Stage and TV actor Bailey Chase was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 1, 1972. He went to Duke University in North Carolina on an athletic scholarship, where he earned a psychology degree. Chase moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career and worked with the improv comedy group The Groundlings. He was cast in several TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Las Vegas.

Steve Hughes is played by Bailey Chase on MyNetworkTV’s American telenovela, Watch Over Me. Steve is the accountant of Michael Krieger, and is engaged in a secret relationship with Caitlin.