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