Majored in voice and piano at The New School University.
Is an avid collector of Spaghetti Westerns.
While working in the music industry, he was asked to give on-air album reviews every Saturday morning for VH1's Top 20 Weekly Countdown. The director encouraged him to take his first acting class at HB Studio.
Worked for many years as the pop/rock buyer for Tower Records in NYC - was frequently quoted as an industry expert in articles for 'Billboard Magazine,' 'Entertainment Weekly,' 'Rolling Stone,' and 'The NY Daily News'.