Bailey Chase

Bailey Chase (born Bailey Chase Luetgert; May 1, 1972) is an American stage and television actor. Chase is known for his role as Butch Ada in the television series Saving Grace, starring 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. 2Biography Chase was born in Chicago, Illinois. He spent time growing up between Barrington, Illinois and Naples, Florida, and went to high 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. He now resides primarily in Los Angeles with his wife Amy and their three children. 2Career Earlier in his career, he was sometimes credited as Bailey Luetger