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
all 111
Movies 79
TV Shows 32
Producer 1
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)
Almost Human (2013)
Singularity Principle (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)
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas (2009)
Follow the Prophet (2009)
The Lucky Ones (2008)
Women's Murder Club (2007)
The Far Side of Jericho (2006)
The House Is Burning (2006)
Friday Night Lights (2006)
Jericho (2006)
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
Down in the Valley (2005)
Point Pleasant (2005)
Land of Plenty (2004)
I Pass for Human (2004)
Cold Case (2003)
Bookies (2003)
Tully (2002)
Without a Trace (2002)
The Shield (2002)
Falling Like This (2001)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
The Zeros (2001)
Lost Souls (2000)
Fail Safe (2000)
Anywhere but Here (1999)
The West Wing (1999)
Get Real (1999)
Purgatory (1999)
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
Monument Ave. (1998)
The Rat Pack (1998)
Most Wanted (1997)
Fire Down Below (1997)
The End of Violence (1997)
Casualties (1997)
Female Perversions (1996)
The Pretender (1996)
Foxfire (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
A Time to Kill (1996)
Managua (1996)
Nash Bridges (1996)
The Destiny of Marty Fine (1996)
The Grave (1996)
Nixon (1995)
Three Wishes (1995)
Mind Ripper (1995)
JAG (1995)
Amanda & the Alien (1995)
Buffalo Girls (1995)
The Outer Limits (1995)
Stargate (1994)
ER (1994)
The New Age (1994)
The Client (1994)
Almost Dead (1994)
South of Sunset (1993)
Gettysburg (1993)
The Paint Job (1993)
Remote (1993)
NYPD Blue (1993)
The X-Files (1993)
Falling Down (1993)
Mikey (1992)
Mo' Money (1992)
Motorama (1991)
A Climate for Killing (1991)
Whore (1991)
Eddie Dodd (1991)
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991)
The Dark Side of the Moon (1990)
MadHouse (1990)
Monsters (1988)
Glitz (1988)
Walker (1987)
Beauty and the Beast (1987)
The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
L.A. Law (1986)
Miami Vice (1984)
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper (1984)
Angel (1984)
D.C. Cab (1983)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Joysticks (1983)
The Family Tree (1983)
Hysterical (1982)
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
The Ambush Murders (1982)
Falcon Crest (1981)
Stripes (1981)
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Falling in Love Again (1980)
A Cry for Love (1980)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1950-05-01 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceCincinnati, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesNashville, United States of America
Also Known AsJohn Henry Diehl
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