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.

Filmography

• 2025Mob Cops — Ben Sherman
• 2025Money Talks — Strip Club Manager
• 2023Inside Man
• 2020Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story — Eddie Falcone
• 2020For NYC
• 2019Clinton Road — Mayor
• Godfather of Harlem — Thomas Lucchese
• 2019Mob Town — Irving Bozeman Esq.
• 2019The Irishman — Joe Glimco
• Vinyl — Joe Corso
• 2013The Wolf of Wall Street — Bo Dietl
• Blue Bloods — Carmine Romano
• 2005Carlito's Way: Rise to Power — Executive Producer
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury — Toni Stotti
• 2003The Lucky Ones — Norman King
• 1999The Bone Collector — Associate Producer
• 1998Exiled — Detective Beldock
• 1998One Tough Cop — Det. Benny Levine, Executive Producer, Novel
• 1998The Curve — Detective Amato
• 1993Carlito's Way — Casino Man
• 1993Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story — Priest
• 1992Bad Lieutenant — Detective Bo
• 1992This Is My Life — Private Detective Wheedle
• 1992Whispers in the Dark — Detective Ditali
• 1990GoodFellas — Arresting Narc
• Law & Order — Carmine 'Bumpy' Bustale
• 1990Maniac Cop 2 — Detective
• 1987Beverly Hills Cop II — Gangster
• 3 Days Rising — Detective Avery

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2026As Far Back As I Can Remember... The Story of Goodfellas — Self
• 2022Rudy! A Documusical — Self
• 2015The Making of Trump — Self