Early life

He studied acting at the California Institute of the Arts, from the late eighties/early nineties. Bancroft is an alumnus of Handsworth Secondary School.

Career

He is best known for playing Joe Bradley on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210. He was on the show from 1995 to 1996, and in the same year played Astronaut Zeke Beaumont in the MTM/Fox TV series The Cape.

He played the male leading role in Code Name: Eternity in 1999-2000.

In 2005, Bancroft guest starred in Season 4 of the hit TV series 24. He played field agent Lee Castle in 9 episodes.

Bancroft has also made numerous guest appearances on several television series. In 2005, he starred as Charles Ingalls in the television miniseries, Little House on the Prairie. He also played the demon Cryto in the Charmed Season 2 episode, "How to Make a Quilt Out of Americans".

In Supernatural Season 7 (2011), he played the role of Dr. Gaines who was taken over by a Leviathan. He appeared in three episodes as this murderous doctor.

In 2014, he played Spencer in The Town that Came A-Courtin'.

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