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'', as Christopher "Chris" Robert Hughes (from 2003–05) in ''

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'', as Beckett 'Becks' Scott in ''

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'', as Sean Everett in ''

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'', and as Deputy Branch Connally in the A&E/

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crime thriller, '' Longmire''. He starred in ''Summoned'', ''Tao of Surfing'', ''Sex, Death, & Bowling'', and ''No Beast So Fierce''.

Early life and education

Chase was born in

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. He spent time growing up between

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and

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, and went to the Bolles School in

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. He attended

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on a full football

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, playing linebacker. He graduated in 1995 with a degree in psychology. Taking up acting as a career, he trained at the

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. He moved to Los Angeles to work with the

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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 ''

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'', '' Billboard Dad'', '' The Truth About Juliet'', '' Undressed'', '' Pacific Blue'', ''

'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''

'', ''

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'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and '' Awake'', among 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

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fantasy-drama ''Grimm'' as Lucien Petrovich, leader of the Wesen uprising. He appeared 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 '' 24: Legacy'' 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. He joined the cast of CBS series '' S.W.A.T'' in 2019.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

* ''

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'' ''(as Antipholus of Syracuse)'' * ''

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'' * ''

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References

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