Had wanted to be a real police officer and attended the L.A. Police
Academy.
Attended Juilliard at the same time that Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) co-star Andre Braugher
attended. He was a freshman when Braugher was a senior. Braugher played
Iago in a performance of "Othello," and Diamond played one of his
servants.
Plays guitar in the rock band "Chuck Valiant". His wife, Marnie McPhail is the lead singer.
His mother Allison is an astrologer and lives in Malvern,
Pennsylvania.
Attended Trinity School, NYC
His father, Bob Diamond, directed The Joe Franklin Show (1950), and later was director of
supernumeraries and children with the Metropolitan Opera in New York
City.
The family summered in Ocean City, New Jersey, and lived there for a year
when Reed was 7.