Eion Bailey Biography

Eion Francis Hamilton Bailey (born June 8, 1976) is an American actor. He is known for playing Pvt. David Kenyon Webster in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and his roles in the films Fight Club, Center Stage, Mindhunters, and Sexual Life. He had a recurring role on the USA Network series Covert Affairs and the ABC series Once Upon a Time. He also had a recurring role as Ray, a psychopathic killer in the CBS series Stalker.

Career

Bailey struggled in school until he found his calling in his high school drama department. He was soon performing in each school play and went on to study formally at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. He briefly attended Santa Barbara City College. He appeared in Almost Famous, portraying Jann Wenner. He was seen in Center Stage, Fight Club, Catherine Jelski's The Young Unknowns, The Scoundrel's Wife, Seven and a Match, Renny Harlin's Mindhunters for Miramax, and the independent feature Sexual Life for director Ken Kwapis.

His television appearances include Dawson Creek, HBO's highly acclaimed series, Band of Brothers produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, and the HBO original film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself opposite Antonio Banderas.

On stage, Bailey appeared in Equus at the Pasadena Playhouse, as well as Spoon River Anthology, Look Homeward, Angel, and Dinner at Eight at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Desire and I at the Access Theatre Santa Barbara, and Icarus' Mother at the SBCC Studio Theatre.

In 2007, Bailey was awarded a Daytime Emmy for his performance in Life of the Party. Bailey has had recurring guest-starring roles on the TV series Dawson's Creek and ER.

In 2010, Bailey had a recurring role in USA Network"?s Covert Affairs as Ben Mercer, Annie's ex-boyfriend, who was being targeted by the CIA, before returning to the Agency near the end of Season 1. In 2012, Bailey started recurring on Once Upon a Time as August Booth.

On May 1, 2013, Bailey guest starred in "Traumatic Wound" on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Frank Patterson, an Iraq war veteran with PTSD who becomes a key witness in an investigation of a sexual assault in a nightclub.

Philanthropy

During a trip to Peru, Bailey saw a group of children travel 24 miles on foot to school. This led to the creation of Imagine This! TV, a reality TV show chronicling one week philanthropic projects for people all around the world. The network uses an open-source collaboration platform that encourages input from its viewers. Bailey is currently working on getting broadcast distribution for the TV show.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1997	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Kyle DuFours	Episode: "The Pack"
	A Better Place	Ryan
1998	Significant Others	Cambell Chasen	Television series
	Dawson's Creek	Billy Konrad	Episodes: "Boyfriend," "In the Company of Men" & "Escape from New York"
1999	Fight Club	Ricky
2000	The Young Unknowns	Joe
	Center Stage	Jim Gordon
	Almost Famous	Jann Wenner
2001	Band of Brothers	Pvt. David Kenyon Webster	Miniseries
2002	The Scoundrel's Wife	Ensign Jack Burwell
2003	And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself	Frank Thayer	Television film
	Seven and a Match	Sid
	Without a Trace	Christopher Mayes	Episode: "Confidence"
2004	Mindhunters	Bobby Whitman
2005	Life of the Party	Michael	Won - Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special
	Sexual Life	David
	ER	Jake Scanlon	Season 11
2005	CSI: NY	Dean Lessing	Episode: "Charge of This Post"
2006	Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King	Lonnie Freeman	Miniseries
	Orpheus		Television film
2008	Language of the Enemy	Romi Meir	a.k.a. "A House Divided"
2009	The Canyon	Nick
	Cold Case	Patrick 'The Rifle' Lennox	Episode: "November 22"
	(Untitled)	Josh
	Numb3rs	Cam	Season 5, Episode 16: "Cover Me"
2010–2011	Covert Affairs	Ben Mercer	recurring seasons 1 and 2
2011	30 Rock	Anders	Episode: "It's Never Too Late for Now"
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Adam Winter	Episode: "Icarus"
2012–present	Once Upon a Time	August Wayne Booth / Pinocchio	recurring, Seasons 1,2,4 (15 episodes)
2013	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Frank Patterson	Episode: "Traumatic Wound"
2014	Ray Donovan	Steve Knight
2015	Stalker	Ray	6 episodes