John Doman Biography

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John Doman (born January 9, 1945) is an American actor best known for playing Deputy Police Commissioner/ Major William Rawls on HBO series The Wire from 2002 to 2008, Colonel Edward Galson on Oz in 2001 and Rodrigo Borgia in the international television series Borgia from 2011 to 2014. John Doman is currently starring as Don Carmine Falcone in Fox's show Gotham (2014-present).

Doman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is an alumnus of Northeast Catholic High School. He is a 1962 graduate of North, an All-Catholic League football player and a member of the school's Hall of Fame. He is a 1966 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in English Literature and played varsity football.

Prior to embarking on a successful acting career, he spent 20 years in the advertising business. He was an officer in the Marine Corps with service in the Vietnam War.

Acting career

Doman had cameos in the 1997 film Cop Land and the film 2003 Mystic River. He also had a role on the film The Opponent. Doman also had a small part in the 2010 film Blue Valentine.

On television, Doman has guest-starred in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Shakaar". He also portrayed Dr. Carl Deraad on 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 video game Mafia: City of Lost Heaven. Doman also provided the voice of Caesar in the video game Fallout New Vegas. He also played a small role in the action film Die Hard with a Vengeance, as one of the site managers for the construction of a tunnel featured in the film. Doman starred as Rodrigo Borgia in the 2011 historical drama series Borgia by the French premium-pay TV [[Canal+]] and the German ZDF and starred in director Pieter Gaspersz' AFTER opposite Kathleen Quinlan.

During his career, Doman has portrayed several different characters in numerous episodes of Law & Order: Bailiff, in "The Blue Wall" (Season 1, Episode 22); Sgt. Frank Gottlieb, in "We Like Mike" (Season 7, Episode 20); Mr. Stephens, in 'True North' (Season 9, Episode 9); Howard Ridgeway in 'Maritime' (Season 13, Episode 18); and Jim Gilles, in "Political Animal" (Season 18, Episode 6). He also appears in several roles in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dan Latimer, in 'Limitations' (Season 1, Episode 14); Munch's informant, in 'Wrong is Right' (Season 2, Episode 1); Special Agent Rod Franklin, in 'Wrath' (Season 3, Episode 2); Mike Mollinax, in 'Scheherade' (Season 8, Episode 10); William Rand, CEO of Battle Tested in "Official Story" (Season 13, Episode 12). He also guest starred as Tim Grace, in 'Blue Wall' (Season 1, Episode 10), in Law & Order: Trial by Jury; and Roy Markham, in 'The Extra Man' (Season 1, Episode 6), in Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In total, he plays eleven different characters in the Law & Order franchise.

From 2010 to 2011, Doman appeared in three episodes of Rizzoli & Isles as a mob enforcer, reuniting him with Sasha Alexander. The two had previously appeared in NCIS in the Season 2 episode "Doppelganger", where Doman played Lt. Cheney, the head of a local civilian law enforcement while Alexander played Special Agent Kate Todd.

Doman has also appeared in promotional advertisements for Versus television.

John Doman has been the voice for Michelin tires and Home Depot and in 2013 began narrating videos for the Philadelphia Eagles. He currently plays the Mafia Don known as Carmine Falcone in the series Gotham, and Senator Ross Garrison in Person of Interest. He also played Helen"?s (Maura Tierney) father Bruce in the Showtime drama The Affair. He most recently appears in Season 3 of the Netflix show House of Cards as Bishop Charles Eddis.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Ultimate Taboo
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	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

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		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		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	60 episodes
2003	Law & Order	Howard Ridgeway	Episode: "Maritime"
2003	Queens Supreme		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: "Doppelgnger"
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"
2014-2015	Person of Interest	Senator Ross Garrison	10 episodes
2014	Unforgettable	Vincent Quinn	Episode: "Stray Bullet"
2014-2015	The Affair	Bruce Butler	8 episodes
2014-2016	Gotham	Carmine Falcone	12 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

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