Chris Bauer
Chris Bauer was a prolific TV actor who was best known for his recurring roles in two of the most acclaimed shows of the 2000s: "True Blood" (HBO 2008-2014) and "The Wire" (HBO 2002-08). Born and raised in Southern California, Bauer was a standout football player in high school, having played on his school's championship team during his senior year. It was acting, however, that would prove to be his true passion. Bauer honed his craft at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles and later at the prestigious Yale School of Drama. By the mid-'90s he started landing bit parts on TV shows like "The Untouchables" (Syndication 1993-94) and "New York Undercover" (Fox 1994-98), in addition to such films as "Fools Rush In" (1997) and "Face/Off" (1997), the latter of which starred Nicholas Cage. Bauer appeared in his second Cage film, 1999's "8mm," as the masked villain known only as Machine. His first big break came in 2003 when he appeared as the hard-nosed union boss Frank Sobotka on HBO's gritty urban drama, "The Wire." Over the next few years Bauer continued to jump between film and TV parts, appearing in supporting roles in "The Notorious Bettie Page" (2005) and "Flags of Our Fathers" (2006), as well as landing a recurring part on the short-lived CBS crime drama, "Smith" (2006). Then in 2008 Bauer was cast as Detective Andy Bellefleur on the HBO vampire drama, "True Blood." As Bellefleur, Bauer appeared in every episode of the acclaimed HBO series. During his tenure on "True Blood," Bauer also appeared in bit parts on shows like "The Office" (NBC 2005-2013), "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC 1999- ), and "Parks and Recreation" (NBC 2009-2014).
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Filmography
Movies
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44% |
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The Little Things | Detective Sal Rizoli (Character) | $14.7M | 2021 |
59% |
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A Dog's Way Home | Kurch (Character) | $42.0M | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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Dismissed | Unknown (Character) | - | 2017 |
36% |
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Wolves | Charlie (Character) | - | 2016 |
59% |
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Money Monster | Lt. Nelson (Character) | $41.0M | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Temps | Mike (Character) | - | 2016 |
49% |
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Tomorrowland | Frank's Dad (Character) | $93.4M | 2015 |
33% |
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The Guitar | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Bernard and Doris | Chef (Character) | - | 2008 |
76% |
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Flags of Our Fathers | Commandant Vandegrift (Character) | $33.6M | 2006 |
58% |
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The Notorious Bettie Page | Irving Klaw (Character) | $1.4M | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Our Fathers | Olan Horne (Character) | - | 2005 |
87% |
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Broken Flowers | Dan (Character) | $13.7M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Angels Crest | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Bug | Ernie (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Taking Back Our Town | James Melancon (Character) | - | 2001 |
86% |
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61* | Bob Cerv (Character) | - | 2001 |
83% |
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Animal Factory | Bad Eye (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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The Photographer | Paul (Character) | - | 2000 |
40% |
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Flawless | Jacko (Character) | $4.5M | 1999 |
24% |
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8MM |
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$36.3M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hunley | Simkins (Character) | - | 1999 |
54% |
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A Cool, Dry Place | Larry Ives (Character) | - | 1998 |
55% |
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Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Konrad (Character) | - | 1997 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Jack Costa (Guest Star) | 2002 2024 |
82% | 96% | Sprung | Stan (Guest Star) | 2021-2022 |
94% | 94% | Heels | Wild Bill Hancock (Character) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 62% | FBI | Dan Osborne (Guest Star) | 2020 |
93% | 86% | The Deuce | Bobby Dwyer (Character) | 2017-2019 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2018 |
85% | 90% | Modern Family | Officer Stablitzky (Guest Star) | 2018 |
95% | 88% | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Negotiator (Guest Star) | 2018 |
64% | 86% | Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murderers | Tim Rutten (Character) | 2017 |
97% | 76% | Survivor's Remorse | Jimmy Flaherty (Guest Star) | 2014-2017 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sgt. Tom Cole (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Full Circle | Unknown (Character) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Full Circle | Unknown (Character) | 2015 |
50% | 67% | The Lizzie Borden Chronicles | Tom Horn (Guest Star) | 2015 |
92% | 97% | The Divide | Jared Bankowski (Character) | 2014 |
68% | 72% | True Blood | Andy Bellefleur (Character) | 2008-2014 |
93% | 90% | Parks and Recreation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
95% | 89% | Elementary | Detective Gerry Coventry (Guest Star) | 2013 |
81% | 89% | The Office | Harry Jannerone (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Unforgettable | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
90% | 80% | Fringe | Brian Dempsey (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Life on Mars | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
62% | 50% | New Amsterdam | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Numb3ers | Ray Galuski (Guest Star) | 2007-2008 |
50% | No Score Yet | Smith | Agent Dodd (Character) | 2006-2007 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Murtaugh (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 80% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
63% | 80% | Masters of Horror | Larry Pearce (Character) | 2006 |
22% | 79% | Conviction | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Third Watch |
Fred Yokas (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2000-2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jonny Zero | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
95% | 96% | The Wire | Frank Sobotka (Character) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New York Undercover | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |