John Diehl
Acting
Born: May 1, 1950 (age 76) · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Jurassic Park III
2001
Pearl Harbor
2001
Con Air
1997
Falling Down
1993
Stargate
1994
The X-Files
1993
Escape from New York
1981
A Time to Kill
1996
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
Lie to Me
2009
The Client
1994
Train Dreams
2025
Photos (2)
Movies (85)
Train Dreams
Billy
Pearl Harbor
Senior Doctor
Con Air
Poe's Lawyer (uncredited)
The Client
Jack Nance
Falling Down
Dad (Back Yard Party)
National Lampoon's Vacation
Assistant Mechanic
Escape from New York
Punk
A Time to Kill
Tim Nunley
Stargate
Lieutenant Kawalsky
Anywhere but Here
Jimmy
Armageddon Time
Fred Trump
The Hi-Lo Country
Les Birk
Mo' Money
Keith Heading
Walker
Stebbins
Stripes
Cruiser
Fire Down Below
Frank Elkins
Nixon
Gordon Liddy
D.C. Cab
Head Kidnapper
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Jerry Snyder
Three Wishes
Leland's Dad
MadHouse
Fred
Falling in Love Again
Beaver (1940's)
Most Wanted
Police Captain
Lost Souls
Henry Birdson
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
Det. Larry Zito
Mikey
Neil Trenton
Female Perversions
Jake Rock
The Dark Side of the Moon
Philip Jennings
Foxfire
Mr. Buttinger
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
Rear Admiral Lawrence
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
Jack
Down in the Valley
Steve
The End of Violence
Lowell
Cool Blue
Clayton
Whore
Derelict
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
Sheriff Larabie
Gettysburg
Pvt. Bucklin
Bookies
Vincent
Angel
The Killer
Joysticks
Arnie
Purgatory
Badger
The Lucky Ones
Tom Klinger
Hysterical
Taxi Driver
Land of Plenty
Paul
The Grave
J.C. Cole
Almost Dead
Eddie Herbek
Fail Safe
Col. Cascio
A Long Way Off
2014
Monument Ave.
Digger
Mind Ripper
Alex
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Deke
Amanda & the Alien
Colonel Rosencrans
The Rat Pack
Joe DiMaggio
Apartment 1303 3D
Detective
Buffalo Girls
General Custer
White of the Eye
Mr Dupree
The Zeros
Burl
The Ambush Murders
Ferguson
Singularity Principle
Jack Brenner
A Climate for Killing
Wayne Paris
Out of the Wild
Henry McBride
Motorama
Phil
Road to Nowhere
Bobby Billings
The New Age
Lyle
The North Star
Master Anderson
The Hanoi Hilton
Murphy
Falling Like This
Eddie Gallagher
Leon's Case
Leon
The House Is Burning
Mr. Garson
Remote
Delbert McCoy
La Sirena
Nino
Casualties
Polito
The Paint Job
Father
Hidden Places
Frank Wyatt
I Pass for Human
Ex-husband
The Far Side of Jericho
Cash Thornton
Managua
1996
Jurassic Park III
Cooper
Glitz
Teddy Magyk
Natural Selection
Abe
Forever
Neil
The Obama Effect
Steve Warren
Serpent in the Bottle
Marvin Decker
Tully
Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
Follow the Prophet
Ted
TV Shows (38)
The X-Files
Wilson Pinker Rawls · 1 eps
JAG
Jack Raglan · 1 eps
The West Wing
Claypool · 2 eps
Without a Trace
Doyle · 1 eps
Rizzoli & Isles
Arthur Dunbar · 1 eps
NYPD Blue
Joe brady · 1 eps
ER
Johnson's Son · 1 eps
Scandal
Ray Dwyer · 1 eps
The Shield
Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy · 8 eps
Miami Vice
Larry Zito · 51 eps
Snowfall
Colonel Robert McDonald · 3 eps
Falcon Crest
Gus Wallach · 1 eps
Cold Case
Isaac Keller · 2 eps
L.A. Law
Kevin Delahanty · 1 eps
L.A. Law
Tim · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
Lie to Me
Charlie Everett · 1 eps
Strong Medicine
Mr. Lawson · 1 eps
Nash Bridges
Albert foss · 1 eps
Friday Night Lights
Richard Sherman · 2 eps
The Outer Limits
Joe · 1 eps
The Pretender
Sheriff Delmont · 1 eps
Cagney & Lacey
1 eps
Dark Winds
B.J. Vines · 6 eps
The Guardian
Fortunato · 1 eps
Profiler
Toby 'The Wick' Wood · 1 eps
Castle Rock
John · 1 eps
In the Heat of the Night
John sevrance · 1 eps
Jericho
Governor Trader · 1 eps
The John Larroquette Show
Chris · 5 eps
Monsters
Miles Magnus · 1 eps
Get Real
Harris Forman · 1 eps
Almost Human
Edward Kennex · 1 eps
Point Pleasant
David Burke · 7 eps
Women's Murder Club
1 eps
Cassie & Co.
Gelson · 1 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
Beauty and the Beast
Vernon Toulane · 1 eps
