✦Tapped as the new face of Gucci by Gucci's men's fragrance (April 2008).
✦Was listed in People Magazine's 50 Hottest Bachelors by the year 2004.
✦Landed the role of Robert De Niro's son in "City by the Sea" (2002) after the actor personally recommended him to be included in the film cast upon seeing his performance in "James Dean" (2001).
✦Got cast as Harry Osborn in "Spider-Man" (2002) partly because of his uncanny resemblance to Willem Dafoe who played his father in the film.
✦His two pictures of 2002, "Deuces Wild" and "Spider-Man", both encountered their premiere on the same day.