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Lipstick Jungle - David Alan Basche as Mike Harness

David Basche stars in NBC's "Lipstick Jungle" as "Mike Harness," Nico's (Kim Raver) hard-nose competitor at work who goes head-to-head with her to inch his way up the Matrick publishing empire. He is smart, sneaky and definitely a man's man, but only time will tell if he is man enough to fill Hector Matrick's shoes.

Recently, Basche worked with acclaimed feature director Paul Greengrass, playing passenger Todd Beamer (famous for his heroic last words of "let's roll") in Universal's Oscar-nominated film "United 93."

Basche's latest feature films include "Sing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace" with Molly Shannon and "I'll Believe You," starring alongside Fred Willard, Chris Elliot, Ed Helms and Patrick Warburton.

Basche also "stole" Tom Cruise's wife in Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" and was seen flirting with Julia Roberts in Steven Soderbergh's "Full Frontal."

On the small screen, Basche starred in Showtime's Emmy-nominated film "Carry Me Home" with Jane Alexander. He also spent two seasons on the comedy "Three Sisters" and in Alan Ball's series "Oh Grow Up." He played Wilbur in the ill-fated remake of "Mr. Ed," and has had recurring roles on "Frasier," "Miss Match," and Denis Leary's "Rescue Me."

On stage, Basche just finished the off-Broadway production of "Wasps in Bed" at the Beckett Theatre. He starred in the Naked Angels production of the Drama Desk-nominated play "SnakeBit," and he performed for over a year with Eli Wallach in the original New York production of the two-character play "Visiting Mr. Green." Basche also starred in the world premiere of "Singing Lessons" at the Electric Lodge Theatre in Venice, California, the Los Angeles premiere of the hit play "Dating Games," and "Love in the Age of Narcissism" at the Directors Company Theatre with his wife, actress Alysia Reiner.

Among Basche's regional theater appearances are stops at the Hartford Stage, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Rhode Island Playwright's Theatre, Iowa Shakespeare Festival, Hartford Theatre Works, the Yale School of Drama Cabaret, the Boston Majestic Theatre and the White River Theatre Festival. He is a graduate of the acting program at Emerson College and studied in New York with Michael Howard.