Chris Bauer Movies and Career Information

Mark Christopher "Chris" Bauer (born October 28, 1966) is an American film and television actor. 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 and graduated from the Yale School of Drama. Bauer has starred in numerous television series. He is perhaps best known for his roles in HBO's original series True Blood as Sheriff Andy Bellefleur and 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. 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. He starred as innovative photographer Irving