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Batter Up

Episode Number: 8    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Monday August 1, 2005    Prod Code: 2T6007
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More Photos Anthony John Denison
Role: Detective Lt. Andy Flynn

Broadway Theater under his belt, Tony Denison made his momentous television debut starring in producer/director Michael Mann's critically acclaimed drama, Crime Story. As Ray Luca in the NBC one-hour television drama series, Tony received a fistful of kudos, including Time magazine recognition as... Read More

More Photos G.W. Bailey
Role: Detective Lt. Provenza

Bailey started acting in the 60s working at local theater companies. In the 1970s he appeared on hit shows like Starsky and Hutch and Charlie's Angels. In 1981 he was cast as pool-hall con artist Private Rizzo in CBS's M*A*S*H. In the later eighties he became famous as Lieutenant Harris in... Read More

More Photos Kyra Sedgwick
Role: Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson

Kyra Sedgwick was born in New York City, New York, to wealthy parents, and spent her childhood attending private schools. She became a professional actor as a teenager, first appearing in Another World at age 16. She graduated from the University of Southern California, and has appeared in a... Read More

More Photos Corey Reynolds
Role: Sgt. David Gabriel

Started acting at 16 in local venues around his city. His first professional gig was the broadway smash Hairspray. From there he performed in the plays Smokey Joe's Cafe, and Saturday Night Fever and smaller plays named Parade and Avenue X. He made his film debut in The Teminal and... Read More

More Photos Robert Gossett
Role: Capt. Taylor

First cousin of actor Louis Gossett, Jr. Played Lt. Hudson in "Silk Stalkings." First TV role was 1987 on "The Cosby Show." Can currently be seen on "The Closer" as Commander Taylor. Has appeared in other TV shows such as "Melrose Place," "Diagnosis Murder","Dark Angle," and "NYPD Blue."

More Photos Jon Tenney
Role: FBI Agent Fritz Howard

Jon Tenney was born December 16,1961, the youngest of four children, and raised in Princeton, New Jersey. He was drawn to the stage at an early age after seeing his first childhood play. After graduating from high school, he studied at the Circle in the Square Theatre and acted in over 150 plays.... Read More

More Photos J.K. Simmons
Role: Assistant Police Chief Will Pope

Recurring Roles

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Phillip P. Keene
Role: Buzz
Conan McCarty
Role: Detective Ross
Robert Clendenin
Role: Terence Hynes
Michael Paul Chan
Role: Detective Lt. Tao

Chan, a third-generation Chinese-American born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area, spent several years as a keyboard player for bands in Northern California. He became a founding member of the Asian-American Theatre Company and trained at the American Conservatory Theater. He currently... Read More

Raymond Cruz
Role: Detective Sanchez
James Avery
Role: Medical Examiner

James is an American TV actor best known for providing the voice of Shredder in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and for his portrayal of the patriarch and attorney (later judge) Philip Banks in the TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, whom Will Smith's character affectionately called... Read More

Guest Stars

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More Photos Kerr Smith
Role: Blake Rawlings

Kerr grew up in the Philadelphia suburb of Exton, Pennsylvania. During his senior year of high school, he made his first dramatic performance playing Sir Edward Ramsey in his school's production of The King and I . He then attended the University of Vermont, where he received a Bachelor of... Read More

Hank Stratton
Role: Barry Anderson
Joel Brooks
Role: Assemblyman Bridges
Azita Ghanizada
Role: Neighbor of Blake Rawlings
More Photos Robert Gant
Role: Julian Carver

In just a few years, actor Robert ("Bobby") Gant has gone from real-life Ivey Leaguer and barrister-in-training to portraying the Good Humor Man, a sexy handyman, and all-around nice guy, an offbeat high school vice principal and most recently a professor of literature and gay studies. A... Read More

Kiersten Lyons
Role: Jennifer Russell
David Andriole
Role: Dr. Eric Hall
Wilson Cruz
Role: Angry guy in bar

Best known for his sensitive portrayal as Enrique "Rickie" Vasquez, the troubled gay teen on "My So-Called Life," Wilson Cruz has culled an impressive resume with various screen, stage and gay rights advocacy appearances. Born in Brooklyn, New York where he started his career in stage productions... Read More

J.R. Cacia
Role: Jimmy York
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Episode: Batter Up
Season Number: 1
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