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John Diehl

John Diehl

Born: 1950-05-01 • Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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
Train Dreams poster
Train Dreams
2025 • Billy
John Candy: I Like Me poster
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 • Self - Actor, Stripes (archive footage)
Armageddon Time poster
Armageddon Time
2022 • Fred Trump
La Sirena poster
La Sirena
2020 • Nino
Serpent in the Bottle poster
Serpent in the Bottle
2020 • Marvin Decker
Out of the Wild poster
Out of the Wild
2017 • Henry McBride
The North Star poster
The North Star
2016 • Master Anderson
Forever poster
Forever
2015 • Neil
A Long Way Off poster
A Long Way Off
2014
Singularity Principle poster
Singularity Principle
2013 • Jack Brenner
Apartment 1303 3D poster
Apartment 1303 3D
2012 • Detective
The Obama Effect poster
The Obama Effect
2012 • Steve Warren
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe poster
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
2011 • Rear Admiral Lawrence
Natural Selection poster
Natural Selection
2011 • Abe
Road to Nowhere poster
Road to Nowhere
2010 • Bobby Billings
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas poster
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
2009 • Sheriff Larabie
Follow the Prophet poster
Follow the Prophet
2009 • Ted
The Lucky Ones poster
The Lucky Ones
2008 • Tom Klinger
The Far Side of Jericho poster
The Far Side of Jericho
2006 • Cash Thornton
The House Is Burning poster
The House Is Burning
2006 • Mr. Garson
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise poster
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006 • Jerry Snyder
Down in the Valley poster
Down in the Valley
2005 • Steve
Land of Plenty poster
Land of Plenty
2004 • Paul
I Pass for Human poster
I Pass for Human
2004 • Ex-husband
No Image
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
2003 • Dr. Rupert Miles
Bookies poster
Bookies
2003 • Vincent
Tully poster
Tully
2002 • Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
Falling Like This poster
Falling Like This
2001 • Eddie Gallagher
Jurassic Park III poster
Jurassic Park III
2001 • Cooper
Pearl Harbor poster
Pearl Harbor
2001 • Senior Doctor
The Zeros poster
The Zeros
2001 • Burl
Lost Souls poster
Lost Souls
2000 • Henry Birdson
Fail Safe poster
Fail Safe
2000 • Col. Cascio
Anywhere but Here poster
Anywhere but Here
1999 • Jimmy
Purgatory poster
Purgatory
1999 • Badger
The Hi-Lo Country poster
The Hi-Lo Country
1998 • Les Birk
Monument Ave. poster
Monument Ave.
1998 • Digger
The Rat Pack poster
The Rat Pack
1998 • Joe DiMaggio
Amanda & the Alien poster
Amanda & the Alien
1998 • Colonel Rosencrans
Most Wanted poster
Most Wanted
1997 • Police Captain
The End of Violence poster
The End of Violence
1997 • Lowell
Fire Down Below poster
Fire Down Below
1997 • Frank Elkins
Female Perversions poster
Female Perversions
1997 • Jake Rock
Casualties poster
Casualties
1997 • Polito
Foxfire poster
Foxfire
1996 • Mr. Buttinger
A Time to Kill poster
A Time to Kill
1996 • Tim Nunley
Managua poster
Managua
1996
The Destiny of Marty Fine poster
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996 • Deke
The Grave poster
The Grave
1996 • J.C. Cole
Nixon poster
Nixon
1995 • Gordon Liddy
Three Wishes poster
Three Wishes
1995 • Leland's Dad
Mind Ripper poster
Mind Ripper
1995 • Alex
Buffalo Girls poster
Buffalo Girls
1995 • Gen. Custer (1995)
Stargate poster
Stargate
1994 • Lieutenant Kawalsky
The New Age poster
The New Age
1994 • Lyle
The Client poster
The Client
1994 • Jack Nance
Almost Dead poster
Almost Dead
1994 • Eddie Herbek
Gettysburg poster
Gettysburg
1993 • Pvt. Bucklin
The Paint Job poster
The Paint Job
1993 • Father
Remote poster
Remote
1993 • Delbert McCoy
Falling Down poster
Falling Down
1993 • Dad (Back Yard Party)
Mikey poster
Mikey
1992 • Neil Trenton
Mo' Money poster
Mo' Money
1992 • Keith Heading
Motorama poster
Motorama
1991 • Phil
A Climate for Killing poster
A Climate for Killing
1991 • Wayne Paris
Whore poster
Whore
1991 • Derelict
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back poster
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
1991 • Jack
The Dark Side of the Moon poster
The Dark Side of the Moon
1990 • Philip Jennings
Cool Blue poster
Cool Blue
1990 • Clayton
MadHouse poster
MadHouse
1990 • Fred
Glitz poster
Glitz
1988 • Teddy Magyk
Walker poster
Walker
1987 • Stebbins
White of the Eye poster
White of the Eye
1987 • Mr Dupree
The Hanoi Hilton poster
The Hanoi Hilton
1987 • Murphy
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper poster
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984 • Det. Larry Zito
Angel poster
Angel
1984 • The Killer
D.C. Cab poster
D.C. Cab
1983 • Head Kidnapper
National Lampoon's Vacation poster
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983 • Assistant Mechanic
Joysticks poster
Joysticks
1983 • Arnie
Hysterical poster
Hysterical
1982 • Taxi Driver
The Ambush Murders poster
The Ambush Murders
1982 • Ferguson
Leon's Case poster
Leon's Case
1982 • Leon Bernstein
Stripes poster
Stripes
1981 • Cruiser
Escape from New York poster
Escape from New York
1981 • Punk
Falling in Love Again poster
Falling in Love Again
1980 • Beaver (1940's)
No Image
A Cry for Love
1980