Dominik Tiefenthaler Explained

Dominik Tiefenthaler
Birth Place:Switzerland
Nationality:Austrian-German
Relatives:Meinrad Tiefenthaler (grandfather)
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:2003–present

Dominik Tiefenthaler (pronounced as /de/) (born 1971) 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 An Act of War.[8] He has also done voice-over projects, including Grand Theft Auto IV and .[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 moved 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.

Theatre

In 2018, Tiefenthaler played the role of the Janitor in The Lehman Trilogy at the Lyttelton Theatre of the Royal National Theatre in London. The production starred Simon Russell Beale, Ben Miles and Adam Godley and was directed by Sam Mendes. Tiefenthaler also understudied the role of Emanuel Lehman (played by Ben Miles).[12] In August 2019, after The Lehman Trilogy had moved to the Piccadilly Theatre in the London West End, Tiefenthaler took over the role of Emanuel from Ben Miles and finished the last four weeks of the run alongside Simon Russell Beale and Adam Godley.[13]

Film and television

In 2010, Tiefenthaler portrayed Swiss detective Yan Glassey, the lead investigator of the infamous Pink Panthers, an international gang of jewelry thieves[14], in an episode of America's Most Wanted.

After shooting the film ,[15] for the German TV station Sat.1 (primetime television premiere on January 8, 2011),[16] Tiefenthaler returned to the United States to shoot Gossip Girl, where he played Lucien, the royal liaison to Louis Grimaldi.

In the following years, he played mostly guest-star characters, among them on CBS's The Good Wife ("Je Ne Sais What?"), Person of Interest ("Relevance"), Blue Bloods ("Worst Case Scenario"), and NYC 22 ("Self Cleaning Oven"),[17] NBC's The Blacklist ("The Good Samaritan"), abc's Zero Hour ("Chain") (opposite Anthony Edwards),[18] and HBO's Boardwalk Empire ("All In").

In 2014, Tiefenthaler was seen in three film projects: Guillaume Canet's 1970s crime drama Blood Ties,[19] The Projectionist (a thriller about PTSD), and Maybe Tomorrow,[20] for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the "Golden Door International Film Festival".[21]

In March 2016, it was announced that Tiefenthaler was cast as Detective Walti Merian, in the new eight-part British drama Paranoid. The series was commissioned by ITV and produced by StudioCanal's British production company Red Production Company.[22] [23] Netflix will serve as a co-producer on the series, and will stream the series worldwide outside the UK.[24]

Tiefenthaler guest-starred as Swiss police captain Dante Graf in the first season's third episode of CBS's ("Secrets as Weapons") in October 2021.[25]

In 2024, Tiefenthaler was cast as Edwin Bollier in the upcoming British television drama series Lockerbie, commissioned by BBC One and Netflix.[26]

Filmography

Film

! Year!! Film!! Role!! Notes
2015An Act of WarDet. Tom Nicks
2014Blood TiesRuby Bartender
2012Maybe TomorrowGraham SeifertBest Supporting Actor
2011Markus BergerSat.1
Decent MenHeinrich HimmlerShort film
2010Wonder...Doctor
2009Born from the FootAndy
2008After Hiroshima Mon Amour...ActorShort film
2007The TriangleActorShort film
2006PosttagsPvt. Cole Pullman
2005Street TherapyFlower GuyShort film

TV

! Year!! Show!! Role!! Company!! Notes
2024LockerbieBBC One/NetflixSix Part Drama Series
2021Dante Graf CBSSeason 1, Episode 3: "Secrets as Weapons"
2016ParanoidWalti Merian ITV/NetflixEight Part Drama Series
2015Blue BloodsNicholas Costa CBSSeason 6, Episode 1: "Worst Case Scenario"
2014The BlacklistFyodorNBCSeason 1, Episode 6: "The Good Samaritan"
2013Boardwalk EmpireRudyHBOSeason 4, Episode 4: "All In"
Zero HourAdam the GroundsmanABCSeason 1, Episode 4: "Chain"
Person of InterestBerlin Police ManCBSSeason 2, Episode 16: "Relevance"
The Good WifeDedrick KleinCBSSeason 4, Episode 12: "Je Ne Sais What?"
2012NYC 22Martinus NovakCBSSeason 1, Episode 5: "Self Cleaning Oven"
2011Gossip GirlLucienCWSeason 4, Episode 19: Petty in Pink
2010America's Most Wanted: America Fights BackDetective Yan GlasseyFOXEpisode: "The Pink Panthers"
2003Resident LifeResidentTLCTV miniseries

Video games

! Year!! Show!! Role
2014Enemy Soldier
2008Grand Theft Auto IVCoke Addict

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2011/04/gossip_girl_pretty_in_pink.html "Gossip Girl, "Petty In Pink""
  2. http://www.tv.com/m/shows/the-good-wife/je-ne-sais-what-2612036/cast/ "The Good Wife, "Je ne say what?""
  3. http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/02/person-of-interest-episode-216.html "Person of Interest: Relevance, Press Release"
  4. https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/blue-bloods/releases/view?id=43371 "Press Release "Worst Case Scenario", Blue Bloods"
  5. http://hdmovie144.net/tv/play.php?id=46952-1-11 "The Blacklist, "The Good Samaritan""
  6. http://sharetv.com/shows/boardwalk_empire/episodes/759025 "Boardwalk Empire, episode 4.04, All In"
  7. http://www.moviesfilmedonlongisland.com/photo-album/maybe-tomorrow.html Movies Filmed on Long Island, Maybe Tomorrow
  8. https://archive.today/20130204062247/http://www.thingstodoinbrooklyn.com/details-E0-001-051472571-1/The_Projectionist_Cast_enameamp_Crew_Screening_Brooklyn/ "The Projectionist Cast and Crew Screening"
  9. http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_genre/developerId,315424/ "MobyGames, Dominik Tiefenthaler"
  10. Web site: "Dominik Tiefenthaler Biography" . 2012-12-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130402193032/http://dominiktiefenthaler.com/biography.html . 2013-04-02 . dead .
  11. http://www.incumbo.org/founding.html "The Founding Members of the Incumbo Theater Company"
  12. https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/the-lehman-trilogy "The Lehman Trilogy at The National Theatre"
  13. http://www.playbill.com/article/dominik-tiefenthaler-replaces-ben-miles-in-londons-the-lehman-trilogy "Dominik Tiefenthaler Replaces Ben Miles in London’s The Lehman Trilogy"
  14. David Samuels, "A Reporter at Large, The Pink Panthers, A tale of diamonds, thieves, and the Balkans", The New Yorker
  15. http://www.suedkurier.de/region/kreis-konstanz/bodman-ludwigshafen/Lenssen-mit-Film-Partnern;art372434,4667441 "Lenßen mit Film-Partnern"
  16. http://www.sat1.de/film/lenssen-der-film "Lenßen-Der Film Show Times"
  17. http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=32101 "NYC 22, Self Cleaning Oven"
  18. http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Scoop-ZERO-HOUR-on-ABC-Saturday-June-15-2013-20130524 "ZERO HOUR on abc"
  19. http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-199113/casting/ "Canet's Blood Ties"
  20. http://fastcheapmoviethoughts.blogspot.com/2012/07/michael-wolfe-on-maybe-tomorrow.html "Michael Wolfe on Maybe Tomorrow"
  21. http://goldendoorfilmfestival.org/archives/4372/ "The Golden Door International Film Festival of Jersey City"
  22. http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-commissions-eight-part-thriller-paranoid "ITV commissions eight part thriller Paranoid"
  23. http://www.shepherdmanagement.co.uk/itv-commissions-new-thriller-paranoid “ITV commissions new thriller Paranoid”
  24. Web site: Netflix Gets 'Paranoid'; Boards ITV Conspiracy Thriller As Co-Producer. Tartaglione. Nancy. 2016-08-04. en-US. 2016-08-04.
  25. https://www.spoilertv.com/2021/09/fbi-international-episode-103-secrets.html "FBI: International, "Secrets as Weapons""
  26. https://www.werstreamt.es/serie/details/3454963/lockerbie-der-bombenanschlag-auf-pan-am-flug-103/ "Lockerbie - Der Bombenanschlag auf Pan-Am-Flug 103"