Came to prominence in the early films of Martin Scorsese after working in theatre for around a decade, particularly Mean Streets (1973) and Taxi Driver (1976). Faded into anonymity in the 1980s even though he turned in some impressive performances in films by some of America's leading directors. He reemergered into star status with his role as Mr. White in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992), Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant (1992), The Piano (1993) 0110912.