His parents bought the café in Newberry Springs, California, featured in
Bagdad Cafe (1987).
He was very good friends with Christina Applegate, David Arquette, Rodney Harvey, Todd Bridges, Vincent Ventresca, Jensen Daggett, Katie Wagner, Monique DeBarge, Robert Rusler, Richard Grieco, Dustin Ngyuen, Martika and Jay R. Ferguson.
He studied two years at the Lee Strasberg Institute and the Los Angeles Music Center.
He appeared in minor parts in television shows like "The Tim Conway Show", "Gene Kelly in Pasadena", "The Mac Davis Show" "Fernwood 2Night", "Together We Stand", "Eye to Eye".