He and his wife, Jacinda Barrett, became the parents of a girl, Satine Anais Geraldine Macht, on August 27, 2007 in Los Angeles.
On February 26, 2014, They had a second child, a son named Luca.
He is entirely of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His father's family emigrated from Russia, Lithuania, Germany, and Poland. His maternal grandfather was born in Letichev, in the Ukraine, and his maternal grandmother was born in Russia.
Credits John Travolta as an "invaluable" teacher about how to act and how to
be on a film set.
He appeared off-Broadway as Elvis Presley (aka "The Visitor") in
comedian Steve Martin's 1995 production of Picasso at the Lapin
Agile.
He remains active in theater via his association with the Mad Dog
Theater Company in New York, which produced the play To Whom It May
Concern at the Belgrade International Theatre Festival, September 1997.