Mark Newsom Byron Mark Newsom is an actor from California who was a regular background performer on and . He received no credit for his appearances . In 1996 Newsom appeared as court bailiff Deputy Lipton in nine episodes of the crime drama series " Murder One " during the series ' first season . On " Murder One " he worked with fellow " Trek " actors Daniel Benzali , Barbara Bosson , Donna Murphy , Gregory Itzin , Ned Vaughn , John Fleck , Stanley Kamel , Deborah May , Conor O ' Farrell , and Bruce Wright . The same year he also performed stunts as a stunt fighter in the science fiction film " Timelock " , with Nicholas Worth . Also in the 1990s he was featured in the television action film " The Dukes of Hazzard : Reunion ! " ( 1997 , with Paul Baxley , Bob McGovern , and Gary J . Wayton ) , the action film " Deep Cover " ( 1997 ) , and the television western " Outlaw Justice " ( 1999 , with Jonathan Banks ) . He appeared in episodes of " The Visitor " ( 1997 , with Leon Rippy , Bruce French , Richard Cox , and Michael Harney ) , " MADtv " ( 1997 , with Debra Wilson and Don Most ) , " The Nanny " ( 1998 , with Daniel Davis and Ellen Albertini Dow ) , " The Drew Carey Show " ( 1999 ) , " L . A . Doctors " ( 1999 , with Michael Jace ) , and worked as stunt double on the " Seven Days " episode " Daddy ' s Girl " ( 1999 , with Norman Lloyd , Alan Scarfe , Raymond Cruz , Anthony Holiday , Kieran Mulroney , Holmes Osborne , Max Daniels , and Michael Owen ) and the fantasy comedy " Monkeybone " ( 2001 , with Jay Caputo , Lane Leavitt , Chris Palermo , and Scott Workman ) . Being a well known face throughout several television series he had supporting and featured parts in episodes of " The Jersey " ( 2000 , with Michael Bofshever ) , " Titus " ( 2000 ) , J . J . Abrams ' " Alias " ( 2001 , with Greg Grunberg ) , " 24 " ( 2003 , with Jude Ciccolella , Michelle Forbes , Raymond Cruz , Glenn Morshower , Josh Clark , Gregory J . Barnett , Robert Pine , John Rubinstein , Penny Johnson Jerald , Alan Dale , Alex Daniels , Harris Yulin , Daniel Dae Kim , and John Meier ) , " Desperate Housewives " ( 2004 and 2005 , with Teri Hatcher , Brenda Strong , Steven Culp , Bob Gunton , Mark Moses , and Conor O ' Farrell ) , " NCIS : Naval Criminal Investigative Service " ( 2006 , with Keone Young and Diamond Farnsworth ) , " The Unit " ( 2006 , with Abby Brammell ) , " Bones " ( 2009 ) , " Flash Forward " ( 2009 ) , " Castle " ( 2009 ) , " The Mentalist " ( 2009 ) , and again in " NCIS : Naval Criminal Investigative Service " ( 2010 ) . Newsom also worked on the drama " One of the Hollywood Ten " ( 2000 ) , the comedy " ¡ Ja me maaten . . . ! " ( 2000 ) , the television crime drama " L . A . Confidential " ( 2003 , with Robert Foxworth ) , the comedy " The L . A . Riot Spectacular " ( 2005 , with Christopher McDonald , Ronny Cox , Erick Avari , Ian Abercrombie , Lindsey Ginter , and Patti Yasutake ) , the action comedy " Kiss Kiss Bang Bang " ( 2005 ) , the action film " Mr . & Mrs . Smith " ( 2005 ) , the action drama " Domino " ( 2005 , with Stanley Kamel , Patrick Kerr , Morgan Nagler , Andy Milder , and Paul Sklar ) , the drama " Seven Pounds " ( 2008 , with Bill Smitrovich , Tim Kelleher , Judyann Elder , Andy Milder , and Amanda Carlin ) , the television film " Washington Field " ( 2009 , with Jeannetta Arnette ) , and the comedy " Due Date " ( 2010 , with Marco Rodriguez and Aaron Lustig ) .