Director Paul W.S. Anderson had wanted him to play the role of Goro in Mortal Kombat (1995), but the prosthetics required to make him taller and add two arms were too expensive to justify.

Is a native of Marion, Iowa, USA. Graduated from Marion High School.

Mother is a Lutheran minister, father is an aerospace engineer.

Attended Yale University with Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti.

Older brother of actor John Livingston.

His feature film debut was Straight Talk (1992).

Engaged to actress Lisa Sheridan [2001].

Got his start in Chicago where one of the theaters he performed, was at the Goodman Theatre.