The ex-Six Feet Under actor, 33, just joined the force on NBC's Law & Order
YOU'VE PLAYED SOME SCARY GUYS, LIKE SIX'S BILLY. EVER DREAM YOU'D JOIN THE POLICE? There was a time when I wished people took me as somebody with the weight necessary to play a role like Law & Order. I was this scrawny little kid, and nobody took me seriously—so, I fantasized about playing a detective.
ANY HAZING? Jesse L. Martin and S. Epatha Merkerson were very welcoming. They never made me roll in feathers, but they did buy a glass of wine or two.
ARE YOU LEARNING TO THINK LIKE A COP? My girlfriend [Addie Lane] brought home a thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle the other day. So that's been getting me into the inside aspect of solving things.
EVER WALK OFF SET WEARING YOUR GUN? No, but the show gave me an NYPD hat, and I walked through Washington Square Park where the drug dealers are. People take this hat seriously—they sure did scurry.
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