Dominik Tiefenthaler
| Dominik Tiefenthaler | |
|---|---|
 Dominik Tiefenthaler | |
| Born | Kreuzlingen, Switzerland |
| Residence | Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York |
| Nationality | Austrian-German |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2003 - present |
| Relatives | Meinrad Tiefenthaler (grandfather) |
Dominik Tiefenthaler (German pronunciation: [dɔmɪnɪk tiːfəntaːlɐ]) is an Austrian-German actor, mainly working in American TV and films. His work includes Gossip Girl,[1] The Good Wife,[2] Person of Interest,[3] Blue Bloods,[4] The Blacklist,[5] Boardwalk Empire,[6] and the dramatic films Maybe Tomorrow[7] and The Projectionist.[8] He has also done voice-over projects, including Grand Theft Auto IV and Wolfenstein: The New Order.[9]
Biography
Dominik Tiefenthaler was born in Switzerland, to an Austrian father and a German mother. He grew up in Kreuzlingen, a small town near Zurich, with his four sisters and one brother. He enrolled in the Medical School of the University Zurich, and after receiving his MD Degree worked for two years in the Neurosurgical Department of the Cantonal Hospital in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He move to New York City in 2000, studied acting with William Esper and John Dapolito, and voice and speech with Shane Ann Younts.[10] In the spring of 2004, he co-founded the Incumbo Theater Company in New York City, but left the group after two years to focus on a career in film and television.[11]
Tiefenthaler is the grandson of the Austrian historian and archivist Meinrad Tiefenthaler. Once married, now divorced, he lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.[10]
Film and television
In 2010, Tiefenthaler portrayed Swiss detective Yan Glassey, the lead investigator of the infamous Pink Panthers, an international gang of jewelery thieves[12], in an episode of America's Most Wanted.
After shooting the movie Lenßen-Der Film,[13] for the German TV station Sat.1 (primetime television premiere on January 8, 2011),[14] Tiefenthaler returned to the United States to shoot Gossip Girl, where he played Lucien, the royal liaison to Louis Grimaldi.[1]
In the following years, he played mostly guest-star characters, among them on CBS's The Good Wife ("Je Ne Sais What?"),[2] Person of Interest ("Relevance"),[3] Blue Bloods ("Worst Case Scenario"),[4] and NYC 22 ("Self Cleaning Oven"),[15] NBC's The Blacklist ("The Good Samaritan"),[5] abc's Zero Hour ("Chain") (opposite Anthony Edwards),[16] and HBO's Boardwalk Empire ("All In").[6]
In 2014, Tiefenthaler was seen in three film projects: Guillaume Canet's 1970s crime drama Blood Ties,[17] The Projectionist (a thriller about PTSD), and Maybe Tomorrow,[18] for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the "Golden Door International Film Festival".[19]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Projectionist | Tom Nicks | |
| 2014 | Blood Ties | Ruby Bartender | |
| 2012 | Maybe Tomorrow | Graham Seifert | Best Supporting Actor |
| 2011 | Lenßen - Der Film | Markus Berger | SAT1 |
| Decent Men | Heinrich Himmler | Short film | |
| 2010 | Wonder... | Doctor | |
| 2009 | Born from the Foot | Andy | |
| 2008 | After Hiroshima Mon Amour... | Actor | Short film |
| 2007 | The Triangle | Actor | Short film |
| 2006 | Posttags | Pvt. Cole Pullman | |
| 2005 | Street Therapy | Flower Guy | Short film |
TV
| Year | Show | Role | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Blue Bloods | Nicholas Costa | CBS | Season 6, Episode 1: "Worst Case Scenario"[20] |
| 2014 | The Blacklist | Fyodor | NBC | Season 1, Episode 6: "The Good Samaritan" |
| 2013 | Boardwalk Empire | Rudy | HBO | Season 4, Episode 4: "All In" |
| Zero Hour | Adam the Groundsman | ABC | Season 1, Episode 4: "Chain" | |
| Person of Interest | Berlin Police Man | CBS | Season 2, Episode 16: "Relevance" | |
| The Good Wife | Dedrick Klein | CBS | Season 4, Episode 12: "Je Ne Sais What?" | |
| 2012 | NYC 22 | Martinus Novak | CBS | Season 1, Episode 5: "Self Cleaning Oven" |
| 2011 | Gossip Girl | Lucien | CW | Season 4, Episode 19: Petty in Pink |
| 2010 | America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back | Detective Yan Glassey | FOX | Episode: "The Pink Panthers" |
| 2003 | Resident Life | Resident | TLC | TV miniseries |
Video games
| Year | Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Wolfenstein: The New Order | Enemy Soldier |
| 2008 | Grand Theft Auto IV | Coke Addict |
References
- 1 2 "Gossip Girl, "Petty In Pink"", masslive.com
- 1 2 "The Good Wife, "Je ne say what?"", tv.com
- 1 2 "Person of Interest: Relevance, Press Release", Spoiler TV
- 1 2 "Press Release "Worst Case Scenario", Blue Bloods", CBS Press Express
- 1 2 "The Blacklist, "The Good Samaritan"", Movie Tubs Now
- 1 2 "Boardwalk Empire, episode 4.04, All In", ShareTV
- ↑ Movies Filmed on Long Island, Maybe Tomorrow
- ↑ "The Projectionist Cast and Crew Screening", Things To Do In Brooklyn
- ↑ "MobyGames, Dominik Tiefenthaler"
- 1 2 "Dominik Tiefenthaler Biography"
- ↑ "The Founding Members of the Incumbo Theater Company"
- ↑ David Samuels, "A Reporter at Large, The Pink Panthers, A tale of diamonds, thieves, and the Balkans", The New Yorker
- ↑ "Lenßen mit Film-Partnern", Suedkurier
- ↑ "Lenßen-Der Film Show Times", Sat1
- ↑ "NYC 22, Self Cleaning Oven", CBS Press Express
- ↑ "ZERO HOUR on abc", abc scoop
- ↑ "Canet's Blood Ties", AlloCine
- ↑ "Michael Wolfe on Maybe Tomorrow", fastcheapmoviethoughts.com
- ↑ "The Golden Door International Film Festival of Jersey City"
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4869752/