John Diehl
May 1, 1950 (74 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Armageddon Time as Fred Trump
- 2022 · Dark Winds as B.J. Vines
- 2020 · La Sirena as Nino
- 2020 · Serpent in the Bottle as Marvin Decker
- 2018 · Castle Rock as John
- 2017 · Out of the Wild as Henry McBride
- 2017 · Snowfall as Colonel Robert McDonald
- 2016 · The North Star as Master Anderson
- 2015 · Forever as Neil
- 2014 · A Long Way Off as
- 2013 · Almost Human as Edward Kennex
- 2013 · Singularity Principle as Jack Brenner
- 2012 · Apartment 1303 3D as Detective
- 2012 · The Obama Effect as Steve Warren
- 2012 · Scandal as Ray Dwyer
- 2011 · Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe as Rear Admiral Lawrence
- 2011 · Natural Selection as Abe
- 2010 · Road to Nowhere as Bobby Billings
- 2010 · Rizzoli & Isles as Arthur Dunbar
- 2009 · Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas as Sheriff Larabie
- 2008 · The Lucky Ones as Tom Klinger
- 2007 · Women's Murder Club as
- 2006 · The Far Side of Jericho as Cash Thornton
- 2006 · The House Is Burning as Mr. Garson
- 2006 · Friday Night Lights as Richard Sherman
- 2006 · Jericho as Governor Trader
- 2006 · Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise as Jerry Snyder
- 2005 · Down in the Valley as Steve
- 2005 · Point Pleasant as
- 2004 · Land of Plenty as Paul
- 2004 · I Pass for Human as Ex-husband
- 2003 · Cold Case as Isaac Keller
- 2003 · Dragnet: Sticks and Stones as Dr. Rupert Miles
- 2003 · Bookies as Vincent
- 2002 · Tully as Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Doyle
- 2002 · The Shield as Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy
- 2001 · Falling Like This as Eddie Gallagher
- 2001 · Jurassic Park III as Cooper
- 2001 · Pearl Harbor as Senior Doctor
- 2001 · The Zeros as Burl
- 2000 · Lost Souls as Henry Birdson
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Mr. Lawson
- 2000 · Fail Safe as Col. Cascio
- 1999 · Anywhere but Here as Jimmy
- 1999 · The West Wing as Claypool
- 1999 · Get Real as Harris Forman
- 1999 · Purgatory as Badger
- 1998 · The Hi-Lo Country as Les Birk
- 1998 · Monument Ave. as Digger
- 1998 · The Rat Pack as Joe DiMaggio
- 1997 · Most Wanted as Police Captain
- 1997 · The End of Violence as Lowell
- 1997 · Fire Down Below as Frank Elkins
- 1997 · Female Perversions as Jake Rock
- 1997 · Casualties as Polito
- 1996 · The Pretender as Sheriff Delmont
- 1996 · Foxfire as Mr. Buttinger
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · A Time to Kill as Tim Nunley
- 1996 · Managua as
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as Albert foss
- 1996 · The Destiny of Marty Fine as Deke
- 1996 · The Grave as J.C. Cole
- 1995 · Nixon as Gordon Liddy
- 1995 · Three Wishes as Leland's Dad
- 1995 · Mind Ripper as Alex
- 1995 · JAG as Jack Raglan
- 1995 · Amanda & the Alien as Colonel Rosencrans
- 1995 · Buffalo Girls as Gen. Custer (1995)
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Joe
- 1994 · Stargate as Lieutenant Kawalsky
- 1994 · ER as Johnson's Son
- 1994 · The New Age as Lyle
- 1994 · The Client as Jack Nance
- 1994 · Almost Dead as Eddie Herbek
- 1993 · Gettysburg as Pvt. Bucklin
- 1993 · The Paint Job as Father
- 1993 · Remote as Delbert McCoy
- 1993 · NYPD Blue as Joe brady
- 1993 · The X-Files as Wilson Pinker Rawls
- 1993 · The John Larroquette Show as Chris
- 1993 · Falling Down as Dad (Back Yard Party)
- 1992 · Mikey as Neil Trenton
- 1992 · Mo' Money as Keith Heading
- 1991 · Motorama as Phil
- 1991 · A Climate for Killing as Wayne Paris
- 1991 · Whore as Derelict
- 1991 · Eddie Dodd as
- 1991 · Kickboxer 2: The Road Back as Jack
- 1990 · The Dark Side of the Moon as Philip Jennings
- 1990 · MadHouse as Fred
- 1988 · Monsters as Miles magnus
- 1988 · Glitz as Teddy Magyk
- 1988 · In the Heat of the Night as John sevrance
- 1987 · Walker as Stebbins
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as
- 1987 · The Hanoi Hilton as Murphy
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Kevin Delahanty
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Tim
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Larry Zito
- 1984 · Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper as Det. Larry Zito
- 1984 · Angel as The Killer
- 1983 · D.C. Cab as Head Kidnapper
- 1983 · National Lampoon's Vacation as Assistant Mechanic
- 1983 · Joysticks as Arnie
- 1982 · Hysterical as Taxi Driver
- 1982 · Cagney & Lacey as
- 1982 · The Ambush Murders as Ferguson
- 1981 · Falcon Crest as Gus Wallach
- 1981 · Stripes as Cruiser
- 1981 · Escape from New York as Punk
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1980 · Falling in Love Again as Beaver (1940's)
- 1980 · A Cry for Love as