Cross began his career in the 1990s playing guest roles in such series as
Street Justice,
The X-Files,
Sliders,
Stargate SG-1,
Highlander: The Series,
Relic Hunter,
The 4400,
Higher Ground,
Star Trek: Enterprise, and
Chuck. He auditioned for the role of
Teal'c in
Stargate SG-1, but lost out to Christopher Judge. From 1998 to 2001, he starred as a lead character, Joshua Bridges, on the
sci-fi series First Wave. From 2005 to 2007, Cross achieved wider recognition for his role as
CTU Agent Curtis Manning on the
Fox television drama
24. In 2009, he appeared as
DJ and
drag queen Sunset Boulevard/Sonny Benson in the
Showtime series
The L Word. In 2010, Cross did voice-over work as Ulysses in the
Fallout: New Vegas add-ons Old World Blues and Lonesome Road. In addition to his work on television, Cross has appeared in such films as
The Chronicles of Riddick,
X2,
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever,
Beautiful Joe,
Free Willy 3: The Rescue,
World Trade Center,
Re-Kill, and
Mad Money. ==Personal life==