Bo Dietl
Bo Dietl
Biography
Richard “Bo” Dietl was a New York City Police Officer and Detective from June 1969 until he retired in 1985.  Bo was one of the most highly decorated detectives in the history of the police department, with several thousand arrests to his credit.  There were two particular cases that represent his career highlights.  The first was what former New York City Mayor Edward I. Koch labeled “...the most vicious crime in New York City history” (1981) which involved a nun who was raped and tortured in an East Harlem convent as 27 crosses were carved into her by two men, who later confessed and were convicted.  The second was the Palm Sunday Massacre in 1984, which was one of New York City’s most bloody mass slayings, of ten people.  Bo was instrumental in the arrest and conviction of the suspects in both cases. Bo is the co-author of the book “One Tough Cop”, which is a story about his life as a New York City police detective.  The movie version of “One Tough Cop” was made into a major motion picture. Bo’s next book, entitled “Business Lunchatations”, a story about networking and business strategies hit stores in April 2005, ranking #5 on Amazon’s Business Best Seller List.  Since then, Bo has embraced many faceted roles in the industry such as Associate Producer for the movie “The Bone Collector” and Producer for the movie “Table One.”  Bo entered into the television realm as an Executive Producer of ABC’s “The Runner” which was to be released back in 2002.  He also was Executive Producer of “The Gray Area” on CBS TV.
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Personal Info
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Acting
Known Credits
31
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-12-04 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Acting

2025

Mob Cops as Sherman

2023

Inside Man as Not available

2022

Rudy! A Documusical as Self

2020

For NYC as Not available

2020

Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story as Eddie Falcone

2019

Godfather of Harlem as Thomas Lucchese

2019

The Irishman as Joe Glimco

2019

Mob Town as Irving Bozeman Esq.

2019

Clinton Road as Mayor

2016

Vinyl as Joe Corso

2015

The Making of Trump as Self

2013

The Wolf of Wall Street as Bo Dietl

2010

Blue Bloods as Carmine Romano

2005

Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Toni Stotti

2003

The Lucky Ones as Norman King

1998

One Tough Cop as Det. Benny Levine

1998

Exiled as Detective Beldock

1998

The Curve as Detective Amato

1993

Carlito's Way as Casino Man

1992

Bad Lieutenant as Detective Bo

1992

Whispers in the Dark as Detective Ditali

1992

This Is My Life as Private Detective Wheedle

1990

Law & Order as Carmine 'Bumpy' Bustale

1990

GoodFellas as Arresting Narc

1990

Maniac Cop 2 as Detective

1987

Beverly Hills Cop II as Gangster

NaN

Money Talks as Strip Club Manager
Crew

1999

The Bone Collector Associate Producer

1998

One Tough Cop Executive Producer

1998

One Tough Cop Novel