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John Diehl

John Diehl

Actor · Born 1950-05-01 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Jurassic Park III (2001) — Cooper
  2. Pearl Harbor (2001) — Senior Doctor
  3. Con Air (1997) — Poe's Lawyer (uncredited)
  4. Falling Down (1993) — Dad (Back Yard Party)
  5. Stargate (1994) — Lieutenant Kawalsky
  6. The X-Files (1993) — Wilson Pinker Rawls
  7. Escape from New York (1981) — Punk
  8. A Time to Kill (1996) — Tim Nunley
  9. National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) — Assistant Mechanic
  10. Lie to Me (2009) — Charlie Everett
  11. The Client (1994) — Jack Nance
  12. Train Dreams (2025) — Billy
  13. Stripes (1981) — Cruiser
  14. ER (1994) — Johnson's Son
  15. The Shield (2002) — Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy
  16. Snowfall (2017) — Colonel Robert McDonald
  17. Castle Rock (2018) — John
  18. Scandal (2012) — Ray Dwyer
  19. The West Wing (1999) — Claypool
  20. Almost Human (2013) — Edward Kennex
  21. Jericho (2006) — Governor Trader
  22. Miami Vice (1984) — Larry Zito
  23. Armageddon Time (2022) — Fred Trump
  24. Rizzoli & Isles (2010) — Arthur Dunbar
  25. Cold Case (2003) — Isaac Keller
  26. Nixon (1995) — Gordon Liddy
  27. Fire Down Below (1997) — Frank Elkins
  28. JAG (1995) — Jack Raglan
  29. Gettysburg (1993) — Pvt. Bucklin
  30. Friday Night Lights (2006) — Richard Sherman
  31. Apartment 1303 3D (2012) — Detective
  32. Anywhere but Here (1999) — Jimmy
  33. Without a Trace (2002) — Doyle
  34. Beauty and the Beast (1987) — Vernon Toulane
  35. Down in the Valley (2005) — Steve
  36. The Outer Limits (1995) — Joe
  37. The Pretender (1996) — Sheriff Delmont
  38. Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991) — Jack
  39. Lost Souls (2000) — Henry Birdson
  40. Dark Winds (2022) — B.J. Vines