John Diehl

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.

Known For

Birth Location Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Born 1950-05-01

Movies

Armageddon Time as Fred Trump
2022
La Sirena as Nino
2020
Serpent in the Bottle as Marvin Decker
2020
Out of the Wild as Henry McBride
2017
The North Star as Master Anderson
2016
Forever as Neil
2015
Singularity Principle as Jack Brenner
2013
Apartment 1303 3D as Detective
2012
The Obama Effect as Steve Warren
2012
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe as Rear Admiral Lawrence
2011
2011
Road to Nowhere as Bobby Billings
2010
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas as Sheriff Larabie
2009
The Lucky Ones as Tom Klinger
2008
The Far Side of Jericho as Cash Thornton
2006
The House Is Burning as Mr. Garson
2006
2006
2005
Land of Plenty as Paul
2004
I Pass for Human as Ex-husband
2004
Bookies as Vincent
2003
Tully as Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
2002
Falling Like This as Eddie Gallagher
2001
Jurassic Park III as Cooper
2001
Pearl Harbor as Senior Doctor
2001
The Zeros as Burl
2001
Lost Souls as Henry Birdson
2000
Fail Safe as Col. Cascio
2000
1999
Purgatory as Badger
1999
The Hi-Lo Country as Les Birk
1998
Monument Ave. as Digger
1998
The Rat Pack as Joe DiMaggio
1998
Most Wanted as Police Captain
1997
Fire Down Below as Frank Elkins
1997
1997
Casualties as Polito
1997
Female Perversions as Jake Rock
1996
Foxfire as Mr. Buttinger
1996
A Time to Kill as Tim Nunley
1996
1996
The Grave as J.C. Cole
1996
Nixon as Gordon Liddy
1995
Three Wishes as Leland's Dad
1995
Mind Ripper as Alex
1995
Amanda & the Alien as Colonel Rosencrans
1995
Buffalo Girls as Gen. Custer (1995)
1995
Stargate as Lieutenant Kawalsky
1994
The New Age as Lyle
1994
The Client as Jack Nance
1994
Almost Dead as Eddie Herbek
1994
Gettysburg as Pvt. Bucklin
1993
The Paint Job as Father
1993
Remote as Delbert McCoy
1993
Falling Down as Dad (Back Yard Party)
1993
Mikey as Neil Trenton
1992
Mo' Money as Keith Heading
1992
Motorama as Phil
1991
A Climate for Killing as Wayne Paris
1991
Whore as Derelict
1991
The Dark Side of the Moon as Philip Jennings
1990
MadHouse as Fred
1990
Glitz as Teddy Magyk
1988
Walker as Stebbins
1987
The Hanoi Hilton as Murphy
1987
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper as Det. Larry Zito
1984
Angel as The Killer
1984
D.C. Cab as Head Kidnapper
1983
National Lampoon's Vacation as Assistant Mechanic
1983
Joysticks as Arnie
1983
Hysterical as Taxi Driver
1982
The Ambush Murders as Ferguson
1982
Stripes as Cruiser
1981
1981
Falling in Love Again as Beaver (1940's)
1980

Movies

Falling Like This Co-Producer
2001