors list. (2008).

Lead guitar and vocals in the band Mook, based out of Wilton, Connecticut.

Daniel Day-Lewis was so impressed by his work in the film The Ballad of Jack and Rose that he suggested him to Paul Thomas Anderson for the role of Paul Sunday in the film There Will Be Blood.

Graduated from high school on June 22, 2002.