John Diehl
John Diehl (born May 1, 1950) is an American actor, particularly 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.
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- Born:
- May 1, 1950 In Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 97
- First Appeared:
- In the movie A Cry for Love 1980-10-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie Armageddon Time 2022-10-28
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Armageddon Time | Fred Trump | 2022-10-28 |
| Movie | Out of the Wild | Henry McBride | 2017-12-05 |
| Movie | Forever | Neil | 2015-10-27 |
| Movie | A Long Way Off | 2014-06-06 | |
| Movie | Singularity Principle | Jack Brenner | 2013-03-13 |
| Series | Almost Human | Edward Kennex | 2013-11-17 |
| Movie | The Obama Effect | Steve Warren | 2012-07-13 |
| Movie | Apartment 1303 3D | Detective | 2012-12-06 |
| Movie | Natural Selection | Abe | 2011-03-13 |
| Movie | Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe | Rear Admiral Lawrence | 2011-04-17 |
| Movie | Road to Nowhere | Bobby Billings | 2010-09-11 |
| Movie | Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas | Sheriff Larabie | 2009-09-01 |
| Movie | The Lucky Ones | Tom Klinger | 2008-09-26 |
| Series | Women's Murder Club | Unknown | 2007-10-12 |
| Series | Friday Night Lights | Richard Sherman | 2006-10-03 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Jerry Snyder | 2006-04-30 |
| Series | Jericho | Unknown | 2006-09-20 |
| Movie | The Far Side of Jericho | Cash Thornton | 2006-12-10 |
| Movie | The House Is Burning | Mr. Garson | 2006-11-16 |
| Series | Point Pleasant | David Burke | 2005-01-19 |
| Movie | Down in the Valley | Steve | 2005-05-13 |
| Movie | I Pass for Human | Ex-husband | 2004-03-21 |
| Movie | Land of Plenty | Paul | 2004-09-10 |
| Movie | Bookies | Vincent | 2003-01-20 |
| Series | Cold Case | Unknown | 2003-09-28 |
| Movie | Tully | Mal "Mac" MacAvoy | 2002-11-01 |
| Series | The Shield | Unknown | 2002-03-12 |
| Movie | The Zeros | Burl | 2001-03-10 |
| Movie | Pearl Harbor | Senior Doctor | 2001-05-21 |
| Movie | Jurassic Park III | Cooper | 2001-07-18 |
| Movie | Falling Like This | Eddie Gallagher | 2001-09-07 |
| Movie | Fail Safe | Col. Cascio | 2000-04-09 |
| Movie | Lost Souls | Henry Birdson | 2000-10-13 |
| Movie | Purgatory | Badger | 1999-01-10 |
| Series | Get Real | Unknown | 1999-09-08 |
| Series | The West Wing | Unknown | 1999-09-22 |
| Movie | Anywhere but Here | Jimmy | 1999-11-12 |
| Movie | The Rat Pack | Joe DiMaggio | 1998-08-22 |
| Movie | Monument Ave. | Digger | 1998-09-25 |
| Movie | The Hi-Lo Country | Les Birk | 1998-12-30 |
| Movie | Casualties | Polito | 1997-04-15 |
| Movie | Female Perversions | Jake Rock | 1997-04-25 |
| Movie | Most Wanted | Police Captain | 1997-10-10 |
| Movie | Fire Down Below | Frank Elkins | 1997-09-05 |
| Movie | The End of Violence | Lowell | 1997-09-12 |
| Movie | Managua | 1996-04-09 | |
| Movie | The Grave | J.C. Cole | 1996-01-18 |
| Movie | A Time to Kill | Tim Nunley | 1996-07-24 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Series | The Pretender | Unknown | 1996-09-19 |
| Movie | Foxfire | Mr. Buttinger | 1996-08-23 |
| Movie | Buffalo Girls | Gen. Custer (1995) | 1995-04-30 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Amanda & the Alien | Colonel Rosencrans | 1995-08-20 |
| Movie | Mind Ripper | Alex | 1995-10-08 |
| Movie | Nixon | Gordon Liddy | 1995-12-22 |
| Series | JAG | Unknown | 1995-09-23 |
| Movie | Three Wishes | Leland's Dad | 1995-10-27 |
| Movie | The Client | Jack Nance | 1994-07-20 |
| Movie | Almost Dead | Eddie Herbek | 1994-03-20 |
| Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
| Movie | The New Age | Lyle | 1994-09-16 |
| Movie | Stargate | Lieutenant Kawalsky | 1994-10-28 |
| Movie | Remote | Delbert McCoy | 1993-09-22 |
| Movie | Falling Down | Dad (Back Yard Party) | 1993-02-26 |
| Series | The X-Files | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
| Movie | The Paint Job | Father | 1993-09-30 |
| Movie | Gettysburg | Pvt. Bucklin | 1993-10-08 |
| Movie | Mo' Money | Keith Heading | 1992-07-24 |
| Movie | Mikey | Neil Trenton | 1992-11-12 |
| Series | Eddie Dodd | Unknown | 1991-03-12 |
| Movie | Kickboxer 2: The Road Back | Jack | 1991-01-30 |
| Movie | Whore | Derelict | 1991-06-21 |
| Movie | A Climate for Killing | Wayne Paris | 1991-07-18 |
| Movie | Motorama | Phil | 1991-09-10 |
| Movie | MadHouse | Fred | 1990-02-16 |
| Movie | The Dark Side of the Moon | Philip Jennings | 1990-05-30 |
| Movie | Glitz | Teddy Magyk | 1988-09-28 |
| Movie | Walker | Stebbins | 1987-12-04 |
| Movie | The Hanoi Hilton | Murphy | 1987-03-27 |
| Series | Beauty and the Beast | Unknown | 1987-09-25 |
| Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
| Movie | Angel | The Killer | 1984-04-19 |
| Movie | Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper | Det. Larry Zito | 1984-09-16 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Det. Larry Zito | 1984-09-16 |
| Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
| Movie | Joysticks | Arnie | 1983-03-04 |
| Movie | D.C. Cab | Head Kidnapper | 1983-12-16 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Vacation | Assistant Mechanic | 1983-07-29 |
| Movie | The Ambush Murders | Ferguson | 1982-01-05 |
| Movie | Hysterical | Taxi Driver | 1982-12-22 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Movie | Escape from New York | Punk | 1981-05-23 |
| Movie | Stripes | Cruiser | 1981-06-26 |
| Series | Falcon Crest | Unknown | 1981-12-04 |
| Movie | A Cry for Love | 1980-10-20 | |
| Movie | Falling in Love Again | Beaver (1940's) | 1980-11-21 |