John Doman

John Doman is an American actor best known for playing Bill Rawls on HBO series The Wire (2002–2008), Colonel Edward Galson on Oz, Dr. Deraad in ER (1999–2003), Rodrigo Borgia in the international television series Borgia (2011–2014), Don Carmine Falcone in Fox's show Gotham (2014–2017), and Bruce Buttler in The Affair (2014–2019).

Early life and education Doman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is an alumnus of Northeast Catholic High School. Doman graduated from North in 1962 where he was an All-Catholic League football player and member of the school's Hall of Fame. He received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966. During his years at UPenn, he was a three-year letterman and starting defensive back with the Quakers football team from 1963 to 1965. He also earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Marketing from the Smeal College of Business of Pennsylvania State University in 1972. His TV appearances include: guest-star in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Shakaar", Dr. Carl Deraad in seasons 5 and 6 of ER, and bad-guy CEO Walter Kendrick on season 2 of Damages. He provided the voice of Don Morello in the videogame Mafia: City of Lost Heaven; Caesar in the videogame Fallout New Vegas; commercials for Michelin tires and Home Depot. In 2013 he began narrating videos for the Philadelphia Eagles.

During his career, Doman has portrayed several different characters in numerous episodes of Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He also guest-starred in Law & Order: Trial by Jury, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In total, he has played 11 different characters in the Law & Order franchise.

From 2010 to 2011, Doman appeared in three episodes of Rizzoli & Isles as a mob enforcer. This reunited him with Sasha Alexander, who he had previously worked within the NCIS season 2 episode "Doppelganger", where Doman played Lt. Cheney, the head of local civilian law enforcement. He played Rodrigo Borgia in the Borgia series in 2011 and starred in director Pieter Gaspersz's AFTER opposite Kathleen Quinlan.

Other roles he has had include: Senator Ross Garrison in Person of Interest; Helen's (Maura Tierney) father in the Showtime drama The Affair; Bishop Charles Eddis in House of Cards, and the U.S. Ambassador to Germany in season 2 of Berlin Station. He has worked on the stage in New York and in major regional theaters around the country in plays by playwrights ranging from Sam Shepard to Shakespeare, including Stephen Adly Guirgis' Our Lady of 121st Street at the Signature Theater in New York City. Doman has also appeared in promotional advertisements for Versus Television.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes1995 Ultimate Taboo Die Hard with a Vengeance Foreman Stonewall Plainclothes Cop The Journey of August King Bolton 1996 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Airplane Captain, White House Representative Voice1997 Little Boy Blue Andy Berg Cop Land Lassaro's Aide Fool's Paradise U.S. Senator 1998 Mercury Rising Supervisor Hartley Claire Dolan Cain's friend 1999 Giving It Up Ralph Gigante, Sr. Loving Jezebel Pop Melville Wirey Spindell Wirey's father Puppet Russian Godfather 2000 Interstate 84 Montaldo The Opponent Fred 2001 Besotted Cap'n Dave 2002 Emmett's Mark Capt. Berman City by the Sea Henderson 2003 Mystic River Driver 2004 The Kings of Brooklyn Dad Sniper 3 Paul Finnegan Noel Dr. Baron 2005 Rock the Paint Father Pete Dawn's Early Light Sheriff Clayton Short film2006 Fatwa John Davidson Lonely Hearts Chief MacSwain 2007 Gracie Coach Colasanti 2008 Sympathetic Details Phillips 2010 The Company Men Dysert Blue Valentine Jerry Heller 2014 After Mitch Valentino 2016 Ordinary World Walt 2017 You Were Never Really Here John McCleary Two Black Coffees Bartender Short film2019 Cold Pursuit Gip Almost Love Tommy 2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 John N. Mitchell 2021 The Case Charles O'Hara

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