<P> Dirk Benedict ( born Dirk Niewoehner on March 1 , 1945 ) is an American movie , television and stage actor and author . He is best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Templeton `` Faceman '' Peck in The A-Team television series and Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series . He is the author of Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy and And Then We Went Fishing . </P>
who played the face in the a team
Dirk Benedict