in 2005, bruce landed his first role as counter terrorist unit (ctu) agent martin kail on "", a mobile-only spin-off of the television series "24". that same year, he guest-starred for two episodes on the nbc daytime soap opera "passions" and appeared as a waiter on the television sitcom "joey". in 2006, he appeared on "the sopranos" and on the reality television series "breaking up with shannen doherty". he appeared as sam marquez (vanessa marcil)'s secretary, anthony, on "las vegas" in 2007.