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Chris Bauer

Chris Bauer
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Bauer at the True Blood panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2014
Born Mark Christopher Bauer
(1966-10-28) October 28, 1966 (age 50)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1989–present
Spouse(s) Laura Bauer (m.1997)
Children Beau, 16, and Mercy, 14

Mark Christopher "Chris" Bauer (born October 28, 1966) is an American film and television actor. Bauer's work includes roles in 8mm, The Devil's Advocate, Face/Off, The Conspirator, and Snow White: A Tale of Terror. Bauer has also starred in television shows The Wire, Third Watch, True Blood, and the Starz series Survivor's Remorse.

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

Bauer has starred in numerous television series including The Wire as port-union boss Frank Sobotka. He also starred in Billy Crystal's 2001 film 61*, as New York Yankees player Bob Cerv. His roles on network television include a regular 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. In 2004 he played 'Lee Nickel' on the ESPN series 'Tilt". He appears on the episode The No-Brainer of the television series Fringe as Brian Dempsey. He also appeared in multiple episodes of Numb3rs as Dr. Raymond "Ray" Galuski and in Criminal Minds in season one as the antagonist.


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