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