Kyle Secor Kyle Secor in Commander in Chief Kyle Secor ( born May 31 , 1957 in Tacoma , Washington ) is an American television and movie actor , best known for his work on the show Homicide : Life on the Street . In the early 1980s he was drawn to acting as a career and moved to Los Angeles , California , but he continued to supplement his income with various jobs on the side , including teaching yoga , waiting tables , working in movie theaters , and cleaning houses , through 1986 , when he was offered his first major television role . This came in the form of the character Brian Bradford on the soap opera Santa Barbara , soon followed by a stint on the hospital drama St . Elsewhere , in which he played Bret Johnson , a patient dying of AIDS . After working in several movies , including Heart of Dixie ( 1989 ) , City Slickers ( 1991 ) , Delusion ( 1991 ) , and Untamed Heart ( 1992 ) , Secor was cast as Detective Tim Bayliss on Homicide : Life on the Street in 1993 , a role which he would fill for the remainder of the series . Throughout most of this time , Secor was paired on screen with actor Andre Braugher , who played his partner Detective Frank Pembleton . Though the show was an ensemble work , Secor 's character was placed in a particularly pivotal role , as the series began its first episode on his first day of work in the Baltimore homicide unit . After a successful seven year run on Homicide , Secor went on to a short-lived role on Party of Five and made two feature films , Endsville and Beat . He returned to the small screen as a doctor in the CBS production , City Of Angels , for 9 weeks during the fall of 2000 . The made-for-TV movie Bailey 's Mistake was shown on ABC on March 18th , 2001 . He appeared in the pilot of Crossing Jordan in the fall of 2001 and had a recurring supporting role in the cancelled ABC production of Stephen Bochco 's Philly from September 2001 through May 2002 . In fall 2002 he was seen as a guest star on CBS 's Without A Trace . Spring of 2004 brought Lifetime 's Infidelity opposite former Philly costar Kim Delaney , and the long awaited Disney -ABC miniseries A Wrinkle In Time featuring him in the role of Hank . He had a recurring role in the 2004-2005 freshman season of the show Veronica Mars on UPN . From 2005 to 2006 , he starred with Geena Davis in ABC 's Commander in Chief , playing the husband of the female President . Secor is married to actress Kari Coleman , and the couple have two children . External links Kyle Secor at the Internet Movie Database Categories : 1957 births | Living people | American film actors | American television actors | Homicide : Life on the Street cast | Law & Order actors | People from Tacoma | Veronica Mars actors In other languages : Français | Polski 0001717 Kyle Secor 