Biography
John Diehl (born May 1, 1950) is an American character actor with over 150 credits to his name in film and television. He is best known for his roles as Charles Kawalsky in the 1994 film Stargate, Det. Larry Zito on the 1980s cop show Miami Vice, Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy on The Shield, and as "the Cruiser" in Stripes. His other notable roles include Pvt. Bucklin, the spokesman of the 2nd Maine mutineers in Gettysburg, Cooper in Jurassic Park III (2001), as G. Gordon Liddy in the Oliver Stone movie Nixon, the Klansman informant ("Mickey Mouse") in A Time to Kill, and as Keith, a credit card company supervisor in Mo Money. He also appeared as the spirit of Harley Earl in a series of commercials for Buick. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1968. For a time, he flirted with a professional boxing career, leaving Miami Vice to pursue it.
Filmography (126)
Train Dreams
2025
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Armageddon Time
2022
Dark Winds
2022
La Sirena
2020
Serpent in the Bottle
2020
Castle Rock
2018
Out of the Wild
2017
Snowfall
2017
The North Star
2016
Forever
2015
A Long Way Off
2014
Singularity Principle
2013
Almost Human
2013
Apartment 1303 3D
2012
The Obama Effect
2012
Scandal
2012
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
2011
Natural Selection
2011
Road to Nowhere
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
2009
Follow the Prophet
2009
Lie to Me
2009
The Lucky Ones
2008
Women's Murder Club
2007
The House Is Burning
2006
The Far Side of Jericho
2006
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006
Hidden Places
2006
Jericho
2006
Friday Night Lights
2006
Down in the Valley
2005
Point Pleasant
2005
Land of Plenty
2004
I Pass for Human
2004
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
2003
Bookies
2003
Cold Case
2003
Tully
2002
The Shield
2002
Without a Trace
2002
Jurassic Park III
2001
Pearl Harbor
2001
Falling Like This
2001
The Zeros
2001
The Guardian
2001
Fail Safe
2000
Lost Souls
2000
Strong Medicine
2000
Anywhere but Here
1999
Purgatory
1999
Get Real
1999
The West Wing
1999
The Hi-Lo Country
1998
Monument Ave.
1998
Amanda & the Alien
1998
The Rat Pack
1998
Most Wanted
1997
Casualties
1997
The End of Violence
1997
Fire Down Below
1997
Con Air
1997
A Time to Kill
1996
Female Perversions
1996
The Grave
1996
Foxfire
1996
Managua
1996
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996
The Pretender
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Nash Bridges
1996
Profiler
1996
Mind Ripper
1995
Three Wishes
1995
Buffalo Girls
1995
Nixon
1995
JAG
1995
The Outer Limits
1995
The New Age
1994
Stargate
1994
Almost Dead
1994
The Client
1994
ER
1994
Gettysburg
1993
Remote
1993
Falling Down
1993
The Paint Job
1993
The X-Files
1993
NYPD Blue
1993
The John Larroquette Show
1993
Mo' Money
1992
Mikey
1992
Whore
1991
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
1991
Motorama
1991
A Climate for Killing
1991
Eddie Dodd
1991
The Dark Side of the Moon
1990
MadHouse
1990
Cool Blue
1990
Glitz
1988
In the Heat of the Night
1988
Monsters
1988
Walker
1987
The Hanoi Hilton
1987
White of the Eye
1987
Beauty and the Beast
1987
L.A. Law
1986
Angel
1984
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984
Miami Vice
1984
Joysticks
1983
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
D.C. Cab
1983
The Ambush Murders
1982
Hysterical
1982
Leon's Case
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Cassie & Co.
1982
Stripes
1981
Escape from New York
1981
Falcon Crest
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
A Cry for Love
1980
Falling in Love Again
1980
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