Since 1986, Doe has also maintained a busy second career as an actor, appearing in such films as Oliver Stone's "Salvador" (1986); "Slam Dance" (1987); Allison Anders' "Border Radio" (1987) and "Sugar Town" (1999); Patrick Swayze vehicle "Road House" (1989); the Jerry Lee Lewis biopic "Great Balls of Fire!" (1989); the independent feature "Roadside Prophets" (1992), in which he starred with Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys; the Lawrence Kasdan Western "Wyatt Earp" (1994); Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights" (1997); Miguel Arteta's "The Good Girl" (2002); Craig Mazin's "The Specials" (2002); and Todd Haynes's "I'm Not There" about Bob Dylan (2007). He was a regular cast member of the television series "Roswell" on The WB and UPN, and made an appearance as an aging rock star on a 2003 episode of "Law & Order".