Diego Klattenhoff

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| name = Diego Klattenhoff

| image = The Blacklist - Diego Klattenhoff (cropped).jpg

| caption = Klattenhoff in July 2013{{cite news|work=Elle|url=http://www.elle.com/news/culture/diego-klattenhoff-interview|title=Diego Klattenhoff Interview}}

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| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 2001–present

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Diego Klattenhoff (born November 30, 1979) is a Canadian actor known for his portrayals of Mike Faber in the Showtime series Homeland and as FBI Special Agent Donald Ressler in The Blacklist. He has also appeared as Derek in Whistler, Ivan in Men in Trees as well as having a minor role in Mean Girls as Shane Oman.

Early life

Klattenhoff was born in French River, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. He moved to Toronto at the age of 19 to pursue an acting career. For a number of years, he worked as a bartender while studying in theater workshops.{{cite news|work=TV3|title=Diego Klattenhoff as Captain Mike Faber|url=http://www.tv3.co.nz/Diego-Klattenhoff-as-Captain-Mike-Faber/tabid/2568/articleID/74953/Default.aspx}} His father was originally from Germany and settled in Canada before Klattenhoff was born.{{Citation needed | date=June 2023}}

Career

Klattenhoff studied with some of Canada's most respected acting coaches, including David Rotenberg, Bruce Clayton and Rae Ellen Bodie.{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}} His first notable acting role was in Mean Girls (2004). He followed that with a string of appearances in notable TV shows like Smallville and Stargate SG-1, and films like Lucky Number Slevin (2006). Since 2006, he has been in recurring roles like Young Jacob in CBC Television's At the Hotel, Derek in CTV's Whistler, Ivan Palacinke in ABC's Men in Trees and Mike Callahan in NBC's Mercy.

Klattenhoff appeared in Homeland as Mike Faber, a Marine Captain whose best friend returns to the U.S. after disappearing in Iraq eight years earlier.{{cite news|url=http://www.myfoxla.com/story/19462363/diego-klattenhoff-discusses-his-role-on-homeland|work=Good Day L.A.|date=Sep 5, 2012|title=Diego Klattenhoff Discusses His Role On 'Homeland'|access-date=2012-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029042307/http://www.myfoxla.com/story/19462363/diego-klattenhoff-discusses-his-role-on-homeland|archive-date=2012-10-29|url-status=dead}} He and the cast were nominated once for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast, and twice for a PAAFTJ Television Awards for Best Cast in a Drama Series.{{cite web|url=http://paaftj.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/2nd-paaftj-television-awards-nominations-announced-arrested-development-leads/|website=Paaftj|title=PAAFTJ Television Awards Nominations Announced|date=June 18, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/07/08/paaftj-television-awards-winners-announced-community-and-breaking-bad-earn-top-honors/140723/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710072515/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/07/08/paaftj-television-awards-winners-announced-community-and-breaking-bad-earn-top-honors/140723/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 10, 2012|website=TV By the Numbers|title=PAAFTJ Television Awards Winners Announced|date=July 8, 2013}} He has also guest starred on television series such as Psych, Supernatural, 24, and Falling Skies.

Klattenhoff starred in J. J. Abrams's television film Anatomy of Hope and appeared in the Guillermo del Toro film Pacific Rim (2013) and the sci-fi thriller After Earth (2013).{{cite news| url=https://deadline.com/2013/03/adam-goldberg-joins-abcs-divorce-diego-klattenhoff-in-blacklist-lucky-7-adds-one-452858/| work=Deadline| date=March 2013| title=Adam Goldberg Joins ABC's Divorce; Diego Klattenhoff in Blacklist; Lucky 7 Adds One}} In March 2013, Klattenhoff joined the cast of the NBC thriller The Blacklist, as FBI Special Agent Donald Ressler.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2013/03/adam-goldberg-joins-abcs-divorce-diego-klattenhoff-in-blacklist-lucky-7-adds-one-452858/|work=Deadline|date=March 2013|title=Adam Goldberg Joins ABC's Divorce; Diego Klattenhoff in Blacklist; Lucky 7 Adds One}} The show premiered on September 23, 2013, to 12.6 million viewers.{{cite web|website=Inside TV|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/09/24/blacklist-ratings/|date=September 24, 2013|title=Blacklist Ratings}} Klattenhoff starred in the Canadian science fiction film Radius (2017).

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2002 \| Straight in the Face \| Daniel \| Short film
2003 \| Autobiography of an Insect \| Cameron \| Short film
2003 \| Blessings \| Benny \| Television movie
2003 \| Family Curse \| {{TableTBA\|N/A}} \| Television movie
2004 \| Mean Girls \| Shane Oman \|
2004 \| Cube Zero \| Quigley \|
2005 \| Ice Princess \| Kyle Dayton \|
2005 \| Murder in the Hamptons \| Traffic Cop \| Television movie
2005 \| data-sort-value="Last Hit, The" \| The Last Hit \| Sasha \|
2005 \| Dry Whiskey \| Terry \| Short film
2005 \| Shania: A Life in Eight Albums \| Paul \| Television movie
2005 \| Recipe for a Perfect Christmas \| Zach \| Television movie
2005 \| Yesteryears \| {{TableTBA\|N/A}} \| Television movie
2006 \| Lucky Number Slevin \| Ginger \|
2006 \| Fallen \| Nathaniel \| Uncredited
2006 \| Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone \| Willis Lee \| Television movie
2007 \| Fire Serpent \| Young Dutch \| Television movie
2008 \| Lost Behind Bars \| Charlie Quinn \| Television movie
2008 \| data-sort-value="Informers, The" \| The Informers \| Dirk \|
2009 \| Anatomy of Hope \| Brendan Casey \| Television movie
2010 \| data-sort-value="Dry Land, The" \| The Dry Land \| Henry \|
2012 \| Unconditional \| Billy \|
2013 \| Kilimanjaro \| Troy \|
2013 \| After Earth \| Veteran Ranger \|
2013 \| Pacific Rim \| Yancy Becket \|
2016 \| Lavender \| Alan \|
2017 \|Radius \|Liam \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2002

| Straight in the Face

| Daniel

| Short film

2003

| Autobiography of an Insect

| Cameron

| Short film

2003

| Blessings

| Benny

| Television movie

2003

| Family Curse

| {{TableTBA|N/A}}

| Television movie

2004

| Mean Girls

| Shane Oman

2004

| Cube Zero

| Quigley

2005

| Ice Princess

| Kyle Dayton

2005

| Murder in the Hamptons

| Traffic Cop

| Television movie

2005

| data-sort-value="Last Hit, The" | The Last Hit

| Sasha

2005

| Dry Whiskey

| Terry

| Short film

2005

| Shania: A Life in Eight Albums

| Paul

| Television movie

2005

| Recipe for a Perfect Christmas

| Zach

| Television movie

2005

| Yesteryears

| {{TableTBA|N/A}}

| Television movie

2006

| Lucky Number Slevin

| Ginger

2006

| Fallen

| Nathaniel

| Uncredited

2006

| Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone

| Willis Lee

| Television movie

2007

| Fire Serpent

| Young Dutch

| Television movie

2008

| Lost Behind Bars

| Charlie Quinn

| Television movie

2008

| data-sort-value="Informers, The" | The Informers

| Dirk

2009

| Anatomy of Hope

| Brendan Casey

| Television movie

2010

| data-sort-value="Dry Land, The" | The Dry Land

| Henry

2012

| Unconditional

| Billy

2013

| Kilimanjaro

| Troy

2013

| After Earth

| Veteran Ranger

2013

| Pacific Rim

| Yancy Becket

2016

| Lavender

| Alan

2017

|Radius

|Liam

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2001–2002 \| Doc \| Jason \| 2 episodes
2002 \| Witchblade \| Uncredited \| Episode: "Destiny"
2003 \| Wild Card \| {{TableTBA\|N/A}} \| Episode: "Pilot"
2003 \| Mutant X \| Janitor #1/Johnny Cummings \| Episode: "Shadows of Darkness"
2003 \| Veritas: The Quest \| Tymus \| Episode: "Avalon"
2004 \| 1-800-Missing \| Brad Whitman \| Episode: "One Night Stand"
2004 \| Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye \| Jason Albright \| Episode: "The Bounty Hunter"
2005 \| Smallville \| Josh Greenfield \| Episode: "Krypto"
2005 \| Stargate SG-1 \| Team Leader \| Episode: "Ex Deus Machina"
2006 \| At the Hotel \| Young Jacob \| 6 episodes Recurring role (Season 1)
2006 \| Psych \| Dylan Maxwell \| Episode: "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece"
2006 \| Supernatural \| Duane Tanner \| Episode: "Croatoan"
2007 \| Whistler \| Derek \| 12 episodes Recurring role (Season 2)
2008 \| Men in Trees \| Ivan Palacinke \| 6 episodes Recurring role (Season 2)
2009 \| data-sort-value="Listener, The" \| The Listener \| Tom Crawford \| Episode: "Emotional Rescue"
2009 \| ER \| Jay \| Episode: "Shifting Equilibrium"
2009 \| 24 \| Sergeant Cadden \| 2 episodes
2009–2010 \| Mercy \| Mike Callahan \| 22 episodes Main role (Season 1)
2011 \| Falling Skies \| Lieutenant Danner \| Episode: "Mutiny"
2012 \| Longmire \| Eli \| Episode: "The Cancer"
2011–2013 \| Homeland \| Mike Faber \| 25 episodes Main role (Seasons 1–2) Guest role (Season 3) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2013–2023 \| data-sort-value="Blacklist, The" \| The Blacklist \| Donald Ressler \| 218 episodes Main role (Seasons 1–Season 10)
2024 \| Blue Bloods \| Officer Michael Tate \| Episode: "Without Fear or Favor"
2025 \| Tracker \| Roger McLaren \| Episode: "The Mercy Seat"

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2001–2002

| Doc

| Jason

| 2 episodes

2002

| Witchblade

| Uncredited