The author of the plays Talk Radio, subUrbia, and Griller, monologuist Eric Bogosian also earned acclaim for his three Obie Award-winning one-man performances Drinking in America, Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll and Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead. An actor whose work ranged from appearances in the Steven Seagal action thriller Under Siege 2 to the Woody Allen comedy Deconstructing Harry, Bogosian also dabbled in music, in 1986 collaborating with Frank Zappa on Blood on the Canvas.