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.

He played Brad Chase on Boston Legal, a spinoff of the television series The Practice. Valley also appeared on the television series ER as Richard Lockhart, Abby Lockhart's ex-husband. In 2008 he appeared on Fringe, as FBI agent John Scott. Valley played the lead in Fox's drama Human Target.

In July 2012, it was announced that Valley would be joining as series regular on ABC's Body of Proof. He played Det. Tommy Sullivan, Dana Delany's love interest. He also co-starred alongside Delany in her short-lived series Pasadena in 2001.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Innocent	Tunnel Technician
1997	Breast Men	Fair Haired Resident
1998	Some Girl	Police Officer
1998	The Siege	FBI Agent Mike Johanssen
2000	The Next Best Thing	Cardiologist
2000	Jericho	Jericho
2001	Big Time	Chazz
2007	Live!	Blair	uncredited
2007	Shrek the Third	Cyclops	Voice
2012	Stolen	Fletcher
2012	Zero Dark Thirty	C-130 Pilot
2013	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns	Clark Kent/Superman	Voice
2017	Live by Night		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Another World	Father Pete
1994	Vanishing Son IV	Adams
1994-1997	Days of Our Lives	Jack Deveraux #4
1997	George Wallace	Bobby Kennedy
1999	Brimstone	Barry Ceneazo
2000	Diagnosis: Murder	Captain Paul Davis
2000	Running Mates	Dick Tracy
2000-2001	Once and Again	Will Gluck	5 episodes
2000-2003	ER	Richard Lockhart	5 episodes
2001	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Jack Willman
2001	The Lone Gunmen	Henry Farst
2001	Gideon's Crossing	Mark Epperson
2001-2002	Pasadena	Robert Greeley	13 episodes
2002	Spin City	Joseph	1 episode
2003-2004	Keen Eddie	Detective Eddie Arlette	13 episodes
2004	Harry Green and Eugene	Harry Green
2004	The 4400	Warren Lytell	2 episodes
2004	I'm with Her	Jack Campbell
2004-2007	Boston Legal	Brad Chase	70 episodes
2006-2008	Emily's Reasons Why Not	Reese Callahan	2 episodes
2007	Business Class	Matt
2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jake Keegan	1 episode
2008	Swingtown	Brad Davis	3 episodes
2008-2009	Fringe	John Scott	12 episodes
2010-2011	Human Target	Christopher Chance	25 episodes
2011-2012	Harry's Law	Oliver Richard	22 episodes
2013	Body of Proof	Tommy Sullivan	13 episodes
2013	SOKO Stuttgart (German TV series)	John McDuff	1 episode
2014	Crisis	CIA Director Widener	8 episodes
2014-2015	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Private Investigator Daniel Shaw	8 episodes
2015	Lost Boy	Craig Harris	T.V. Film

Awards and nominations

Boston Legal Role

• Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series shared with Rene Auberjonois, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Candice Bergen, Julie Bowen, Justin Mentell, Rhona Mitra, Monica Potter, William Shatner, and James Spader (2006)
• Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series shared with Rene Auberjonois, Candice Bergen, Craig Bierko, Julie Bowen, William Shatner, and James Spader (2007)
• Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series shared with Rene Auberjonois, Candice Bergen, Julie Bowen, Saffron Burrows, Christian Clemenson, Taraji P. Henson, John Larroquette, William Shatner, James Spader, Tara Summers, Gary Anthony Williams, and Constance Zimmer (2008)

Keen Eddie Role

• Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Star — Male (2003)

Human Target Role

• Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor — Action (2010)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]