John Doman is an American actor best known for playing
Bill Rawls on
HBO
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series ''
The Wire
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'' (2002–2008), Colonel
Edward Galson on ''
Oz'' (2001), Dr. Deraad in ''
ER'' (1999–2003),
Rodrigo Borgia
Pope Alexander VI (, , ; born Roderic Llançol i de Borja; epithet: ''Valentinus'' ("The Kingdom of Valencia, Valencian"); – 18 August 1503) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death ...
in the international television series ''
Borgia
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'' (2011–2014), Don
Carmine Falcone
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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
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, and is an alumnus of
Northeast Catholic High School
Northeast Catholic High School opened in 1926 as Northeast Catholic High School for Boys, and was located at 1842 East Torresdale Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was under the administration of the high school system of the Roman Catho ...
. 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
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(BA) degree in
English Literature
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from the
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...
in 1966. During his years at UPenn, he was a three-year
letterman
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and starting
defensive back
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with the
Quakers football team from 1963 to 1965.
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Retrieved December 15, 2017 He also earned a
Master of Business Administration
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(MBA) degree in
Marketing
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Marketing is usually conducted by the seller, typically a retailer or ma ...
from the
Smeal College of Business of
Pennsylvania State University
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in 1972.
In between his time at Penn and Penn State, Doman served with the
United States Marine Corps
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, beginning with his enrollment in its
Officer Candidates School at
Quantico, Virginia
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. He was commissioned a
Second Lieutenant in March 1967 and served with the
3rd Marine Division
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in the
Vietnam War
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.
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
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Since 1993, the agency has been a unit of Omnicom Group, the world's second largest advertising agency holding ...
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
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in 1991.
Acting career
Doman has made minor appearances in ''
Cop Land
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'' and ''
Mystic River
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''. He had minor roles in ''
The Opponent,
Die Hard with a Vengeance
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'' and ''
Blue Valentine''. In 2004, he appeared in the
third installment of action-film series ''
Sniper
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''. 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
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''. He provided the voice of Don Morello in the videogame ''
Mafia: City of Lost Heaven;'' Caesar in the videogame ''
Fallout New Vegas
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;'' commercials for
Michelin
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tires and
Home Depot
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. In 2013 he began narrating videos for the
Philadelphia Eagles
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.
During his career, Doman has portrayed several different characters in numerous episodes of ''
Law & Order
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''Law & Order'' aired its entire ...
'' 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
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'' as a mob enforcer. This reunited him with
Sasha Alexander
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, 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
Pope Alexander VI (, , ; born Roderic Llançol i de Borja; epithet: ''Valentinus'' ("The Kingdom of Valencia, Valencian"); – 18 August 1503) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death ...
in the ''
Borgia
The House of Borgia ( ; ; Spanish and ; ) was a Spanish noble family, which rose to prominence during the Italian Renaissance. They were from Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia, the surname being a toponymic from the town of Borja, then in the Cro ...
'' series in 2011 and starred in director Pieter Gaspersz's ''AFTER'' opposite
Kathleen Quinlan
Kathleen Denise Quinlan (born November 19, 1954) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in the 1977 film of the novel ''I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (film), I Never Promised ...
.
Other roles he has had include: Senator Ross Garrison in ''
Person of Interest
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''; Helen's (
Maura Tierney) father in the
Showtime drama ''
The Affair'';
Bishop Charles Eddis in ''
House of Cards
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;'' Caesar in ''
Fallout: New Vegas'', 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
Stephen Adly Guirgis (born 1965) is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor. He is a member and a former co-artistic director of New York City's LAByrinth Theater Company. His plays have been produced both Off-Broadway and on ...
' ''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
Television
Video games
References
External links
*
'Wire's' Doman a Philly native
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Living people
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
Male actors from Philadelphia
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male voice actors
United States Marine Corps personnel of the Vietnam War
Penn Quakers football players
United States Marine Corps officers
Year of birth missing (living people)