Bailey Chase
Bailey Chase Luetgert (born May 1, 1972) is an American stage and television actor. Chase is known for his role as Cory Snyder in Walk. Ride. Rodeo., as Butch Ada in the television series "Saving Grace", a recurring role as Graham Miller in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and roles as Christopher "Chris" Robert Hughes (from 2003–2005) in the soap opera, "As the World Turns" , Beckett 'Becks' Scott in "Ugly Betty," Sean Everett in "Damages", and Deputy Branch Connally in A&E's crime thriller, "Longmire". Chase has also starred in the thriller "Summoned" alongside Cuba Gooding, Jr.; "Tao of  Surfing"; "Sex, Death, & Bowling"; and "No Beast So Fierce". Early life and education. 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. Career. 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", "The Stray", "JAG", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer, V.I.P, Rats, As the World Turns, Las Vegas, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Watch Over Me", "Ugly Betty", "Criminal Minds, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Chronicles of Hollow Earth, Cold Case, Crossing Over, Castle", "Miami Medical", "Dark Metropolis, Damages, White Collar", "Awake", and "Summoned", amongst others. In 2012, he was cast as Deputy Branch Connally, a foil to the lead, on  the A&E western mystery series "Longmire". Following his departure from "Longmire", he appeared in 2016 on the NBC fantasy-drama "Grimm" as Lucien Petrovich, leader of the Wesen uprising. Chase appears in the fifth-season episodes "Eve of Destruction", "Key Move," and "Into The Schwarzwald". In September 2016, "Deadline Hollywood" announced that Chase had joined the cast of the Fox TV series "" as Thomas Locke, agent and head of field operations at CTU. The show aired on February 5, 2017 following the Super Bowl, prior to moving to a Monday-evening time slot. Chase joined the cast of CBS series  S.W.A.T in 2019.