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