Graduated from USC film school in 1984 with a Master of Fine Arts
degree in Cinema
Is a direct (12th generation) descendant of Pocahontas.
At age eight, auditioned for the Long Beach Mystics, a renowned club of
magicians, and became its youngest member. Went on to perform magic on
television at ages nine and ten.
An avid sailor, he is a past Commodore (2013) of the Stillwater Yacht Club in Pebble Beach, California.