since "roswell", behr has taken on a variety of roles in independent films such as: unsu lee's "happily, even after"; jefery levy's "man of god", and rebecca cook's "shooting livien". in 2001 he played dennis buggit in lasse hallstrom's "the shipping news", co-starring with kevin spacey, judi dench, julianne moore, and cate blanchett. he made a guest appearance in buffy the vampire slayer in 1998, and was later reunited with leading actress sarah michelle gellar in the hit japanese/american film collaboration "the grudge". his two most recent film appearances were in the korean cgi dragon fantasy "d-war" and lions gate's reinvention of the werewolf tale, "skinwalkers".