Television Bauer has starred in numerous television series including
The Wire, as port-
union boss
Frank Sobotka. He initially auditioned for the role of
Jimmy McNulty. 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 appeared in the episode "
The No-Brainer" of the television series
Fringe as Brian Dempsey, and appeared in multiple episodes of
Numb3rs as Dr. Raymond "Ray" Galuski and in
Criminal Minds, in season one, as the antagonist. Chris Bauer played
Det. (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", and appeared as a rival salesman from the Syracuse branch of Dunder Mifflin in Season 8 of
The Office (US). In 2014, Bauer guest starred in an episode of
NBC's
Parks and Recreation. In October 2014 Bauer started a recurring role on the
Starz comedy ''
Survivor's Remorse''. He played Jimmy Flaherty, the owner of a fictitious Atlanta professional basketball team. The show was written by
Mike O'Malley, who also served as an executive producer along with
NBA star
LeBron James, and star
Jessie T. Usher. ''Survivor's Remorse'' ran 4 seasons and concluded in 2017. Bauer played Det. Tom Lange in the FX limited series
American Crime Story. Bauer appeared as Tim Rutten in the NBC mini-series
Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Brothers, and from 2017 to 2019 co-starred as Bobby Dwyer in the HBO series
The Deuce. In 2018, Bauer guest starred as the negotiator Dennis Cole in
Brooklyn Nine-Nine season 5 episode 13 "The Negotiator". In 2019, Bauer portrayed
NASA astronaut and Director of Flight Crew Operations
Deke Slayton in the first season of the
Apple TV+ original
science fiction space
drama series
For All Mankind.
Film Bauer's first film appearance was in
Snow White: A Tale of Terror, with Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, and Monica Keena. Soon after, Bauer played schoolteacher/
pedophile Lloyd Gettys in the 1997 film ''
The Devil's Advocate. He played prisoner NB9674932-65 Ivan Dubov in the 1997 action film Face/Off'', appearing alongside
Nicolas Cage. He then appeared as the masked character 'Machine' in the 1999 film
8mm also starring Cage. 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. Bauer played a small role in the 2005 Jim Jarmusch film,
Broken Flowers. He was featured in the movie
The Conspirator, as a fellow officer following
Abraham Lincoln's assassination, and played a minor role in
Flags of Our Fathers. In 2015, Bauer played the role of 'Pa' in Disney's
Tomorrowland. He also appeared in
Money Monster as Lt. Nelson, and played Larry Rooney in
Sully. == Filmography ==