I didn't think much of the actor. He wasn't bad skills-wise, I guess, but he had no on-screen presence or charisma for me (DB and CC practically swallowed him in that sense, imo).

I thought the character was created simply to give Angel places to go, and I thought it showed. He was kind of . . . flat. I also felt the writers were wishy-washy about what kinda person to make him. There was evidence he was a gambler, a drinker, and had his fingers in plenty of illicit pies, and yet he was once a elementary school teacher who's biggest life trauma, before the ep "Heroes", seems to be his wife leaving him. Then, in Heroes, it's revealed he feels he made a mistake in his past and has felt guilty about it ever since, but I don't think that guilt was evident in any episode besides this one. Until that point, I thought he expected a lot out of Angel without expecting a lot out of himself.

I didn't find his jokes funny. I couldn't swallow his attraction to Cordy. I never really got why Angel loved him so much. To me, he felt like a place-holder and bad writing. That's all ;o)