between two stages of the same life. The young performer sharing inexpensive New York accommodation could not know exactly what the coming decades would bring. He was concentrating on acting and trying to remain financially afloat while pursuing the career he wanted.
Eventually, persistence and opportunity produced a career spanning decades. Footloose made him a pop-culture icon, but numerous performances afterward demonstrated that his professional identity could not be reduced to one role. His work in film, television, and theater has allowed multiple generations of audiences to encounter him in
