John Diehl

Birthday: 1950-05-01
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
2022-10-28 Armageddon Time Fred Trump
2020-05-22 La Sirena Nino
2020-04-20 Serpent in the Bottle Marvin Decker
2017-12-05 Out of the Wild Henry McBride
2016-03-01 The North Star Master Anderson
2015-10-27 Forever Neil
2014-06-06 A Long Way Off
2013-03-13 Singularity Principle Jack Brenner
2012-12-06 Apartment 1303 3D Detective
2012-07-13 The Obama Effect Steve Warren
2011-04-17 Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe Rear Admiral Lawrence
2011-03-13 Natural Selection Abe
2010-09-11 Road to Nowhere Bobby Billings
2009-09-01 Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas Sheriff Larabie
2008-09-26 The Lucky Ones Tom Klinger
2006-12-10 The Far Side of Jericho Cash Thornton
2006-11-16 The House Is Burning Mr. Garson
2006-04-30 Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise Jerry Snyder
2005-05-13 Down in the Valley Steve
2004-09-10 Land of Plenty Paul
2004-03-21 I Pass for Human Ex-husband
2003-03-30 Dragnet: Sticks and Stones Dr. Rupert Miles
2003-01-20 Bookies Vincent
2002-11-01 Tully Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
2001-09-07 Falling Like This Eddie Gallagher
2001-07-18 Jurassic Park III Cooper
2001-05-21 Pearl Harbor Senior Doctor
2001-03-10 The Zeros Burl
2000-10-13 Lost Souls Henry Birdson
2000-04-09 Fail Safe Col. Cascio
1999-11-12 Anywhere but Here Jimmy
1999-01-10 Purgatory Badger
1998-12-30 The Hi-Lo Country Les Birk
1998-09-25 Monument Ave. Digger
1998-08-22 The Rat Pack Joe DiMaggio
1998-02-01 Amanda & the Alien Colonel Rosencrans
1997-10-10 Most Wanted Police Captain
1997-09-12 The End of Violence Lowell
1997-09-05 Fire Down Below Frank Elkins
1997-04-25 Female Perversions Jake Rock
1997-04-15 Casualties Polito
1996-08-23 Foxfire Mr. Buttinger
1996-07-24 A Time to Kill Tim Nunley
1996-04-09 Managua
1996-03-16 The Destiny of Marty Fine Deke
1996-01-18 The Grave J.C. Cole
1995-12-22 Nixon Gordon Liddy
1995-10-27 Three Wishes Leland's Dad
1995-10-08 Mind Ripper Alex
1995-04-30 Buffalo Girls Gen. Custer (1995)
1994-10-28 Stargate Lieutenant Kawalsky
1994-09-16 The New Age Lyle
1994-07-20 The Client Jack Nance
1994-03-20 Almost Dead Eddie Herbek
1993-10-08 Gettysburg Pvt. Bucklin
1993-09-30 The Paint Job Father
1993-09-22 Remote Delbert McCoy
1993-02-26 Falling Down Dad (Back Yard Party)
1992-11-12 Mikey Neil Trenton
1992-07-24 Mo' Money Keith Heading
1991-09-10 Motorama Phil
1991-07-18 A Climate for Killing Wayne Paris
1991-06-21 Whore Derelict
1991-01-30 Kickboxer 2: The Road Back Jack
1990-05-30 The Dark Side of the Moon Philip Jennings
1990-02-16 MadHouse Fred
1988-09-28 Glitz Teddy Magyk
1987-12-04 Walker Stebbins
1987-03-27 The Hanoi Hilton Murphy
1984-09-16 Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper Det. Larry Zito
1984-04-19 Angel The Killer
1983-12-16 D.C. Cab Head Kidnapper
1983-07-29 National Lampoon's Vacation Assistant Mechanic
1983-03-04 Joysticks Arnie
1982-12-22 Hysterical Taxi Driver
1982-01-05 The Ambush Murders Ferguson
1981-06-26 Stripes Cruiser
1981-05-23 Escape from New York Punk
1980-11-21 Falling in Love Again Beaver (1940's)
1980-10-20 A Cry for Love