What Is Diego Klattenhoff's Net Worth?
Diego Klattenhoff is a Canadian actor who has a net worth of $4 million. Diego Klattenhoff is probably best known for playing FBI Special Agent Donald Ressler on the NBC crime thriller "The Blacklist" (2013–2023), and he directed the 2023 episode "Wormwood (No. 182)." He has also played Mike Callahan on the NBC medical drama "Mercy" (2009–2010) and Mike Faber on the Showtime espionage thriller "Homeland" (2011–2013). Klattenhoff has more than 50 acting credits to his name, including the films "Mean Girls" (2004), "Ice Princess" (2005), "Lucky Number Slevin" (2006), "The Informers" (2008), "Kilimanjaro" (2013), and "Pacific Rim" (2013), the TV movies "Murder in the Hamptons" (2005) and "Fire Serpent" (2007), and the television series "At the Hotel" (2006), "Whistler" (2007), and "Men in Trees" (2008). Diego also executive produced and starred in the 2017 film "Radius."
Early Life
Diego Klattenhoff was born on November 30, 1979, in French River, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. His father immigrated to Canada from Germany before Diego was born. When Klattenhoff was 19 years old, he moved to Toronto in pursuit of an acting career. He spent several years working as a bartender and taking theater workshops.
Career
Diego made his TV debut in a 2001 episode of the Pax TV medical drama "Doc," and he appeared in another episode the following year. Next, he appeared in the short films "Straight in the Face" (2002) and "Autobiography of an Insect" (2003) and the TV movies "Blessings" (2003), and "Family Curse" (2003) and guest-starred on "Mutant X" (2003), "Veritas: The Quest" (2003), "1-800-Missing" (2004), "Smallville" (2005), and "Stargate SG-1" (2005). Klattenhoff's first feature film was 2004's "Mean Girls," in which he played Shane Oman, then he appeared in the films "Cube Zero" (2004), "Ice Princess" (2005), "The Last Hit" (2005), "Lucky Number Slevin" (2006), and "The Informers" (2008) and the TV movies "Murder in the Hamptons" (2005), "Shania: A Life in Eight Albums" (2005), "Recipe for a Perfect Christmas" (2005), "Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone" (2006), "Fire Serpent" (2007), and "Anatomy of Hope" (2009). In 2006, he played Young Jacob on the Canadian series "At the Hotel," and around this time, he guest-starred on "Psych" (2006), "Supernatural" (2006), "ER" (2009), and "24" (2009). Diego had recurring roles as Derek on the teen drama "Whistler" (2007) and Ivan Palacinke on ABC's "Men in Trees" (2008), and from 2009 to 2010, he starred as Mike Callahan on the NBC medical drama "Mercy."
Diego appeared in the films "The Dry Land" (2010), "Unconditional" (2012), "Kilimanjaro" (2013), "After Earth" (2013), "Lavender" (2016), and "Radius" (2017), and he co-starred with Charlie Hunnam and Idris Elba in the 2013 Guillermo del Toro-directed blockbuster "Pacific Rim," which grossed $411 million at the box office. He guest-starred on "Falling Skies" (2011) and "Longmire" (2012), and from 2011 to 2013, he played Mike Faber on Showtime's "Homeland," appearing in 25 episodes. In 2013, Klattenhoff joined the cast of NBC's "The Blacklist" as FBI Special Agent Donald Ressler. The series aired 218 episodes over 10 seasons and earned People's Choice Award nominations for Favorite New TV Drama (2014) and Favorite TV Crime Drama (2017) and a "TV Guide" Award nomination for Favorite Drama Series (2014).
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Personal Life
Diego grew up playing sports, and "Kingdom Golf Magazine" described him as a man who "keeps his personal life personal, shows up to work on time and occasionally likes to let off some steam on a golf course." Klattenhoff told the publication, "Acting has the discipline of sports, it's an art form for a reason. Trying, failing; trying, failing. If you're gonna do it, you do it. That's your singular focus: figure out your riddle. It seems so simple when someone who knows how to do it is doing it—and it's not, it's so complex. Right when you think you've figured it out it kicks you in the ass."
Award Nominations
In 2013, Klattenhoff and his "Homeland" co-stars shared a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. They also earned two Best Cast in a Drama Series nominations from the Pan-American Association of Film & Television Journalists.
