Chris Bruno born March 15 1966 Milford Connecticut is an American film and television actor best known for his role as Sheriff Walt Bannerman on the USA Network television series The Dead Zone His brother Dylan Bruno plays Colby Granger on Numb3rs During college Bruno was active in both theater and sports After an injury sidelined his skiing career while attending college in Vermont he auditioned for and was cast in the lead in The Mandrake Transferring to the State University of New York at Stony Brook as a theatre major he also became the starting pitcher for the schools baseball team Soon after college graduation Bruno joined the cast of NBCs Another World as Dennis Carrington Wheeler and was nominated for a Soap Opera Award for Outstanding Newcomer After Another World he was cast as Michael Delaney on ABCs All My Children Bruno spent some time as a stand up comedian in the years following his soap opera stints and landed several gueststarring spots on the sitcoms The Nanny Jesse and Suddenly Susan In 2001 he was cast as Walt Bannerman in USA Networks scifi drama The Dead Zone the premiere of which was the highestrated cable television series premiere at that time In the series fifth season Brunos directorial debut was the episode Independence Day which was dedicated in memory of his mother Nancy M Bruno who died of cancer His brother Dylan Bruno gueststarred His father is actor Scott Bruno b 1942 Bruno remained a star on the show for the first five seasons his character was killed off during the sixth season premiere Bruno made three additional guest appearances for the remainder of the final season He also starred opposite Anthony Hopkins in the 2005 Roger Donaldson film The Worlds Fastest Indian which according to Bruno was one of the most exciting jobs hes ever done In 2009 he appeared in 2 episodes of Prison Break and then appeared in the television movie Prison Break The Final Break Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Bruno licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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