Bauer was born in Los Angeles, California, and is of Irish and German descent. He attended high school at Miramonte High School in Orinda, California and played on the Miramonte football team in his senior year, 1984, the year the team won the state championship. Later, he attended the University of San Diego, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and graduated from the Yale School of Drama.\n', '

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. He also appeared in multiple episodes of Numb3rs as Dr. Raymond "Ray" Galuski and in Criminal Minds in season one as the antagonist.\n', '

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 plays Jimmy Flaherty, the owner of a fictitious Atlanta professional basketball team. The show is written by Mike O\'Malley, who is also an executive producer along with NBA star LeBron James, and stars Jessie T. Usher. Survivor\'s Remorse started its second season on September 22, 2015. 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 co-stars as Bobby Dwyer in the HBO series The Deuce.\n', '

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