Background
Bass was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
Bass was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
He is perhaps best known for his role as 16th century Spanish vampire Javier Vachon in the series Forever Knight, and for his more recent role as Detective Sam Swarek on the Global television summer police drama Rookie Blue, which also aired on the American Broadcasting Company Channel. At age 7, he moved with his family to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He speaks French fluently.
He started his television career by appearing in the show 21 Jump Street, and started his stage career when he appeared in Angry Housewives.
He was nominated for a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for best supporting actor in Angry Housewives. Also, he originated the stage role of the young Elvis Presley in Are You Lonesome Tonight at The Charlottetown Festival in Prince Edward Island.
He also appeared at the Stratford (Ontario) Festival as Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac and as the lead in In the Ring and also appeared as Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew at the Atlantic Theatre Festival in Nova Scotia. Bass then played a lead character in the television show The Eleventh Hour and was nominated for a Gemini Award for this role.
He also starred in a television miniseries Would Be Kings for which he received a second Gemini nomination.
His film career includes A Cool Dry Place, Bride of Chucky and The 6th Day.
Following that, he attended Theatre School at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and L"École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, After returning to Canada, he appeared in television guest roles before becoming a regular cast member of the series Forever Knight as the 16th century Spanish vampire Javier Vachon.
