Chris Bauer

Chris Bauer
Born	Mark Christopher Bauer October 28, 1966 (1966-10-28) (age 45) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present

Mark Christopher "Chris" Bauer (born October 28, 1966) is an American film and television actor.

Biography

Early life

Bauer was born in Los Angeles, California and attended high school at Miramonte High School in Orinda, California. He played on Miramonte Championship football team his senior year, 1984. Later, he attended the University of San Diego, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and graduated from the Yale School of Drama.

Acting career

Television

Bauer has starred in numerous television series including The Wire as port-union boss Frank Sobotka. He also starred in Billy Crystal's 2001 directorial debut 61*, as New York Yankees player Bob Cerv. His roles on network television include a recurring role as Fred Yokas, husband of Officer Faith Yokas, on the NBC series Third Watch, lead FBI Agent Dodd on the short-lived CBS series Smith, a Priest on ABC's Life on Mars and as Detective Lou Destefano in the original Sci-Fi channel miniseries The Lost Room. He appears on the episode The No-Brainer of the television series Fringe as Brian Dempsey. Chris Bauer plays Detective (later Sheriff) Andy Bellefleur on the TV-series True Blood. He also played Dennis Halsey, a guard on Unforgettable in the fourth episode of the first season, "Up In Flames".

Film

Bauer played schoolteacher Lloyd Gettys in the 1997 film The Devil's Advocate, and appeared as the masked character "Machine" in the 1999 film 8mm starring Nicolas Cage.^[1] He starred as fetish photographer Irving Klaw in the 2005 Bettie Page biopic The Notorious Bettie Page, and as famous author Ken Kesey in a 2007 Neal Cassady biopic. Chris plays a small role in the 2005 Jim Jarmusch film, Broken Flowers. He also had a small role in Face/Off playing along side Nicolas Cage (as the prisoner 'Dubov' who helps him to escape the oil rig). He is also featured in the movie The Conspirator as a fellow officer following President Lincoln's assassination.

References

1. ^ Interpreting Tennessee Williams - Working in the Theatre Seminar video at American Theatre Wing.org, April 2005

External links

• Chris Bauer at the Internet Movie Database
• Chris Bauer at AllRovi

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Name	Bauer, Chris
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Short description	American actor
Date of birth	October 28, 1966
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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