John Diehl

Acting

Born May 1, 1950, 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

• 2025John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Actor, Stripes (archive footage)
• 2025Train Dreams — Billy
• 2022Armageddon Time — Fred Trump
• Dark Winds — B.J. Vines
• 2020La Sirena — Nino
• 2020Serpent in the Bottle — Marvin Decker
• 2019Gary's Walk — Gary
• Castle Rock — John
• 2017Out of the Wild — Henry McBride
• Snowfall — Colonel Robert McDonald
• 2016The North Star — Master Anderson
• 2015Forever — Neil
• 2014A Long Way Off
• Almost Human — Edward Kennex
• 2013Singularity Principle — Jack Brenner
• 2012Apartment 1303 3D — Detective
• Scandal — Ray Dwyer
• 2012The Obama Effect — Steve Warren
• 2011Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe — Rear Admiral Lawrence
• 2011Natural Selection — Abe
• Rizzoli & Isles — Arthur Dunbar
• 2010Road to Nowhere — Bobby Billings
• 2009Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas — Sheriff Larabie
• 2009Follow the Prophet — Ted
• Lie to Me — Charlie Everett
• 2008The Lucky Ones — Tom Klinger
• Women's Murder Club
• Friday Night Lights — Richard Sherman
• 2006Hidden Places — Frank Wyatt
• Jericho — Governor Trader
• 2006Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise — Jerry Snyder
• 2006The Far Side of Jericho — Cash Thornton
• 2006The House Is Burning — Mr. Garson
• 2005Down in the Valley — Steve
• Point Pleasant — David Burke
• 2004I Pass for Human — Ex-husband
• 2004Land of Plenty — Paul
• 2003Bookies — Vincent
• Cold Case — Isaac Keller
• 2003Dragnet: Sticks and Stones — Dr. Rupert Miles
• The Shield — Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy
• 2002Tully — Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
• Without a Trace — Doyle
• 2001Falling Like This — Eddie Gallagher, Co-Producer
• 2001Jurassic Park III — Cooper
• 2001Pearl Harbor — Senior Doctor
• The Guardian — Fortunato
• 2001The Zeros — Burl
• 2000Fail Safe — Col. Cascio
• 2000Lost Souls — Henry Birdson
• Strong Medicine — Mr. Lawson
• 1999Anywhere but Here — Jimmy
• Get Real — Harris Forman
• 1999Purgatory — Badger
• The West Wing — Claypool
• 1998Amanda & the Alien — Colonel Rosencrans
• 1998Monument Ave. — Digger
• 1998The Hi-Lo Country — Les Birk
• 1998The Rat Pack — Joe DiMaggio
• 1997Casualties — Polito
• 1997Con Air — Poe's Lawyer (uncredited)
• 1997Fire Down Below — Frank Elkins
• 1997Most Wanted — Police Captain
• 1997The End of Violence — Lowell
• 1996A Time to Kill — Tim Nunley
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Female Perversions — Jake Rock
• 1996Foxfire — Mr. Buttinger
• 1996Managua
• Nash Bridges — Albert foss
• Profiler — Toby 'The Wick' Wood
• 1996The Destiny of Marty Fine — Deke
• 1996The Grave — J.C. Cole
• The Pretender — Sheriff Delmont
• 1995Buffalo Girls — General Custer
• JAG — Jack Raglan
• 1995Mind Ripper — Alex
• 1995Nixon — Gordon Liddy
• The Outer Limits — Joe
• 1995Three Wishes — Leland's Dad
• 1994Almost Dead — Eddie Herbek
• ER — Johnson's Son
• 1994Stargate — Lieutenant Kawalsky
• 1994The Client — Jack Nance
• 1994The New Age — Lyle
• 1993Falling Down — Dad (Back Yard Party)
• 1993Gettysburg — Pvt. Bucklin
• NYPD Blue — Joe brady
• 1993Remote — Delbert McCoy
• The John Larroquette Show — Chris
• 1993The Paint Job — Father
• The X-Files — Wilson Pinker Rawls
• 1992Mikey — Neil Trenton
• 1992Mo' Money — Keith Heading
• 1991A Climate for Killing — Wayne Paris
• Eddie Dodd
• 1991Kickboxer 2: The Road Back — Jack
• 1991Motorama — Phil
• 1991Whore — Derelict
• 1990Cool Blue — Clayton
• 1990MadHouse — Fred
• 1990The Dark Side of the Moon — Philip Jennings
• 1988Glitz — Teddy Magyk
• In the Heat of the Night — John sevrance
• Monsters — Miles Magnus
• Beauty and the Beast — Vernon Toulane
• 1987The Hanoi Hilton — Murphy
• 1987Walker — Stebbins
• 1987White of the Eye — Mr Dupree
• L.A. Law — Kevin Delahanty, Tim
• 1984Angel — The Killer
• Miami Vice — Larry Zito
• 1984Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper — Det. Larry Zito
• 1983D.C. Cab — Head Kidnapper
• 1983Joysticks — Arnie
• 1983National Lampoon's Vacation — Assistant Mechanic
• Cagney & Lacey
• Cassie & Co. — Gelson
• 1982Hysterical — Taxi Driver
• 1982Leon's Case — Leon
• 1982The Ambush Murders — Ferguson
• 1981Escape from New York — Punk
• Falcon Crest — Gus Wallach
• Hill Street Blues
• 1981Stripes — Cruiser
• 1980A Cry for Love
• 1980Falling in Love Again — Beaver (1940's)