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