Chris Bauer

Acting

Born October 28, 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA

Chris Bauer (born October 28, 1966) is an American actor. He is best known for his television work in The Wire, Third Watch, True Blood, Survivor's Remorse, The Deuce and the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind. He has also appeared on Broadway as Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire. He has originated roles in plays by David Mamet, John Patrick Shanley and Jez Butterworth.

Filmography

• CIA — Anthony Graham
• 2026Find Your Friends — Russell
• HIS & HERS — Clyde Duffie
• 2026Maddie's Secret — Dr. Kronenfeld
• 2026Our Hero, Balthazar — Beaver
• 2025Eenie Meanie — Gary
• 2025Henry Johnson — Mr. Barnes
• 2025Thena — Marv
• 2025Thunderbolts* — Holt
• Fellow Travelers — Joe McCarthy
• Poker Face — Don Hooper
• Bosch: Legacy — Deputy Jack Garrity
• Gaslit — James McCord
• Heels — Wild Bill Hancock
• 2021The Little Things — Detective Sal Rizoli
• 20193 Days with Dad — Father Rose
• 2019A Dog's Way Home — Kurch
• For All Mankind — Deke Slayton
• 9-1-1 — Sheriff Woodson
• FBI — Dan Osborne
• 2017Dismissed — Mr. Ward
• Law & Order True Crime — Tim Rutten
• The Deuce — Bobby Dwyer
• American Crime Story — Det. Tom Lange
• 2016Money Monster — Lieutenant Nelson
• 2016Sully — Larry Rooney
• 2016Temps — Mike
• 2016Wolves — Charlie
• 2015Tomorrowland — Frank's Dad
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Dennis Kole
• Elementary — Detective Gerry Coventry
• 2011The Conspirator — Major Smith
• Unforgettable — Dennis Halsey
• Hawaii Five-0 — Cory Sampson
• Modern Family — Officer Stablitzky
• Parks and Recreation — Harold
• The Good Wife — James McCloon
• 2008Diminished Capacity — Lloyd
• Fringe — Brian Dempsey
• Life on Mars — Father Tim
• New Amsterdam — Andrew Gleason
• 2008The Guitar — Chief of Surgery (uncredited)
• True Blood — Andy Bellefleur
• The Black Donnellys — Huey Farrell
• 2006Bernard and Doris — Chef
• Conviction — Mr. Foye
• 2006Flags of Our Fathers — Commandant Vandegrift
• Smith — Dodd
• 2006Sounds Like — Larry Pearce
• 2006The Exonerated — Cop #1
• The Lost Room — Lou Destefano
• 2006The Notorious Bettie Page — Irving Klaw
• 2005Broken Flowers — Dan
• Criminal Minds — Ted Bryar
• Jonny Zero — Stringer
• Masters of Horror
• Numb3rs — Ray Galuski
• 2005Our Fathers — Olan Horne
• The Office — Harry Jannerone
• Tilt — Leeland 'Lee' Nickel
• 2004Keane — Bartender
• 2002Angels Crest — Teddy
• 2002Bug — Ernie
• The Wire — Frank Sobotka
• 200161* — Bob Cerv
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Murtaugh
• 2001Taking Back Our Town — James Melancon
• 2000Animal Factory — Bad Eye
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Detective Paul Browning
• 2000High Fidelity — Paul
• 2000The Photographer — Paul
• 19998MM — Machine
• 1999Cradle Will Rock — VTA - Carpenter
• 1999Flawless — Jacko
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Bill Tattenger, Tom Cole
• 1999Sweet and Lowdown — Ace
• 1999The Hunley — Simkins
• Third Watch — Fred Yokas
• 1998A Cool, Dry Place — Larry Ives
• 1997Colin Fitz — Tony Baby Shark
• 1997Face/Off — Ivan Dubov
• 1997Fools Rush In — Phil
• 1997One Night Stand — Bartender (as Christopher Bauer)
• 1997Snow White: A Tale of Terror — Konrad
• 1997The Devil's Advocate — Gettys
• 1997The Myth of Fingerprints — Jerry
• New York Undercover
• Law & Order — Homeless David, Mickey Scott, Sergeant in Wheelchair, Jack Costa
• Rubber Hut
• Speed the Plow