Early years

Kirk was born in Salem, Oregon. His mother was of Russian Jewish descent and his father was of Danish and English ancestry.

Kirk grew up in Union, Washington, where he attended a grade school on a Native American reservation, until his family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, when he was 12 years old. He attended high school there and performed at Children's Theatre Company. He moved to New York City after graduating. Kirk played guitar in several New York bands in the early 1990s, most notably The Dimestore Darlings. He completed a two-year conservatory acting program at Circle in the Square Theatre School.

Career

His first role on Broadway was a play called Any Given Day, which was performed at the Longacre Theatre. He appeared in Love! Valour! Compassion! both in the film and in the original stage version - for which he received an Obie Award for Distinguished Performance in the Ensemble. He also appeared in Other Desert Cities with Stockard Channing, Judith Light, and Stacy Keach, He won a Backstage West Garland Award for Outstanding Performance on his role of a piano prodigy in Old Wicked Songs, staged at New York's Promenade Theater and Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse.

Kirk's other films include Flannel Pajamas, Chapter Zero, The Eden Myth, Puccini for Beginners, and Call o' the Glen. He made his television series debut in Jack & Jill. He starred as Andy Botwin on the Showtime television series Weeds alongside former Angels in America co-star Mary-Louise Parker.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Bobby Brahms
1998	99 Threadwaxing	Half-brother	Short film
1999	The Eden Myth	Aldo Speck
1999	Chapter Zero	Lonnie
2002	Teddy Bears' Picnic	Damien Pritzker
2006	Hollywood Dreams	Robin Mack
2006	Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience	Himself
2009	Against the Current	Philip
2009	Four Boxes	Trevor
2009	The Presence	The Man
2010	See You in September	A.J.
2010	Elektra Luxx	Benjamin
2012	30 Beats	Adam
2012	Vamps	Vadim
2012	L!fe Happens	Henri
2012	Goats	Bennet
2012	Nobody Walks	Billy
2013	Mr. Morgan's Last Love	Miles Morgan
2014	Justice League: War	Hal Jordan/Green Lantern	Direct-to-video
2014	Walter	Greg
2015	The Groke (student film)	Mr. Emerson	In production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	New York News	Unknown	Episode: "You Thought the Pope Was Something"
1998	The Pretender	Horace Strickland	Episode: "Hazards"
1999-2001	Jack & Jill	Bartholomew Zane	32 episodes
2001	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Eric Plummer	Episode: "Wrath"
2003	Angels in America	Prior Walter	6 episodes
2005	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Patrick Bromley	Episode: "Spark of Life"
2005	Jack & Bobby	John McCallister	Episode: "Under the Influence"
2005	Without a Trace	Thomas Beale	Episode: "Lost Time"
2006	Everwood	James Carmody	Episode: "Enjoy the Ride"
2005-2012	Weeds	Andy Botwin	98 episodes
2010-2015	Modern Family	Charlie Bingham	6 episodes
2012	Animal Practice	Dr. George Coleman	9 episodes
2013	The Blacklist	Nathaniel Wolff	Episode: "General Ludd"
2014	Tyrant	John Tucker	10 episodes
2015	Wayward Pines	Peter McCall	2 episodes
2015	American Dad!	Ax Jenkins	Episode: "My Affair Lady"
2015	Manhattan	Joseph Bucher	2 episodes
2015	You're the Worst	Rob	2 episodes
2016	A.P.B.	Gideon Reeves	Upcoming series

Music Video

• "Whatever You Like" by Anya Marina (remix of T.I.'s song)
• "How Blue" by Bleu
• "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!" by Vengaboys
• "Balls deep" by Phillip All Day (Copenhagen wheel)

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
2004	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Angels in America	Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film		Won
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie		Nominated
2007	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Weeds	Nominated
	Monte-Carlo Television Festival	Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2008	Satellite Awards	Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy		Won
2009	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2016	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series	Manhattan	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]