Mark Valley

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Mark Valley
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Valley in 2010
Born
Mark Thomas Valley

(1964-12-24) December 24, 1964 (age 60)
Ogdensburg, New York, U.S.
Education United States Military Academy (BS)
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
Spouse
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(m. 2008,separated)​
Children1
Military career
Allegiance Flag of the United States.svg United States
Service / branch Flag of the United States Army.svg United States Army
Years of service1987–1992
Rank Army-USA-OF-01a.svg First lieutenant
Unit 18th Engineer Brigade
Battles / wars Gulf War

Mark Thomas Valley (born December 24, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Brad Chase in the TV drama Boston Legal , Oliver Richard in the NBC drama Harry's Law , FBI Special Agent John Scott in the Fox sci fi series Fringe , Christopher Chance in Fox's action drama Human Target , and Tommy Sullivan in ABC's Body of Proof .

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Early life

Valley was born in Ogdensburg, New York. He is a 1987 graduate from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, with a degree in mathematics.

Career

Military service

He served in Berlin, [1] where he played rugby for the U.S. military team, The Berlin Yanks Rugby Football Club. Valley saw action in Operation Desert Storm as platoon leader detailed from the 18th Engineer Brigade to the 73rd Engineer Company, 3-2 Air Defense Artillery Battalion, 7th Transportation Group. [2]

Acting

Valley obtained his first role, on The Innocent (1993), while serving in the U.S. Army in Germany. [1] He landed the role of "Father Pete" on Another World in 1993. He later took over the role of Jack Deveraux on the NBC Daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1994 to 1997. In the 2000 romantic comedy The Next Best Thing he portrayed Rupert Everett's on-screen lover. In 2003, Valley played Detective Eddie Arlette, an American police officer in London, on the short-lived Keen Eddie .

He played Brad Chase on Boston Legal , a spinoff of the television series The Practice . Valley also appeared on the television series ER as Richard Lockhart, Abby Lockhart's ex-husband. In 2008 he appeared on Fringe, as FBI agent John Scott. Valley played the lead in Fox's drama Human Target . [3]

In 2012, Valley joined ABC's Body of Proof as a series regular. He played Det. Tommy Sullivan, Dana Delany's love interest. [4] He also co-starred alongside Delany in her short-lived series Pasadena in 2001. [5]

Personal life

He has a daughter born in 1987. He married Australian actress Anna Torv, his Fringe co-star, in December 2008. [6] In April 2010, it was reported that the couple had split several months earlier. [7] [8]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 The Innocent Tunnel Technician
1997 Breast Men Fair Haired Resident
1998 Some Girl Police Officer
1998 The Siege FBI Agent Mike Johanssen
2000 The Next Best Thing Cardiologist
2000 Jericho Jericho
2001Big TimeChazz
2007 Live! Blairuncredited
2007 Shrek the Third Cyclops Voice
2012 Stolen Fletcher
2012 Zero Dark Thirty C-130 Pilot
2013 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns: Part 2 Clark Kent / Superman Voice
2015Lost BoyGreg Harris
2017 Gun Shy Ben Harding
2018GarrowMr. Bell
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Another World Father Pete
1994 Vanishing Son IV Adams
1994–1997 Days of Our Lives Jack Deveraux #437 episodes
1997 George Wallace Bobby Kennedy
1999 Brimstone Barry Ceneazo
2000 Diagnosis: Murder Captain Paul Davis
2000 Running Mates Dick Tracy
2000–2001 Once and Again Will Gluck5 episodes
2000–2003 ER Richard Lockhart5 episodes
2001 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Jack Willman
2001 The Lone Gunmen Henry Farst
2001 Gideon's Crossing Mark Epperson
2001–2002 Pasadena Robert GreeleySeries regular, 13 episodes
2002 Spin City Joseph1 episode
2003–2004 Keen Eddie Detective Eddie ArletteSeries regular, 13 episodes
2004Harry Green and EugeneHarry Green
2004 The 4400 Warren Lytell2 episodes
2004 I'm with Her Jack Campbell
2004–2007 Boston Legal Brad ChaseSeries regular, 70 episodes
2006–2008 Emily's Reasons Why Not Reese Callahan2 episodes
2007Business ClassMatt
2007 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jake Keegan1 episode
2008 Swingtown Brad Davis3 episodes
2008–2009 Fringe John ScottSeries regular, 12 episodes
2010–2011 Human Target Christopher Chance Series regular, 25 episodes
2011–2012 Harry's Law Oliver RichardSeries regular, 22 episodes
2013 Body of Proof Tommy SullivanSeries regular, 13 episodes
2013 Stuttgart Homicide John McDuff1 episode
2014 Crisis CIA Director Widener8 episodes
2014–2015 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Private Investigator Daniel Shaw8 episodes
2015–2016 Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Dr. Harris7 episodes
2016 Hawaii Five-0 Special Agent Frank Zagar1 episode
2017 Feud: Bette and Joan Gary Merrill 1 episode
2017 Bloodline Mike Gallagher1 episode
2017 Wisdom of the Crowd Dino Hutton, U.S. Deputy Marshal1 episode
2018 The Flash Anton Slater1 episode
2018Another TimeBen
2018ZBurgHarry MallettePilot
2018 The Romanoffs Steve Lewis1 episode
2019Emma Fielding: More Bitter Than DeathDuncan ThatcherTV movie
2019 Blood & Treasure Patrick McNamara3 episodes

Awards and nominations

Boston Legal role
Keen Eddie role
Human Target role

Radio and podcast appearances

References

  1. 1 2 Rochlin, Margy. "The Man Without the Prosthetic Nose", The New York Times, January 10, 2010.
  2. ↑ Thomas, Jennifer (January 30, 2009). "Mark Valley of 'Fringe' talks about playing dead as John Scott". Pioneer Press . Archived from the original on February 2, 2009.
  3. ↑ Hollywood Reporter article referencing Valley
  4. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (July 28, 2012). "Mark Valley To Join 'Body Of Proof' As New Regular". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  5. ↑ Jay Bobbin (February 19, 2013). "'Body of Proof': Dana Delany reunites with Mark Valley for Season 3". Zap2it. Archived from the original on March 28, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  6. ↑ Dos Santos, Kristin. "Anna Torv and Mark Valley Married!" E! Online , February 2, 2009.
  7. ↑ Jordan, Julie (April 9, 2010). "Anna Torv and Mark Valley Split". People. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  8. ↑ D'Zurilla, Christie (April 12, 2010). "Divorce in bulk: Kate Walsh, Anna Torv and Mark Valley -- and birds". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
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