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