John Diehl
Acting
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
2025 · Movie
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Movie
Armageddon Time
2022 · Movie
Dark Winds
2022 · Series
La Sirena
2020 · Movie
Serpent in the Bottle
2020 · Movie
Castle Rock
2018 · Series
Out of the Wild
2017 · Movie
Snowfall
2017 · Series
The North Star
2016 · Movie
Forever
2015 · Movie
A Long Way Off
2014 · Movie
Almost Human
2013 · Series
Singularity Principle
2013 · Movie
Apartment 1303 3D
2012 · Movie
The Obama Effect
2012 · Movie
Scandal
2012 · Series
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
2011 · Movie
Natural Selection
2011 · Movie
Road to Nowhere
2010 · Movie
Rizzoli & Isles
2010 · Series
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
2009 · Movie
Follow the Prophet
2009 · Movie
Lie to Me
2009 · Series
The Lucky Ones
2008 · Movie
Women's Murder Club
2007 · Series
The Far Side of Jericho
2006 · Movie
The House Is Burning
2006 · Movie
Friday Night Lights
2006 · Series
Jericho
2006 · Series
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006 · Movie
Hidden Places
2006 · Movie
Down in the Valley
2005 · Movie
Point Pleasant
2005 · Series
Land of Plenty
2004 · Movie
I Pass for Human
2004 · Movie
Cold Case
2003 · Series
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
2003 · Movie
Bookies
2003 · Movie
Tully
2002 · Movie
Without a Trace
2002 · Series
The Shield
2002 · Series
The Guardian
2001 · Series
Falling Like This
2001 · Movie
Jurassic Park III
2001 · Movie
Pearl Harbor
2001 · Movie
The Zeros
2001 · Movie
Lost Souls
2000 · Movie
Strong Medicine
2000 · Series
Fail Safe
2000 · Movie
Anywhere but Here
1999 · Movie
The West Wing
1999 · Series
Get Real
1999 · Series
Purgatory
1999 · Movie
The Hi-Lo Country
1998 · Movie
Monument Ave.
1998 · Movie
The Rat Pack
1998 · Movie
Amanda & the Alien
1998 · Movie
Most Wanted
1997 · Movie
The End of Violence
1997 · Movie
Fire Down Below
1997 · Movie
Con Air
1997 · Movie
Casualties
1997 · Movie
Female Perversions
1996 · Movie
Profiler
1996 · Series
The Pretender
1996 · Series
Foxfire
1996 · Movie
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Series
A Time to Kill
1996 · Movie
Managua
1996 · Movie
Nash Bridges
1996 · Series
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996 · Movie
The Grave
1996 · Movie
Nixon
1995 · Movie
Three Wishes
1995 · Movie
Mind Ripper
1995 · Movie
JAG
1995 · Series
Buffalo Girls
1995 · Movie
The Outer Limits
1995 · Series
Stargate
1994 · Movie
ER
1994 · Series
The New Age
1994 · Movie
The Client
1994 · Movie
Almost Dead
1994 · Movie
Gettysburg
1993 · Movie
The Paint Job
1993 · Movie
Remote
1993 · Movie
NYPD Blue
1993 · Series
The X-Files
1993 · Series
The John Larroquette Show
1993 · Series
Falling Down
1993 · Movie
Mikey
1992 · Movie
Mo' Money
1992 · Movie
Motorama
1991 · Movie
A Climate for Killing
1991 · Movie
Whore
1991 · Movie
Eddie Dodd
1991 · Series
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
1991 · Movie
The Dark Side of the Moon
1990 · Movie
Cool Blue
1990 · Movie
MadHouse
1990 · Movie
Monsters
1988 · Series
Glitz
1988 · Movie
In the Heat of the Night
1988 · Series
Walker
1987 · Movie
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · Series
White of the Eye
1987 · Movie
The Hanoi Hilton
1987 · Movie
L.A. Law
1986 · Series
Miami Vice
1984 · Series
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984 · Movie
Angel
1984 · Movie
D.C. Cab
1983 · Movie
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983 · Movie
Joysticks
1983 · Movie
Hysterical
1982 · Movie
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Series
Cassie & Co.
1982 · Series
The Ambush Murders
1982 · Movie
Leon's Case
1982 · Movie
Falcon Crest
1981 · Series
Stripes
1981 · Movie
Escape from New York
1981 · Movie
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Series
Falling in Love Again
1980 · Movie
A Cry for Love
1980 · Movie