Dash Mihok plays Paul Janszen, friend and accomplice to Pete Rose during the darkest days of the baseball great's gambling addiction, in the ESPN Original Entertainment (EOE) movie "Hustle," which will premiere Saturday, September 25 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Named after the mystery writer Dashiell Hammett and raised in New York City, Dash Mihok came up through the New York theater world and was affiliated with the esteemed City Kids Repertory. His big break came in 1996, when he was cast as Benvolio in "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet," director Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy. Still more success came as Dash won the part of Lieutenant Doll in Terrence Malick's critically lauded World War II epic "The Thin Red Line".

He's worked steadily ever since, appearing in films as varied as "The Perfect Storm," opposite George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg; "Dark Blue," opposite Kurt Russell and Ving Rhames; "Basic," opposite John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson; "Connie and Carla," opposite Nia Vardalos and Toni Collette; and the recent disaster hit "The Day After Tomorrow," opposite Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Dash's television work has included "Law & Order," "CSI," and the CBS telefilm "Murderous Intent." He also had a recurring role on the WB series "Felicity."