Yaeger started taking acting courses and began acquiring role after role. Some of his early work includes Michael Anderson's
Tenderloin, a film about one of the most infamous neighborhoods in San Francisco. The film premiered at the
Mill Valley Film Festival in October 2009. Yaeger also shares the joy of working on
Dolphin Tale with
Morgan Freeman,
Ashley Judd and
Harry Connick, Jr.;
Knife Fight with
Rob Lowe;
War Flowers with
Christina Ricci,
Tom Berenger and
Jason Gedrick; and the
Syfy feature film
Piranhaconda with
Michael Madsen and
Rachel Hunter. In 2012, he appeared in a recurring role for six episodes of the highest rated
FX television series
Sons of Anarchy. Late 2016 brings Yaeger to the set of
Cinemax's New
Series Original
Quarry and to
NCIS: Los Angeles for a multi-episode arc. In 2018 Yaeger was cast in
CBS All Access series
Tell Me a Story. Having 2019 bringing him to star in his third separate
NCIS franchise show on
NCIS: New Orleans, along with
The Rookie, and a spot on the fresh television drama
The Village. In 2023 he was cast in
NCIS: Hawaiʻi gaining status of the only known actor to appear on all four
NCIS (franchise) editions as separate characters. His list of Television and Movie credits continues to grow. Along with his business partner Josh Gillick, Yaeger created the production company ArtistFilm. It produced several short films and features, such as ''Sedona's Rule'' distributed by Green Apple Entertainment, Inc. Yaeger is also involved with the Screen Actors Guild (
SAG), American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (
AFTRA), and the Actors' Equity Association (
AEA) Tri-Union global disability rights campaign called IAMPWD – Inclusion in the Arts & Media of People with Disabilities. He previously served as a chairperson on the AFTRA Los Angeles Local Performers with Disabilities Committee. Yaeger volunteers his time with many organizations. He has attended several
Big Sunday events for the
Wounded Warrior Project, rode in a few of
Kiehl's Liferides for
amfAR, and participated in the American300 Warrior Tour. He spoke at the 10th and 11th annual
United Cerebral Palsy of
New York City event called Women Who Care, sharing the stage with
Ivanka Trump,
Michelle Bachelet, and many others. Yaeger was invited as a keynote speaker to the 2014
Adobe Summit in London on the subject of reinvention. On May 14, 2014, he spoke to an abundance of tech specialists, business entrepreneurs, then introduced the band
Rudimental during the Summit Fest that followed. Yaeger's next feat was a run up the
Empire State Building in
New York City on February 3, 2016. This run was presented by
Marmot on behalf of the Challenged Athletes Foundation
(CAF). He doesn't cease to put his efforts into activism for awareness of disabilities, specifically in regard to casting for television and movies. ==Sports and affiliations==