John Diehl
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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
Con Air (1997)
as Poe's Lawyer (uncredited)
Falling Down (1993)
as Dad (Back Yard Party)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
as Senior Doctor
A Time to Kill (1996)
as Tim Nunley
Train Dreams (2025)
as Billy
Stargate (1994)
as Lieutenant Kawalsky
Escape from New York (1981)
as Punk
The Client (1994)
as Jack Nance
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
as Assistant Mechanic
John Candy: I Like Me (2025)
as Self - Actor, Stripes (archive footage)
Fire Down Below (1997)
as Frank Elkins
Stripes (1981)
as Cruiser
Armageddon Time (2022)
as Fred Trump
Most Wanted (1997)
as Police Captain
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991)
as Jack
Anywhere but Here (1999)
as Jimmy
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
as Jerry Snyder
Nixon (1995)
as Gordon Liddy
Lost Souls (2000)
as Henry Birdson
The End of Violence (1997)
as Lowell
Down in the Valley (2005)
as Steve
Female Perversions (1996)
as Jake Rock
Gettysburg (1993)
as Pvt. Bucklin
Whore (1991)
as Derelict
Land of Plenty (2004)
as Paul
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
as Les Birk
Angel (1984)
as The Killer
Foxfire (1996)
as Mr. Buttinger
Three Wishes (1995)
as Leland's Dad
Joysticks (1983)
as Arnie
Mo' Money (1992)
as Keith Heading
Walker (1987)
as Stebbins
Fail Safe (2000)
as Col. Cascio
D.C. Cab (1983)
as Head Kidnapper
The Lucky Ones (2008)
as Tom Klinger
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011)
as Rear Admiral Lawrence
Hysterical (1982)
as Taxi Driver
The Zeros (2001)
as Burl
MadHouse (1990)
as Fred
White of the Eye (1987)
as Mr Dupree
Mikey (1992)
as Neil Trenton
The Dark Side of the Moon (1990)
as Philip Jennings
Purgatory (1999)
as Badger
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper (1984)
as Det. Larry Zito
Out of the Wild (2017)
as Henry McBride
The Rat Pack (1998)
as Joe DiMaggio
Falling in Love Again (1980)
as Beaver (1940's)
Mind Ripper (1995)
as Alex
Amanda & the Alien (1998)
as Colonel Rosencrans
The Destiny of Marty Fine (1996)
as Deke
Apartment 1303 3D (2012)
as Detective
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones (2003)
as Dr. Rupert Miles
La Sirena (2020)
as Nino
The House Is Burning (2006)
as Mr. Garson
Remote (1993)
as Delbert McCoy
The New Age (1994)
as Lyle
The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
as Murphy
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas (2009)
as Sheriff Larabie
Buffalo Girls (1995)
as General Custer
A Cry for Love (1980)
Actor
A Long Way Off (2014)
Actor
Monument Ave. (1998)
as Digger
Bookies (2003)
as Vincent
A Climate for Killing (1991)
as Wayne Paris
Hidden Places (2006)
as Frank Wyatt
The Grave (1996)
as J.C. Cole
I Pass for Human (2004)
as Ex-husband
Road to Nowhere (2010)
as Bobby Billings
Almost Dead (1994)
as Eddie Herbek
Singularity Principle (2013)
as Jack Brenner
Casualties (1997)
as Polito
Motorama (1991)
as Phil
Tully (2002)
as Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
Forever (2015)
as Neil
Cool Blue (1990)
as Clayton
The Far Side of Jericho (2006)
as Cash Thornton
Serpent in the Bottle (2020)
as Marvin Decker
Managua (1996)
Actor
The Ambush Murders (1982)
as Ferguson
Natural Selection (2011)
as Abe
Leon's Case (1982)
as Leon
Gary's Walk (2019)
as Gary
The Obama Effect (2012)
as Steve Warren
Falling Like This (2001)
as Eddie Gallagher
Glitz (1988)
as Teddy Magyk
The Paint Job (1993)
as Father
The North Star (2016)
as Master Anderson
Follow the Prophet (2009)
as Ted
Jurassic Park III (2001)
as Cooper