Bailey Chase

Chase is known for his role as Cory Snyder in Walk. Ride. Rodeo., as Butch Ada in the television series Saving Grace, as Graham Miller in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as Christopher "Chris" Robert Hughes (from 2003–05) in As the World Turns, as Beckett 'Becks' Scott in Ugly Betty, as Sean Everett in Damages, and as Deputy Branch Connally in A&E's crime thriller, Longmire. He starred in Summoned, Tao of Surfing, Sex, Death, & Bowling, and No Beast So Fierce. Chase was born in Chicago, Illinois. He spent time growing up between Barrington, Illinois and Naples, Florida, and went to the Bolles School in Jacksonville. He attended Duke University on a full football athletic scholarship, playing linebacker. He graduated in 1995 with a degree in psychology. Taking up acting as a career, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, then moved to Los Angeles to work with the improv group, The Groundlings.[citation needed] Earlier in his career, he was sometimes credited as Bailey Luetgert. He was a series regular on TNT's drama, Saving Grace, in the role of Detective Butch Ada. Additional credits include Charmed, Billboard Dad, The Truth About Juliet, Undressed, Pacific Blue, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Ugly Betty, Criminal Minds, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Awake, among others.