PankowwasborninSt.Louis,Missouri,thesonofMarion,ahomemaker,andWaynePankow,whoworkedinmagazineadvertisingsales.HeistheyoungerbrotheroftrombonistJamesPankow,afoundingmemberofthelegendaryrockgroupChicago.HeisfromaCatholicfamilyofGermanandIrishdescent.PankowgrewupinParkRidge,Illinois,andattendedMaineSouthHighSchoolandlater,NortheasternIllinoisUniversity. Pankow,aveteranactorofstage...(展开全部) PankowwasborninSt.Louis,Missouri,thesonofMarion,ahomemaker,andWaynePankow,whoworkedinmagazineadvertisingsales.HeistheyoungerbrotheroftrombonistJamesPankow,afoundingmemberofthelegendaryrockgroupChicago.HeisfromaCatholicfamilyofGermanandIrishdescent.PankowgrewupinParkRidge,Illinois,andattendedMaineSouthHighSchoolandlater,NortheasternIllinoisUniversity. Pankow,aveteranactorofstage,filmandtelevision,appearedforsevenseasonsasIraBuchmanontheNBCsitcomMadAboutYou.PankowisaseriesregularontheShowtime/BBCseriesEpisodesplayingAmericantelevisionexecutiveMercLapidus.HeplayedfederalagentJohnVukovichoppositeWilliamPetersenandWillemDafoeinToLiveandDieinLA. PankowhasbeenmarriedtoactressKristineSutherland(bestknownforplayingBuffy'smotherJoyceSummersonBuffytheVampireSlayer)since1985andtogethertheyhaveadaughter.
