<P> Livingston's other notable roles were in the films Swingers (1996), Adaptation (2002), The Conjuring (2013), and the television series Loudermilk and Boardwalk Empire, on which he appeared in the fourth season . </P> <P> Livingston was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Linda (née Rinas), a Lutheran pastor, and Kurt Livingston, an aerospace / electronics engineer . His younger brother John is also an actor; sister Jennifer Livingston and brother - in - law Mike Thompson are TV news personalities at WKBT in La Crosse, Wisconsin . Livingston first acted at Theatre Cedar Rapids after being introduced to the group during a school job shadowing . Livingston moved to Chicago and became involved in the local theater scene . </P> <P> Livingston's first film role was in 1992, in Dolly Parton's Straight Talk . He moved to Los Angeles and was cast in supporting roles in Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade and The Low Life . Livingston landed his first role in a major film in 1996's Swingers . He starred as the male lead, Peter Gibbons, in the comedy cult classic Office Space, which co-starred Jennifer Aniston and was written and directed by Mike Judge . He also appeared in HBO's miniseries Band of Brothers as Captain Lewis Nixon opposite Donnie Wahlberg and Damian Lewis . Going beyond nice - guy roles, Livingston played a Hollywood agent in Adaptation (2002); a weaselly Ivy League upstart to Alec Baldwin's casino boss in The Cooler (2003); and teachers in Winter Solstice and Pretty Persuasion (both 2005). He also appeared as sardonic writer Jack Berger, Carrie's short - term boyfriend in the fifth and sixth seasons of Sex and the City . He guest starred in the episode "TB or Not TB" of House . In 2006, he starred as FBI negotiator Matt Flannery in the Fox series Standoff, co-starring Rosemarie DeWitt, and he was an ad spokesman for Sprint Nextel . </P> <P> In summer 2007, Livingston appeared on the off - Broadway stage in the world premiere of Neil LaBute's In a Dark Dark House, produced by MCC Theater, with Frederick Weller and Louisa Krause . The show ran from May--July at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City . In November 2007, the indie film Holly told the story of a Vietnamese girl trafficked into the sex trade in Cambodia . Livingston starred as Patrick, a shady card shark who becomes determined to save Holly from her ill - destined fate . </P>

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