---
name: "Paul Diomede"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-diomede"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 February 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T07:36:30.883722+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paul Diomede

Actor. Born 21 February 1970 in Jersey City.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 February 1970, Jersey City
- **Active:** 2011–2018
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (1), 2010s 80 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Comedy 1, History 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $114m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130762125, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0227894/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217566

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*We Need to Talk About Kevin*](https://film.one/film/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin.md) (81)

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## Biography

Paul Diomede is an American actor and writer. He was born on 21 February 1970 in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Diomede has appeared in supporting roles in films including *25th Hour* (2002), *City Island* (2009), *We Need to Talk About Kevin* (2011) as Corrections Officer, Al, and *BlacKkKlansman* (2018) as Jerry. His television credits include multiple episodes of the *Law & Order* franchise, as well as appearances in *The Sopranos* (1999) and *Person of Interest* (2011). He received a writing credit on the 1997 film *Lesser Prophets*.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *BlacKkKlansman* (2018), Fi1m 78, as Jerry — [page](https://film.one/film/blackkklansman.md)
- *We Need to Talk About Kevin* (2011), Fi1m 81, as Corrections Officer, Al — [page](https://film.one/film/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai* (1999), Fi1m 80, as Young Gangster (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai.md)

## Also known for

- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Frank Barry
- *25th Hour* (2002), Simon
- *Law & Order* (1990), Warren Pewls, Jay Jay, Paul Kasperski
- *City Island* (2009), Working Class Guy
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), Victor Venini Jr.
- *Third Watch* (1999), Darryl Daughtry
- *New Amsterdam* (2008), AA Man
- *Kings* (2009)

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