Mark Valley

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.

Mark Valley
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)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Spouse	Anna Torv ​ ​ (m. 2008, separated)​
Children	1
Military career
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Years of service	1987–1992
Rank	First lieutenant
Unit	18th Engineer Brigade
Battles / wars	Gulf War Operation Desert Storm

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
2001	Big Time	Chazz
2007	Live!	Blair	uncredited
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
2015	Lost Boy	Greg Harris
2017	Gun Shy	Ben Harding
2018	Garrow	Mr. Bell

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Another World	Father Pete
1994	Vanishing Son IV	Adams
1994–1997	Days of Our Lives	Jack Deveraux #4	37 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 Gluck	5 episodes
2000–2003	ER	Richard Lockhart	5 episodes
2001	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Jack Willman
2001	The Lone Gunmen	Henry Farst
2001	Gideon's Crossing	Mark Epperson
2001–2002	Pasadena	Robert Greeley	Series regular, 13 episodes
2002	Spin City	Joseph	1 episode
2003–2004	Keen Eddie	Detective Eddie Arlette	Series regular, 13 episodes
2004	Harry Green and Eugene	Harry Green
2004	The 4400	Warren Lytell	2 episodes
2004	I'm with Her	Jack Campbell
2004–2007	Boston Legal	Brad Chase	Series regular, 70 episodes
2006–2008	Emily's Reasons Why Not	Reese Callahan	2 episodes
2007	Business Class	Matt
2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jake Keegan	1 episode
2008	Swingtown	Brad Davis	3 episodes
2008–2009	Fringe	John Scott	Series regular, 12 episodes
2010–2011	Human Target	Christopher Chance	Series regular, 25 episodes
2011–2012	Harry's Law	Oliver Richard	Series regular, 22 episodes
2013	Body of Proof	Tommy Sullivan	Series regular, 13 episodes
2013	Stuttgart Homicide	John McDuff	1 episode
2014	Crisis	CIA Director Widener	8 episodes
2014–2015	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Private Investigator Daniel Shaw	8 episodes
2015–2016	Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce	Dr. Harris	7 episodes
2016	Hawaii Five-0	Special Agent Frank Zagar	1 episode
2017	Feud: Bette and Joan	Gary Merrill	1 episode
2017	Bloodline	Mike Gallagher	1 episode
2017	Wisdom of the Crowd	Dino Hutton, U.S. Deputy Marshal	1 episode
2018	The Flash	Anton Slater	1 episode
2018	Another Time	Ben
2018	ZBurg	Harry Mallette	Pilot
2018	The Romanoffs	Steve Lewis	1 episode
2019	Emma Fielding: More Bitter Than Death	Duncan Thatcher	TV movie
2019	Blood & Treasure	Patrick McNamara	3 episodes

Awards and nominations

Boston Legal role

• Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series shared with René Auberjonois, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Candice Bergen, Julie Bowen, Justin Mentell, Rhona Mitra, Monica Potter, William Shatner, and James Spader (2006)
• Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series shared with René Auberjonois, Candice Bergen, Craig Bierko, Julie Bowen, William Shatner, and James Spader (2007)
• Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series shared with René Auberjonois, Candice Bergen, Julie Bowen, Saffron Burrows, Christian Clemenson, Taraji P. Henson, John Larroquette, William Shatner, James Spader, Tara Summers, Gary Anthony Williams, and Constance Zimmer (2008)

Keen Eddie role

• Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Star — Male (2003)

Human Target role

• Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor — Action (2010)

Radio and podcast appearances

• Valley appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on September 14, 2016.