John Doman

John Doman (born January 9, 1945) is an American actor best known for playing Deputy Police Commissioner and Major William Rawls on HBO series The Wire (2002–2008),[1] Colonel Edward Galson on Oz (2001), Dr. Deraad in ER (1999–2003),[2] Rodrigo Borgia in the international television series Borgia (2011–2014),[3] Don Carmine Falcone in Fox's show Gotham (2014–2017), and Bruce Buttler in The Affair (2014–2019).[4]

John Doman
Doman in 2013
Born	(1945-01-09) January 9, 1945 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania, B.A. 1966 Pennsylvania State University, MBA 1972
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991–present
Spouse(s)	Linda Lee Rudloff ​ ( m. 1981; died 2014) Elizabeth Donnelly ( m. 2019)
Children	1

Early life and education

Doman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is an alumnus of Northeast Catholic High School.[5] Doman graduated from North in 1962 where he was a All-Catholic League football player and member of the school's Hall of Fame. He received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966. During his years at Penn, he was a three-year letterman and starting defensive back with the Quakers football team from 1963 to 1965.[6][7] He also earned a Master of Business Administration degree in marketing from Pennsylvania State University in 1972.[6]

In between his time at Penn and Penn State, Doman served with the United States Marine Corps, beginning with his enrollment in its Officer Candidates School at Quantico, Virginia. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in March 1967 and served with the 3rd Marine Division in the Vietnam War.[6]

Following graduation, he spent nearly two decades in the advertising business, starting with a role at SSC&B Advertising and Norman Craig & Kummel. He was one of the first six employees at TBWA New York when it debuted in 1977. Doman concluded his 14 year career with TBWA as Executive Vice President, Head of Business Development, responsible for a new-business program which resulted in Agency of the Year honors from Adweek in 1990. Doman pivoted his career from an advertising executive to a full-time actor when he was cast in a commercial for AT&T in 1991.[6]

Acting career

Doman's acting career began with cameo appearances in Cop Land and Mystic River.[8] He then had minor roles in The Opponent, Die Hard with a Vengeance and Blue Valentine. In 2004, he appeared in the third installment of action-film series Sniper.[9] 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.[10]

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;[11] Helen's (Maura Tierney) father in the Showtime drama The Affair;[12] 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	Notes
1995	Ultimate Taboo	N/A
1995	Die Hard: With a Vengeance	Foreman
1995	Stonewall	Plainclothes Cop
1995	The Journey of August King	Bolton
1996	Beavis & Butt-Head Do America	Airplane Captain, White House Representative	Voice
1997	Little Boy Blue	Andy Berg
1997	Cop Land	Lassaro's Aide
1997	Fool's Paradise	U.S. Senator
1998	Mercury Rising	Supervisor Hartley
1998	Claire Dolan	Cain's friend
1999	Giving It Up	Ralph Gigante, Sr.
1999	Loving Jezebel	Pop Melville
1999	Wirey Spindell	Wirey's father
1999	Puppet	Russian Godfather
2000	Interstate 84	Montaldo
2000	The Opponent	Fred
2001	Besotted	Cap'n Dave
2002	Emmett's Mark	Capt. Berman
2002	City by the Sea	Henderson
2003	Mystic River	Driver
2004	The Kings of Brooklyn	Dad
2004	Sniper 3	Paul Finnegan
2004	Noel	Dr. Baron
2005	Rock the Paint	Father Pete
2005	Dawn's Early Light	Sheriff Clayton	Short film
2006	Fatwa	John Davidson
2006	Lonely Hearts	Chief MacSwain
2007	Gracie	Coach Colasanti
2008	Sympathetic Details	Phillips
2010	The Company Men	Dysert
2010	Blue Valentine	Jerry
2014	After	Mitch Valentino
2016	Ordinary World	Walt
2017	You Were Never Really Here	John McCleary
2017	Two Black Coffees	Bartender	Short film
2019	Cold Pursuit	Gip
2020	The Trial of the Chicago 7		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Law & Order	Bailiff	Episode: "The Blue Wall"
1993	Empty Cradle	Mr. Lee	Television movie
1995	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Lenaris Holem	Episode: "Shakaar"
1995	New York News	N/A	Episode: "Cost of Living"
1995	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Mr. Riggs	Episode: "Hell on Wheels"
1995	Doctor Unknown	Dr. Bochman	Television movie
1997	Law & Order	Sgt. Frank Gottlieb	Episode: "We Like Mike"
1997	New York Undercover	Richard Croates	Episode: "Is It a Crime?"
1998	Law & Order	Mr. Stephens	Episode: "True North"
1999–2003	ER	Dr. Carl Deraad	10 episodes
1999	NYPD Blue	Frank DiNovi	Episode: "Don't Meth with Me"
2000	The Practice	Officer Finlay	Episode: "Life Sentence"
2000	The Sopranos	District Attorney	Episode: "Full Leather Jacket"
2000	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dan Latimer	Episode: "Limitations"
2000	Martial Law	Governor Marx	Episode: "Heartless"
2000	The Practice	Testifying Detective	Episode: "Mr. Hinks Goes to Town"
2000	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Munch's Informant	Episode: "Wrong Is Right"
2001	100 Centre Street	N/A	Episode: "Hostage"
2001	Oz	Edward Galson	4 episodes
2001	The Practice	Detective	Episode: "What Child Is This?"
2001	Judging Amy	Ralph	Episode: "Hold on Tight"
2001	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Special Agent Rod Franklin	Episode: "Wrath"
2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Roy Markham	Episode: "The Extra Man"
2001	A Glimpse of Hell	Admiral Langlett	Television movie
2001	Three Blind Mice	Stephen Leeds	Television movie
2002–2008	The Wire	William A. Rawls	47 episodes
2003	Law & Order	Howard Ridgeway	Episode: "Maritime"
2003	Queens Supreme	N/A	Episode: "One Angry Man"
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Judge Slater	2 episodes
2003	Hack	Hanratty	Episode: "Dial 'O' for Murder"
2005	NCIS	Lt. Cheney	Episode: "Doppelgänger"
2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Tim Grace	Episode: "Blue Wall"
2006	Close to Home	Eugene Kale	Episode: "Deacon"
2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Mike Mollinax	Episode: "Scheherazade"
2007	Without a Trace	Hayden Mills	Episode: "Deep Water"
2008	Law & Order	Jim Gilles	Episode: "Political Animal"
2009	Damages	Walter Kendrick	10 episodes
2010–2014	Rizzoli & Isles	Patrick "Paddy" Doyle	7 episodes
2010	Burn Notice	Bill Cowley	2 episodes
2011–2014	Borgia	Rodrigo Borgia	36 episodes
2011	The Good Wife	Oliver Cardiff	Episode: "The Death Zone"
2012	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	William Rand	Episode: "Official Story"
2012	A Gifted Man	Coach	Episode: "In Case of Blind Spots"
2012	NYC 22	Detective Collins	Episode: "Playing God"
2014–2016	Person of Interest	Senator Ross Garrison	10 episodes
2014	Unforgettable	Vincent Quinn	Episode: "Stray Bullet"
2014–2017	Gotham	Carmine Falcone	17 episodes
2014–2019	The Affair	Bruce Butler	14 episodes
2015	House of Cards	Bishop Charles Eddis	2 episodes
2016	Madam Secretary	CIA Director Dennis Ellerman	2 episodes
2016	Feed the Beast	Aidan Moran	10 episodes
2017	Elementary	Councilman Slessinger	Episode: "The Ballad of Lady Frances"
2017	Berlin Station	Ambassador Richard Hanes	9 episodes
2018–2019	Instinct	Roger Reinhart	2 episodes
2019	The Boys	Dr. Jonah Vogelbaum	2 episodes
2020	For Life	Attorney General Burke	3 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2002	Mafia	Morello
2003	Midnight Club II	Diego
2003	Manhunt	Hoods
2008	Need for Speed: Undercover	FBI #1
2010	Fallout: New Vegas	Caesar

References

1. "John Doman and his many characters". Deccan Herald. 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
2. Voices.com. "John Doman". Voices.com. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
3. "John Doman | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
4. weeks, Jinal Bhatt 3; Days, 5 (2020-04-16). "Exclusive: Cold Pursuit, Gotham Actor John Doman On Mastering Strong, Authoritative Characters". Mashable India. Retrieved 2020-05-13.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. "1962 Northeast Catholic High School Yearbook". classmates.com. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
6. John Doman, Pennsylvania, 1966 (2017 Honoree) – Ivy Football Association. Retrieved December 15, 2017
7. 2017 Penn Football Fact Book – University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved December 15, 2017
8. "Full Cast of Cop Land Actors/Actresses". Ranker. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
9. "John Doman - Actor- Entertainment". Just Dial.
10. "All About That Awesome New Eagles Commercial | The Philly Post | News | Philadelphia Magazine". Philadelphia Magazine. 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
11. Shant Istamboulian, "'Person of Interest' returns after a season of change" from Entertainment Weekly, 24 September 2014, retrieved 19 January 2015
12. "John Doman Joins 'The Affair'; Kerri Medders In 'Mystery Girls'". Deadline. June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2017.

External links

• John Doman on IMDb
• 'Wire's' Doman a Philly native