Kyle Secor
| Kyle Secor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 31, 1957 Tacoma, Washington |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse(s) | Kari Coleman (2002–present) |
| Children | 2 |
Kyle Ivan Secor (born May 31, 1957) is an American television and film actor. He is best known for portraying Detective Tim Bayliss on the crime drama series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999) and NFFA Minister Edwidge Owens in the action-horror film The Purge: Election Year (2016).
Secor was born in Tacoma, Washington. He grew up in nearby Federal Way and graduated from Federal Way High School in 1975. His father worked in sales.
Secor's first major television role was the character Brian Bradford on the soap opera Santa Barbara, soon followed by a stint on the hospital drama St. Elsewhere, in which he played Bret Johnson, a patient dying of AIDS.
After working in several movies, including Heart of Dixie (1989), City Slickers (1991), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), Delusion (1991), and Untamed Heart (1993), Secor was cast as Det. Tim Bayliss in the pilot of Homicide: Life on the Street in 1993, a role which he would fill for the entirety of the series. Throughout most of this time, Secor was paired on screen with actor Andre Braugher, who played his partner Det. Frank Pembleton. Though the show was an ensemble work, Secor's character was placed in a particularly pivotal role, as the series began its first episode on his first day of work in the Baltimore homicide unit, and ended the series finale with his resignation. Bayliss' character was conflicted through much of the show's run, obsessed with the murder of a Baltimore child he and Pembleton could not solve. The character also had issues involving social protest, past molestation by an uncle and questions about his own sexuality. In 1994, Kyle also played "Swoop" in the film Drop Zone starring Wesley Snipes.
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