Mark Valley

After serving abroad as an officer in the U.S. Army, actor Mark Valley fell into acting by chance when he was spotted in Germany and asked to work as an extra in John Schlesinger's thriller, "The Innocent" (1995). Though initially a non-speaking part, Valley impressed the filmmakers enough to earn some dialogue, which soon led him to pursue an acting career. Once out of the army, he made his way to New York City, where he found his first prominent role playing Jack Devereaux on "Days of Our Lives" (NBC, 1965- ). From there, he landed several guest starring roles on popular drama series while appearing in occasional feature films. Valley did manage to score a few television series on which he played the central character, only to find himself out of work once the series was canceled after its initial season. He finally hit his stride in 2004 when he joined the cast of "Boston Legal" (ABC, 2004-08) as a dogged and earnest attorney who served as the chief foil and agitator to James Spader's morally-slippery Alan Shore. After leaving the popular legal drama, he starred on the cult hit "Fringe" (Fox, 2008-2013) before striking out on his own as the lead on "Human Target" (Fox, 2010-2011), both of which proved that Valley had finally come into his own as a prominent presence on the small screen