I was at first but I mean I thought at first that I wanted a little bit of that in there but the reasoning behind what they cut and what they kept really makes sense and it really played for me when I saw it yesterday, it all worked and was understood.

He joins Kim Basinger Amber Heard and Billy Bob Thornton but his scenes ended up scrapped with the decision to excise the "vampire" subplot from the film entirely. The film was intended for a late-2007/early-2008 release. In 2011 he portrayed the eponymous protagonist of another comic book film Dylan Dog: Dead of Night.

In 2011 he portrayed the eponymous protagonist of another comic book film Dylan Dog: Dead of Night. He also had a recurring role in the TV series Chuck as Daniel Shaw. Following this he has had several supporting roles in television and film.