- Has Tourette's syndrome.
- Is the subject of two Alanis Morissette songs, "So Pure" and "That Particular Time.".
- Was a doorman for a few years in Manhattan for a Fifth Avenue apartment building in which Ralph Lauren lives.
- He played, with digital motion-capture similar to the technique used to make Andy Serkis Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" films, the Alpha Male, a leader of the vampiric and fierce Infected that antagonize Will Smith in I Am Legend (2007).
- Was named after famed writer Dashiell Hammett.
- Danced his way through the music video "So Pure" with Alanis Morissette; the couple was dating at the time.
- His father is of Slovak descent. His mother has English, and some German and Irish, ancestry.
- Admitted to suffering a bruised ego as a result of his role being cut in editing in The Thin Red Line (1998) as the bullish Doll. His subtly intuitive performance, while truncated, was still among the most moving.
- Is featured on the Sabac album "Sabacolypse" in the song "I Have a Dream.".
- Favorite book is "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight" by Thom Hartmann.
- Played Eamon McBride in the pilot of Love & Money (1999) but was later replaced.
- Enjoys horseback riding, swimming, drumming, and hip-hop emceeing in his spare time.
- Was invited to join the Actors branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) in 2024.
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