John Diehl

John Diehl

ActingCincinnati, 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.

Starring John

The X-Files

The X-Files

8.4TV
1993
JAG

JAG

7.3TV
1995
The West Wing

The West Wing

8.2TV
1999
Rizzoli & Isles

Rizzoli & Isles

7.9TV
2010
ER

ER

7.8TV
1994
Cold Case

Cold Case

7.8TV
2003
Miami Vice

Miami Vice

7.5TV
1984
Scandal

Scandal

7.2TV
2012
Without a Trace

Without a Trace

7.2TV
2002
Snowfall

Snowfall

8.3TV
2017
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

7.0TV
1986
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

7.0TV
1986
Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest

5.5TV
1981
The Shield

The Shield

8.1TV
2002
Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine

7.5TV
2000
Train Dreams

Train Dreams

7.3Film
2025
Nash Bridges

Nash Bridges

6.7TV
1996
NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

7.0TV
1993
The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits

7.7TV
1995
Castle Rock

Castle Rock

7.2TV
2018
The Pretender

The Pretender

7.3TV
1996
The Guardian

The Guardian

7.0TV
2001
Friday Night Lights

Friday Night Lights

8.0TV
2006
Dark Winds

Dark Winds

7.5TV
2022
Motorama

Motorama

6.5Film
1991
Fail Safe

Fail Safe

6.9Film
2000
Mikey

Mikey

5.8Film
1992
Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

6.9Film
2001
Jericho

Jericho

7.4TV
2006
Nixon

Nixon

6.9Film
1995
Foxfire

Foxfire

6.0Film
1996
Stripes

Stripes

6.6Film
1981
Profiler

Profiler

7.0TV
1996
Walker

Walker

6.4Film
1987
The John Larroquette Show

The John Larroquette Show

6.7TV
1993
Natural Selection

Natural Selection

6.1Film
2011
Female Perversions

Female Perversions

5.0Film
1997
In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

7.5TV
1988
Casualties

Casualties

6.4Film
1997
Stargate

Stargate

7.0Film
1994
Hysterical

Hysterical

4.3Film
1982
Gettysburg

Gettysburg

6.9Film
1993
A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill

7.4Film
1996
Escape from New York

Escape from New York

7.1Film
1981
Get Real

Get Real

7.3TV
1999
Cool Blue

Cool Blue

4.4Film
1990
Monument Ave.

Monument Ave.

5.6Film
1998
MadHouse

MadHouse

5.3Film
1990
Bookies

Bookies

6.3Film
2003
Falling Down

Falling Down

7.4Film
1993
National Lampoon's Vacation

National Lampoon's Vacation

7.1Film
1983
Monsters

Monsters

7.1TV
1988
Most Wanted

Most Wanted

5.4Film
1997
The Client

The Client

6.7Film
1994
Point Pleasant

Point Pleasant

6.8TV
2005
Almost Human

Almost Human

7.4TV
2013
White of the Eye

White of the Eye

5.8Film
1987
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas

Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas

3.8Film
2009
Fire Down Below

Fire Down Below

5.8Film
1997
Purgatory

Purgatory

7.2Film
1999
Whore

Whore

5.2Film
1991
Armageddon Time

Armageddon Time

6.4Film
2022
Anywhere but Here

Anywhere but Here

6.1Film
1999
Angel

Angel

6.0Film
1984
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

5.5Film
1991
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

6.9Film
2006
Tully

Tully

6.2Film
2002
Joysticks

Joysticks

4.5Film
1983
The Rat Pack

The Rat Pack

5.8Film
1998
Mo' Money

Mo' Money

5.5Film
1992
D.C. Cab

D.C. Cab

5.2Film
1983
Mind Ripper

Mind Ripper

4.3Film
1995
The Hi-Lo Country

The Hi-Lo Country

6.1Film
1998
Lost Souls

Lost Souls

5.0Film
2000
Down in the Valley

Down in the Valley

5.9Film
2005
Three Wishes

Three Wishes

6.2Film
1995
The Lucky Ones

The Lucky Ones

6.4Film
2008
The End of Violence

The End of Violence

5.3Film
1997
Apartment 1303 3D

Apartment 1303 3D

3.6Film
2012
Buffalo Girls

Buffalo Girls

6.4Film
1995
The Dark Side of the Moon

The Dark Side of the Moon

4.9Film
1990
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

7.8Film
1984
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe

Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe

6.4Film
2011
Falling in Love Again

Falling in Love Again

5.7Film
1980
The Grave

The Grave

4.9Film
1996
Land of Plenty

Land of Plenty

6.1Film
2004
Almost Dead

Almost Dead

5.7Film
1994
Remote

Remote

4.8Film
1993
The New Age

The New Age

5.4Film
1994
Jurassic Park III

Jurassic Park III

6.2Film
2001
The Hanoi Hilton

The Hanoi Hilton

5.2Film
1987
Road to Nowhere

Road to Nowhere

5.7Film
2010
Amanda & the Alien

Amanda & the Alien

4.3Film
1998
Forever

Forever

5.7Film
2015
The House Is Burning

The House Is Burning

6.3Film
2006
The Paint Job

The Paint Job

3.8Film
1993
Singularity Principle

Singularity Principle

5.8Film
2013
The Far Side of Jericho

The Far Side of Jericho

4.1Film
2006