In the beginning of the 1990s his career was at its peak as he appeared in several well-known and/or blockbuster films such as "The Hunt for Red October" (1990), "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), "Backdraft" (1991) and "The Player" (1992).
Leta 1970 mu je režiser ponudil njegovo prvo filmsko vlogo v filmu "The Baby Maker", ki so ga začeli predvajati istega leta.