✦Has become the first "Cheers" regular cast member to receive an Oscar nomination when he did so in 1997.
✦Intended to portray Jake Brigance in "A Time to Kill" (1996), but his casting sadly was objected by author John Grisham.
✦Assumed triple jobs as director, writer, and actor in a Los Angeles' stage production of "Furtherst from the Sun" (1993).
✦Became a spokesman for the Miller Brewing Company in speaking out against the Gulf War in 1991 and in doing so, dropped his appointment to be the grand marshal of the New Orleans Mardi Gras parade.
✦Was included in People Magazine's list of 50 Most Beautiful People in 1990.