Background
Weiss was born in Chicago, Illinois. His father was a steel-industry executive and his mother was a homemaker.
Weiss was born in Chicago, Illinois. His father was a steel-industry executive and his mother was a homemaker.
Harvard University; University of Southern California.
He has a sister, Jamie Sue Weiss, who became a make-up artist for television and films. He went to Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois. Weiss began acting when he was a child, where he appeared in local television commercials in Chicago.
In 1980, at the age of 18, he had his first movie role as an extra in the movie Ordinary People.
Shortly after his college graduation, he obtained his first major role as Mike Horton on Days of Our Lives. Weiss also starred in the National Broadcasting Company-television prime time drama The Pretender for four seasons as the lead character Jarod.
Weiss also had roles in the movie Jeffrey, the animated series The Legend of Tarzan, and a recurring role on Crossing Jordan. He voiced "The Nameless One", the protagonist of computer game Planescape: Torment.
In February 2006, Weiss attended a benefit with his former Pretender co-stars Andrea Parker and James Denton for Cure Autism Now.
Weiss joined the cast of Impressionism, a play by Michael Jacobs and directed by Jack O"Brien. lieutenant opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld on March 12, 2009. Weiss appeared in A Perfect Future, Office-Broadway at the Cherry Lane.
The production was directed by Wilson Milam.