Early life

Livingston was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the son of Linda (née Rinas), a Lutheran pastor, and Kurt Livingston, an aerospace/electronics engineer. His younger brother John is also an actor; sister Jennifer Livingston and brother-in-law Mike Thompson are both TV news personalities at WKBT in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He graduated from Marion High School in Marion, Iowa, and attended Yale University, where he received B.A. degrees in Theater and English. Livingston had his first acting experience at Theatre Cedar Rapids after being introduced to the group during a school job shadowing. Livingston relocated to Chicago and became involved in the local theater scene.

Career

Livingston's first film role was in 1992, in Dolly Parton's Straight Talk. He moved to Los Angeles and was cast in supporting roles in Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade and The Low Life. Livingston landed his first role in a major film in 1996's Swingers. He starred as the male lead, Peter Gibbons, in the comedy cult classic Office Space, which co-starred Jennifer Aniston and was written and directed by Mike Judge. He also appeared in HBO's miniseries Band of Brothers as Captain Lewis Nixon opposite Donnie Wahlberg and Damian Lewis. Going beyond nice-guy roles, Livingston played a Hollywood agent in Adaptation (2002); a weaselly Ivy League upstart to Alec Baldwin's casino boss in The Cooler (2003); and teachers in Winter Solstice and Pretty Persuasion (both 2005). He also appeared as sardonic writer Jack Berger, Carrie's short-term boyfriend in the sixth season of Sex and the City. He guest starred in the episode "TB or Not TB" of House. In 2006, he starred as FBI negotiator Matt Flannery in the Fox series Standoff, co-starring Rosemarie DeWitt, and he was an ad spokesman for Sprint Nextel.

In summer 2007, Livingston appeared on the off-Broadway stage in the world premiere of Neil LaBute's In a Dark Dark House, produced by MCC Theater, with Frederick Weller and Louisa Krause. The show ran from May-July at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City. In November 2007, the indie film Holly told the story of a Vietnamese girl trafficked into the sex trade in Cambodia. Livingston starred as Patrick, a shady card shark who becomes determined to save Holly from her ill-destined fate.

In 2009, he portrayed flight engineer Maddux Donner in the series Defying Gravity, which was cancelled after its first season.

In 2010, Livingston co-starred in the Jay Roach comedy Dinner for Schmucks. On February 26, 2013, Entertainment Weekly confirmed that he would be joining the cast of HBO's Boardwalk Empire for the fourth season.

In 2013, Livingston co-starred in the indie comedy Drinking Buddies alongside Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson and Anna Kendrick. Drinking Buddies received positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 82% based on 97 reviews.

Personal life

Livingston and his Standoff co-star Rosemarie DeWitt began a relationship after meeting each other on the show. After dating for three years, they were married on November 2, 2009, in San Francisco. He was previously engaged to actress Lisa Sheridan.

In May 2013, Livingston and wife Rosemarie announced that they had adopted a girl, Gracie James Livingston, who was born on April 29, 2013.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Straight Talk	Soldier
1994	Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade	N/A	Short
1995	The Low Life	Chad
1996	Swingers	Rob
1997	Campfire Tales	Rick / RV Driver	Segments: "The Honeymoon" and "The Campfire"
1997	The Small Hours	Steve
1999	Dill Scallion	Ron Statlin
1999	Office Space	Peter Gibbons
1999	The Big Brass Ring	Sheldon Buckle
1999	Two Ninas	Marty Sachs
1999	Body Shots	Trent
2000	Beat	Allen Ginsberg
2000	A Rumor of Angels	Uncle Charlie
2002	Buying the Cow	Tyler Carter Bellows
2002	Adaptation	Marty Bowen
2003	Pirates	N/A	Short
2003	The Cooler	Larry Sokolov
2003	King of the Ants	Eric Gatley	Uncredited
2005	Winter Solstice	Mr. Bricker
2004	Little Black Book	Derek
2005	Pretty Persuasion	Mr. Anderson
2005	The Life Coach	Ron
2006	Life Happens	Ben Dreamantowski	Short
2006	Relative Strangers	Richard Clayton
2006	Holly	Patrick
2007	Music Within	Richard Pimentel
2008	American Crude	Johnny
2008	The Spleenectomy	Dr. Bannister	Short
2008	McCartney's Genes	Rudolf
2009	The Time Traveler's Wife	Gomez
2010	Lawyers	Ryder	Short
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Caldwell
2010	Going the Distance	Will
2011	Leave	Dr. Lieberman
2011	10 Years	Paul
2012	Queens of Country	Rance McCoy
2012	The Odd Life of Timothy Green	Franklin Crudstaff
2013	Touchy Feely	Adrian
2013	Drinking Buddies	Chris
2013	The Pretty One	Charles
2013	The Conjuring	Roger Perron
2013	The Sidekick	Captain Wonder	Short
2013	Parkland	James P. Hosty
2014	Fort Bliss	Richard
2015	James White
2015	Addicted to Fresno	Edwin
2015	Vacation	Ethan
2015	Digging for Fire	Bob
2016	The 5th Wave	Oliver Sullivan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Episode
1995	JAG	Corporal David Anderson	Episode: "Scimitar"
1996	Townies	Ryan	2 episodes
1997	Timecop	Elliott Ness	Episode: "Public Enemy"
1997	Players	Jordan	Episode: "Con Law"
1998	That's Life	Mitch	Main cast; 5 episodes
2000	Then Came You	Max	Episode: "Then Came Cousin Aidan"
2001	Band of Brothers	Captain Lewis Nixon	Miniseries (10 episodes) Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2001-2002	The Practice	A.D.A. Alan Lowe	Main cast (season 6); 8 episodes
2002-2003	Sex and the City	Jack Berger	8 episodes
2003	44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out	Donnie Anderson	Movie
2005-2007	American Dad!	Bob Memari (voice)	3 episodes
2005	House	Dr. Sebastian Charles	Episode: "TB or Not TB"
2006	Brothers in Arms: The Untold Story of the 502	Himself	Narrator; History Channel documentary
2006	Family Guy	Video Store Clerk (voice)	Episode: "Stewie B. Goode"
2006	Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King	Howard Fornoy	Episode: "The End of the Whole Mess"
2006-2007	Standoff	Matt Flannery	Main cast (18 episodes)
2009	Defying Gravity	Maddux Donner	Main cast (13 episodes)
2009	WWII in HD	Charles Scheffel (voice)	5 episodes
2010	WWII Lost Films	Charles Scheffel (voice)
2012	Game Change	Mark Wallace	Movie
2013	Boardwalk Empire	Roy Phillips	Main cast (season 4); 6 episodes
2015	We Hate Paul Revere	Paul Revere
2015	Saints & Strangers	John Carver	TV miniseries

[ Source: Wikipedia ]