Bancroft is best known for playing Joe Bradley on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210.[1] He was on the show from 1995 to 1996, and in the same year played Astronaut Zeke Beaumont in The Cape.[2] In 2003, he joined his Beverly Hills alumni, Jason Priestley and Emma Caulfield, in Reality of Love. He played the male leading role in Code Name: Eternity in 1999 and 2000.[3] In 2005, Bancroft guest-starred in season four of 24. He played field agent Lee Castle in nine episodes.
In 2007, he starred in the award-winning movie Country Remedy as a workaholic single parent and Chicago doctor named Evan Gibbs. In order to secure the job of a lifetime, he must first set up a clinic in a small mountain town in North Carolina.
In 2012, for the entirety of the second season of Blackstone, Bancroft portrayed the role of Dr. Kurt Ellis, a doctor who treats the Blackstone reservation and has an affair with Debbie Fraser. In Supernatural, he played the role of Dr. Gaines who was taken over by a Leviathan. He appeared in three episodes as this monstrous creature/doctor. In 2013 he played Ben, a star widower, in Garage Sale Mystery.
In 2014, he played Spencer in The Town that Came A-Courtin'. He played a supporting role in several episodes of the Canadian TV series The Beachcombers.[5]