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Chris Bauer

Chris Bauer

2 films · 74 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20052021

Born 28 October 1966 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Chris Bauer is an American actor. He is best known for his television work in The Wire, Third Watch, True Blood, Survivor's Remorse, The Deuce and the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind. He has also appeared on Broadway as Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire. He has originated roles in plays by David Mamet, John Patrick Shanley and Jez Butterworth.

How their films are shot

Measured across 74 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Chris takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 46% of their frames are day — the look of the work Chris takes.

Time of day

Day46%
Night30%
Interior23%

Lighting

Low key32%
High key30%
Natural28%
Chiaroscuro8%

Shot size

Medium61%
Fullbody16%
Closeup11%
Wide9%

Camera angle

Eye level97%

Mood

Neutral75%
Tense17%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 74 frames from Chris Bauer's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.