Dominik Tiefenthaler

Dominik Tiefenthaler (born 1971) is an Austrian-German actor, mainly known for his work in The Bombing of Pan Am 103 and Paranoid on Netflix. His other work includes Gossip Girl, The Good Wife, Person of Interest, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, Boardwalk Empire, and the dramatic films Maybe Tomorrow and An Act of War. He has also done voice-over projects, including Grand Theft Auto IV and Wolfenstein: The New Order.

Biography Dominik Tiefenthaler was born in Switzerland, to an Austrian father and a German mother. He grew up in Kreuzlingen, a small town near Zurich, with his four sisters and one brother. He enrolled in the Medical School of the University Zurich, and after receiving his MD Degree worked for two years in the Neurosurgical Department of the Cantonal Hospital in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He moved to New York City in 2000, studied acting with William Esper and John Dapolito, and voice and speech with Shane Ann Younts. In the spring of 2004, he co-founded the Incumbo Theater Company in New York City, but left the group after two years to focus on a career in film and television.

Tiefenthaler is the grandson of the Austrian historian and archivist Meinrad Tiefenthaler. Once married, now divorced, he lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. In August 2019, after The Lehman Trilogy had moved to the Piccadilly Theatre in the London West End, Tiefenthaler took over the role of Emanuel from Ben Miles and finished the last four weeks of the run alongside Simon Russell Beale and Adam Godley.

Film and television In 2010, Tiefenthaler portrayed Swiss detective Yan Glassey, the lead investigator of the infamous Pink Panthers, an international gang of jewelry thieves , in an episode of America's Most Wanted.

After shooting the film , for the German TV station Sat.1 (primetime television premiere on January 8, 2011), Tiefenthaler returned to the United States to shoot Gossip Girl, where he played Lucien, the royal liaison to Louis Grimaldi. NBC's The Blacklist ("The Good Samaritan"), and HBO's Boardwalk Empire ("All In"). The Projectionist (a thriller about PTSD), and Maybe Tomorrow, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the "Golden Door International Film Festival".

In March 2016, it was announced that Tiefenthaler was cast as Detective Walti Merian, in the new eight-part British drama Paranoid. The series was commissioned by ITV and produced by StudioCanal's British production company Red Production Company. Netflix will serve as a co-producer on the series, and will stream the series worldwide outside the UK.

Tiefenthaler guest-starred as Swiss police captain Dante Graf in the first season's third episode of CBS's FBI: International ("Secrets as Weapons") in October 2021.

In 2024, Tiefenthaler was cast as Edwin Bollier in the British television drama series Lockerbie, commissioned by BBC One and Netflix.

Filmography

Film + Year Film Role Notes 2015 An Act of War Det. Tom Nicks 2014 Blood Ties Ruby Bartender 2012 Maybe Tomorrow Graham Seifert Best Supporting Actor2011 Markus Berger Sat.1 Decent Men Heinrich Himmler Short film 2010 Wonder... Doctor 2009 Born from the Foot Andy 2008 After Hiroshima Mon Amour... Actor Short film 2007 The Triangle Actor Short film 2006 Posttags Pvt. Cole Pullman 2005 Street Therapy Flower Guy Short film

TV + Year Show Role Company Notes 2025 The Bombing of Pan Am 103 Edwin Bollier BBC One/Netflix Six Part Drama Series 2021 FBI: International Dante Graf CBS Season 1, Episode 3: "Secrets as Weapons" 2016 Paranoid Walti Merian ITV/Netflix Eight Part Drama Series 2015 Blue Bloods Nicholas Costa CBS Season 6, Episode 1: "Worst Case Scenario" 2014 The Blacklist Fyodor NBC Season 1, Episode 6: "The Good Samaritan"2013 Boardwalk Empire Rudy HBO Season 4, Episode 4: "All In" Zero Hour Adam the Groundsman ABC Season 1, Episode 4: "Chain" Person of Interest Berlin Police Man CBS Season 2, Episode 16: "Relevance" The Good Wife Dedrick Klein CBS Season 4, Episode 12: "Je Ne Sais What?" 2012 NYC 22 Martinus Novak CBS Season 1, Episode 5: "Self Cleaning Oven" 2011 Gossip Girl Lucien CW Season 4, Episode 19: Petty in Pink 2010 America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back Detective Yan Glassey FOX Episode: "The Pink Panthers" 2003 Resident Life Resident TLC TV miniseries

Video games

+ Year Show Role 2014 Wolfenstein: The New Order Enemy Soldier 2008 Grand Theft Auto IV Coke Addict