Mark Valley

Mark Thomas Valley (born December 24, 1964) is an American film and television actor, known for his role as Brad Chase on the TV drama Boston Legal, Oliver Richard on the NBC drama Harry's Law, as FBI Special Agent John Scott on Fringe, Christopher Chance in Fox's action/drama Human Target, as Tommy Sullivan in ABC's Body of Proof, and as CIA Director Gabe Widener in NBC's Crisis.

Early life

Valley was born in Ogdensburg, New York, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and engineering. He then served in Berlin, where he played rugby for the U.S. military team, The Berlin Yanks Rugby Football Club. He served in the military during the Gulf War. He has a daughter, Sherri, born in 1987.

He married Anna Torv, his Fringe costar, in December 2008. They separated after one year of marriage.

Career

Valley obtained his first role, on The Innocent (1993), while serving in the U.S. Army in Germany. 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 1994–97. In 2003, Valley played Detective Eddie Arlette, an American police officer in London, on the short-lived Keen Eddie.