1950-05-01 Cincinnati, 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.
Armageddon Time | Fred Trump | 2022-10-28 | |
Serpent in the Bottle | Marvin Decker | 2020-04-20 | |
La Sirena | Nino | 2020-05-22 | |
Out of the Wild | Henry McBride | 2017-12-05 | |
The North Star | Master Anderson | 2016-03-01 | |
Forever | Neil | 2015-10-27 | |
A Long Way Off | 2014-06-06 | ||
Singularity Principle | Jack Brenner | 2013-03-13 | |
Apartment 1303 3D | Detective | 2012-12-06 | |
The Obama Effect | Steve Warren | 2012-07-13 | |
Natural Selection | Abe | 2011-03-13 | |
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe | Rear Admiral Lawrence | 2011-04-17 | |
Road to Nowhere | Bobby Billings | 2010-09-11 | |
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas | Sheriff Larabie | 2009-09-01 | |
The Lucky Ones | Tom Klinger | 2008-09-26 | |
The House Is Burning | Mr. Garson | 2006-11-16 | |
The Far Side of Jericho | Cash Thornton | 2006-12-10 | |
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Jerry Snyder | 2006-04-30 | |
Down in the Valley | Steve | 2005-05-13 | |
I Pass for Human | Ex-husband | 2004-03-21 | |
Land of Plenty | Paul | 2004-09-10 | |
Bookies | Vincent | 2003-01-20 | |
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones | Dr. Rupert Miles | 2003-03-30 | |
Tully | Mal "Mac" MacAvoy | 2002-11-01 | |
Jurassic Park III | Cooper | 2001-07-18 | |
The Zeros | Burl | 2001-03-10 | |
Pearl Harbor | Senior Doctor | 2001-05-21 | |
Falling Like This | Eddie Gallagher | 2001-09-07 | |
Lost Souls | Henry Birdson | 2000-10-13 | |
Fail Safe | Col. Cascio | 2000-04-09 | |
Purgatory | Badger | 1999-01-10 | |
Anywhere but Here | Jimmy | 1999-11-12 | |
Monument Ave. | Digger | 1998-09-25 | |
The Hi-Lo Country | Les Birk | 1998-12-30 | |
The Rat Pack | Joe DiMaggio | 1998-08-22 | |
Most Wanted | Police Captain | 1997-10-10 | |
Female Perversions | Jake Rock | 1997-04-25 | |
Fire Down Below | Frank Elkins | 1997-09-05 | |
The End of Violence | Lowell | 1997-05-11 | |
Casualties | Polito | 1997-04-15 | |
The Grave | J.C. Cole | 1996-01-18 | |
Foxfire | Mr. Buttinger | 1996-08-23 | |
The Destiny of Marty Fine | Deke | 1996-03-16 | |
A Time to Kill | Tim Nunley | 1996-07-24 | |
Managua | 1996-04-09 | ||
Buffalo Girls | Gen. Custer (1995) | 1995-04-30 | |
Nixon | Gordon Liddy | 1995-12-22 | |
Mind Ripper | Alex | 1995-10-08 | |
Three Wishes | Leland's Dad | 1995-10-27 | |
Amanda & the Alien | Colonel Rosencrans | 1995-08-20 | |
The Client | Jack Nance | 1994-07-20 | |
Almost Dead | Eddie Herbek | 1994-03-20 | |
The New Age | Lyle | 1994-09-16 | |
Stargate | Lieutenant Kawalsky | 1994-10-28 | |
Remote | Delbert McCoy | 1993-09-22 | |
The Paint Job | Father | 1993-09-30 | |
Falling Down | Dad (Back Yard Party) | 1993-02-26 | |
Gettysburg | Pvt. Bucklin | 1993-10-08 | |
Mikey | Neil Trenton | 1992-11-12 | |
Mo' Money | Keith Heading | 1992-07-24 | |
Motorama | Phil | 1991-09-10 | |
Whore | Derelict | 1991-06-21 | |
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back | Jack | 1991-01-30 | |
A Climate for Killing | Wayne Paris | 1991-07-18 | |
The Dark Side of the Moon | Philip Jennings | 1990-05-30 | |
MadHouse | Fred | 1990-02-16 | |
Glitz | Teddy Magyk | 1988-09-28 | |
The Hanoi Hilton | Murphy | 1987-03-27 | |
Walker | Stebbins | 1987-12-04 | |
Angel | The Killer | 1984-04-19 | |
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper | Det. Larry Zito | 1984-09-16 | |
Joysticks | Arnie | 1983-03-04 | |
National Lampoon's Vacation | Assistant Mechanic | 1983-07-29 | |
D.C. Cab | Head Kidnapper | 1983-12-16 | |
The Ambush Murders | Ferguson | 1982-01-05 | |
Hysterical | Taxi Driver | 1982-12-22 | |
Escape from New York | Punk | 1981-05-23 | |
Stripes | Cruiser | 1981-06-26 | |
Falling in Love Again | Beaver (1940's) | 1980-11-21 | |
A Cry for Love | 1980-10-20 |