After a one-season role on the television drama Profiler, Wood was cast in the supporting role of Jessie Sammler on the television show Once and Again. Directed by Ryan Murphy and starring Annette Bening , the film was based on the memoir by Augusten Burroughs , which is a semi-autobiographical account of Burroughs' childhood in a dysfunctional family. The graduate of Saugerties High School in upstate New York said he was glad to give something back. All About the Music Video documentary short Herself.