Mark Valley
Mark Thomas Valley (born December 24, 1964 in Ogdensburg , New York ) is an American actor .
Life
After completing his training at the Military Academy in West Point in 1987, Valley was then stationed in Germany for five years, mainly in Berlin. Since then he speaks fluent German. During his military career, he also took part in the Second Gulf War. He was discovered by a casting agent in Berlin and got his first role in the McEwan film adaptation in 1992 ... and the sky stands still by John Schlesinger .
Valley has a daughter born in 1987. In December 2008, Valley married fellow actress Anna Torv , who was his partner in the FBI's Fringe series . In April 2010 it was announced that they are now living separately.
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The role of Jack Deveraux , which Valley played in the American soap opera Zeit der Sehnsucht , brought him his first success. This was followed by guest appearances in a few series and supporting roles in films. He played the lead role in the short-lived series Keen Eddie , for which he was nominated for a Teen Choice Award as Choice TV Breakout Star - Male in 2003 .
Valley's best-known role is that of attorney Brad Chase in Boston Legal , which he played from 2004 to 2007. For this he was nominated three times for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2006 , 2007 and 2008 together with the series ensemble . In JJ Abrams ' series Fringe - Borderline cases of the FBI he portrayed John Scott . From 2010 Valley played the leading role of Christopher Chance in the series Human Target , the series based on the comic book of the same name came in two seasons.
From September 2011, Valley was again to be seen as a lawyer in a David E. Kelley series after Boston Legal , in Harry's Law he played the lead role of Oliver Richard from the second season . After Harry's Law was discontinued after the second season, Valley took on a lead role in the third season of Body of Proof .
Filmography (selection)
- Movies
- 1993: ... and the sky stands still (The Innocent)
- 1998: State of Emergency (The Siege)
- 2007: Business Class
- 2012: stoles
- 2012: Zero Dark Thirty
- 2015: The Lost Boy
- Series
- 1994–1997: Zeit der Sehnsucht ( Days of our Lives , 36 episodes)
- 2001: CSI: Vegas ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , episode 1x13)
- 2000–2003: Emergency Room - The emergency room ( ER , 5 episodes)
- 2003-2004: Keen Eddie
- 2004: 4400 - The Returners ( The 4400 , episodes 1x04–1x05)
- 2004–2007: Boston Legal (episodes 1x01–4x02)
- 2006, 2008: Emily's List ( Emily's Reasons Why Not , 2 episodes)
- 2008–2009: Fringe - Borderline cases of the FBI ( Fringe , 7 episodes)
- 2010–2011: Human Target (episodes 1x01–2x13)
- 2011–2012: Harry's Law (episodes 2x01–2x22)
- 2013: Body of Proof (episodes 3x01–3x13)
- 2013: SOKO Stuttgart (episode 5x02)
- 2014: Crisis (8 episodes)
- 2014: Hot in Cleveland (episode 5x10)
- 2014–2015: CSI: Vegas ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , 4 episodes)
- 2017: Bloodline
- 2018: The Flash (episode 4x10)
Web links
- Mark Valley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Margy Rochlin: The Man Without the Prosthetic Nose ( English ) The New York Times . January 8, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ↑ Biography ( English ) TV.com. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ↑ Rainer Idesheim: Human Target: Mark Valley gets a leading role in Harry's Law . Serienjunkies.de . July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Valley, Mark |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Valley, Mark Thomas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ogdensburg , New York |