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reeddiamondReed Diamond Finally One Of The `Good Guys'
December 07, 1995|By Christy Slewinski, New York Daily News.
Television.
Two years ago, Reed Diamond considered giving up acting to become a cop. He changed his mind when he discovered that many of the cops he talked to aspired to become actors.
But Diamond just may have struck a happy medium by becoming the newest cast member on NBC's critically acclaimed police drama, "Homicide: Life on the Street" (9 p.m. Friday, WMAQ-Ch. 5).
His character, arson specialist Mike Kellerman, is a "meat and potatoes guy," offers Diamond, a go-getter who generally acts first and thinks about it later. That behavior sets Kellerman apart from "Homicide" Detectives Pembleton (Andre Braugher) and Bayliss (Kyle Secor), "who are very cerebral, and always having some sort of metaphysical debate about crime," says Diamond.
Despite his tough-guy exterior, Kellerman does have his vulnerabilities.
"Underneath all the bravado, he's very insecure," says Diamond. "He feels he's surrounded by people who are highly intelligent and skilled at what they do, and he's afraid of failing."
Born and reared in New York, Diamond studied acting at Juilliard, and has appeared in films such as "Memphis Belle," "Assassins" and "Clear and Present Danger," and the telefilms "Blind Spot" and "O Pioneers!" When not in Baltimore taping "Homicide," he lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress Frederika Kesten.
By the way, just because he has a personal penchant for law enforcement doesn't mean he doesn't relish being the bad guy sometimes.
Before "Homicide," he was "in TV-movie land," he says, "and playing bad guy of the week" on various TV crime dramas.
"I was always playing the bad guy who you thought was the good guy," Diamond says.
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December 07, 1995|By Christy Slewinski, New York Daily News.
Television.
Two years ago, Reed Diamond considered giving up acting to become a cop. He changed his mind when he discovered that many of the cops he talked to aspired to become actors.
But Diamond just may have struck a happy medium by becoming the newest cast member on NBC's critically acclaimed police drama, "Homicide: Life on the Street" (9 p.m. Friday, WMAQ-Ch. 5).
His character, arson specialist Mike Kellerman, is a "meat and potatoes guy," offers Diamond, a go-getter who generally acts first and thinks about it later. That behavior sets Kellerman apart from "Homicide" Detectives Pembleton (Andre Braugher) and Bayliss (Kyle Secor), "who are very cerebral, and always having some sort of metaphysical debate about crime," says Diamond.
Despite his tough-guy exterior, Kellerman does have his vulnerabilities.
"Underneath all the bravado, he's very insecure," says Diamond. "He feels he's surrounded by people who are highly intelligent and skilled at what they do, and he's afraid of failing."
Born and reared in New York, Diamond studied acting at Juilliard, and has appeared in films such as "Memphis Belle," "Assassins" and "Clear and Present Danger," and the telefilms "Blind Spot" and "O Pioneers!" When not in Baltimore taping "Homicide," he lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress Frederika Kesten.
By the way, just because he has a personal penchant for law enforcement doesn't mean he doesn't relish being the bad guy sometimes.
Before "Homicide," he was "in TV-movie land," he says, "and playing bad guy of the week" on various TV crime dramas.
"I was always playing the bad guy who you thought was the good guy," Diamond says.
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