He starred in several independent films in 2008: "The Burrowers", screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2008, and released in the United States on DVD in April 2009, and "The Twenty". He appeared in Steven Soderbergh's 2009 film "The Informant!" opposite Matt Damon in which he played an attorney. He also portrayed Alan Smith in Samuel Bayer's 2010 remake of the horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street". In 2011, he starred in "Cowboys & Aliens" (directed by Jon Favreau) alongside Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde. He was cast as the voice of "The Goon" in the animated feature film. He also starred as Albert Marconi in the film adaptation of the David Wong novel "John Dies at the End", directed by Don Coscarelli.