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John Doman

John Doman

Acting1945Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

John Doman is an American actor, and a former Marine Corps officer and Vietnam veteran. He's best known for playing Deputy Police Commissioner William Rawls on HBO series The Wire (2002-2008), Colonel Edward Galson on Oz (2001), Rodrigo Borgia in the international television series Borgia (2011–2014), Don Carmine Falcone in Fox's show Gotham (2014–2017), and Bruce Butler in The Affair (2014–2019).

On television, he's had major recurring roles as Dr. Carl Deraad on Seasons 5 and 6 of ER, as CEO Walter Kendrick on Season 2 of Damages, as Senator Ross Garrison on Person of Interest, as Aidan Moran on Feed the Beast, as Jonah Vogelbaum on The Boys, and as Robert Silas on Law & Order: Organized Crime.

He's guest starred multiple times on Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU. He's also had other guest roles on Dr Quinn Medicine Woman, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Practice, Judging Amy, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, CSI, Without a Trace, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, Burn Notice, Rizzoli & Isles, Elementary, House of Cards, Instinct, City on a Hill, and For Life.

He had cameos in the films Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Cop Land (1997), Mystic River (2003), and Blue Valentine (2010). He's also had roles in other films including Mercury Rising, City by the Sea, You Were Never Really Here, Cold Pursuit, and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

He provided the voice of Don Morello in the video game Mafia: City of Lost Heaven, the voice of Caesar in the video game Fallout New Vegas, and the voice of Dog with Bucket Hat in the cartoon series Birdgirl.

Doman has also appeared in promotional advertisements for Versus television. The promotional videos' soundtrack is a rendition of Metallica's "One" from Apocalyptica's 1998 Inquisition Symphony album.

Acting History

2025
Long Bright River
TVas Gee 'Gee-Pop' O'Brien8 eps
2024
Eric
TVas Robert1 eps
2022
Law & Order: Organized Crime
TVas Robert Silas4 eps
City on a Hill
TVas Guy Dan1 eps
2021
Birdgirl
TVas Dog with Bucket Hat (voice)
2020
For Life
TVas Alan Burke1 eps
2019
Cold Pursuit
as John 'Gip' Gipsky
Almost Love
as Tommy
The Boys
TVas Jonah Vogelbaum3 eps
2018
Instinct
TVas Roger Reinhart1 eps
2017
Final Vision
as Bernie Segal
Longmire
TVas Victor Moretti1 eps
Elementary
TVas Councilman Slessinger1 eps
2016
Madam Secretary
TVas CIA Director Dennis Ellerman2 eps
Feed the Beast
TVas Aidan Moran
2015
House of Cards
TVas Charles Eddis1 eps
2014
After
as Mitch Valentino
Unforgettable
TVas Vincent Quinn1 eps
Gotham
TVas Carmine Falcone19 eps
Person of Interest
TVas Ross Garrison10 eps
The Affair
TVas Bruce Butler1 eps
2012
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Dan Lattimer / Rod Franklin / Munch's Informant / Mike Mollinax / William Rand1 eps
2011
Borgia
TVas Rodrigo Borgia38 eps
The Good Wife
TVas Oliver Cardiff1 eps
2010
Burn Notice
TVas Bill Cowley2 eps
Rizzoli & Isles
TVas Patrick 'Paddy' Doyle7 eps
2009
Damages
TVas Walter Kendrick10 eps
2008
Law & Order
TVas Bailiff / Howard Ridgeway / Jim Gilles / Mr. Stephens / Sergeant Frank Gottlieb1 eps
2007
Gracie
as Coach Colasanti
2000: Bunk and McNulty
as Lt. William A. Rawls
Without a Trace
TVas Hayden Mills1 eps
2006
Lonely Hearts
as Chief MacSwain
Fatwa
as John Davidson
Close to Home
TVas Eugene Kale1 eps
2005
Rock the Paint
as Father Pete
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TVas Tim Grace1 eps
NCIS
TVas Lieutenant Cheney1 eps
2004
Sniper 3
as Paul Finnegan
Noel
as Dr. Baron
Rush to War
as Self – Narrator (voice)
2003
Mystic River
as Driver
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Judge Slater2 eps
2002
City by the Sea
as Henderson
The Wire
TVas William Rawls60 eps
2001
A Glimpse of Hell
as Admiral Langlett
Three Blind Mice
as Stephen Leeds
Judging Amy
TVas Ralph1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TVas Roy Markham1 eps
Oz
TVas Edward Galson4 eps
2000
The Practice
TVas Testifying Detective / Officer Michael Finlay / Detective Michael Finley1 eps
Martial Law
TVas Governor Marx1 eps
1999
Puppet
as Russian Godfather
Giving It Up
as Ralph Gigante Sr.
ER
TVas Carl Deraad10 eps
1998
Claire Dolan
as Cain's Friend
Mercury Rising
as Supervisor Hartley
1997
Fool's Paradise
as U.S. Senator
Little Boy Blue
as Andy Berg
Cop Land
as Lassaro's Aide
1996
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
as Airplane Captain / White House Representative (voice)
1995
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
as Construction Foreman
Stonewall
as Plainclothes Cop 2
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TVas Mr. Riggs1 eps
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TVas Lenaris Holem1 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/9/1945(81 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA