["< sod > dye appeared in'' [ [ outbreak ( film ) | outbreak ] ]'' portraying lieutenant colonel briggs, a [ [ united states army | u. s. army ] ] officer. he plays [ [ theodore roosevelt ] ]'s superior officer, colonel [ [ leonard wood ] ], in the [ [ tnt ( tv channel ) | tnt ] ] miniseries'' [ [ rough riders ( film ) | rough riders ] ]''. he has a small role in'' [ [ saving private ryan ] ]'' as an aide to [ [ george catlett marshall | general george catlett marshall ] ] as well as a role playing the admiral's aide, captain garza, in'' [ [ under siege ] ]'' and'' [ [ under siege 2 : dark territory ] ]''. he had another small role in'' [ [ spy game ] ]'' as commander wiley during the rescue sequence, in'' [ [ mission impossible ( film ) | mission impossible ] ]'' as frank barnes of cia, in'' [ [ jfk ( film ) | jfk ] ]'' as general y, and in'' [ [ starship troopers ( film ) | starship troopers ] ]'' as a high - ranking officer in the aftermath of the brain bug capture. dye played himself in'' [ [ entourage ( tv series ) | entourage ] ]'', teaching vince to scuba dive in preparation for his role in'' aquaman''. he appeared in the 2011 [ [ tom hanks ] ] film'' [ [ larry crowne ] ]''. he was the technical adviser for the 1994 oliver stone movie'' [ [ natural born killers ] ].'' < ref name = imdbname / > dye played col. porter in the [ [ tnt ( tv channel ) | tnt ] ] science fiction series'' [ [ falling skies ] ]'' from 2011 to 2013. { { asof | 2015 } } he was preparing to direct two films,'' no better place to die'', which he wrote, and'' citizen soldiers''. < ref name = imdbname / > < ref name = drill / > < eod > < sod > dye appeared in'' [ [ outbreak ( film ) | outbreak ] ]'' portraying lieutenant colonel briggs, in a [ [ united states army | u. s. army ] ] officer. he plays [ [ theodore roosevelt ] ]'s superior officer, colonel [ [ leonard wood ] ], in the [ [ tnt ( tv channel ) | tnt ] ] miniseries'' [ [ rough riders ( film ) | rough riders ] ]''. he has a small role in'' [ [ saving private ryan ] ]'' as an aide to [ [ george catlett marshall | general george catlett marshall ] ] as well as a role playing the admiral's aide, captain garza, in'' [ [ under siege ] ]'' and'' [ [ under siege 2 : dark territory ] ]''. he had another small role in'' [ [ spy game ] ]'' as commander wiley during the rescue sequence, in'' [ [ mission impossible ( film ) | mission impossible ] ]'' as frank barnes of cia, in'' [ [ jfk ( film ) | jfk ] ]'' as general y, and in'' [ [ starship troopers ( film ) | starship troopers ] ]'' as a high - ranking officer in the aftermath of the brain bug capture. dye played himself in'' [ [ entourage ( u. s. tv series ) | entourage ] ]'', teaching vince to scuba dive in preparation for his role in'' aquaman''. he appeared in the 2011 [ [ tom hanks ] ] film'' [ [ larry crowne ] ]''. he was the technical adviser for the 1994 oliver stone movie'' [ [ natural born killers ] ].'' < ref name = imdbname / > dye played col. porter in the [ [ tnt ( tv channel ) | tnt ] ] science fiction series'' [ [ falling skies ] ]'' from 2011 to 2013. { { asof | 2015 } } he was preparing to direct two films,'' no better place to die'', which he wrote, and'' citizen soldiers''. < ref name = imdbname / > < ref name = drill / > < eod >"]