John Diehl

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.

Filmography (123 Appearances)

Train Dreams

2025

John Candy: I Like Me

2025

Armageddon Time

2022

Dark Winds

2022

La Sirena

2020

Serpent in the Bottle

2020

Castle Rock

2018

Out of the Wild

2017

Snowfall

2017

The North Star

2016

Forever

2015

A Long Way Off

2014

Almost Human

2013

Singularity Principle

2013

Apartment 1303 3D

2012

The Obama Effect

2012

Scandal

2012

Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe

2011

Natural Selection

2011

Road to Nowhere

2010

Rizzoli & Isles

2010

Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas

2009

Follow the Prophet

2009

The Lucky Ones

2008

Women's Murder Club

2007

The Far Side of Jericho

2006

The House Is Burning

2006

Friday Night Lights

2006

Jericho

2006

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

2006

Down in the Valley

2005

Point Pleasant

2005

Land of Plenty

2004

I Pass for Human

2004

Cold Case

2003

Dragnet: Sticks and Stones

2003

Bookies

2003

Tully

2002

Without a Trace

2002

The Shield

2002

The Guardian

2001

Falling Like This

2001

Jurassic Park III

2001

Pearl Harbor

2001

The Zeros

2001

Lost Souls

2000

Strong Medicine

2000

Fail Safe

2000

Anywhere but Here

1999

The West Wing

1999

Get Real

1999

Purgatory

1999

The Hi-Lo Country

1998

Monument Ave.

1998

The Rat Pack

1998

Amanda & the Alien

1998

Most Wanted

1997

The End of Violence

1997

Fire Down Below

1997

Casualties

1997

Female Perversions

1996

Profiler

1996

The Pretender

1996

Foxfire

1996

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

A Time to Kill

1996

Managua

1996

Nash Bridges

1996

The Destiny of Marty Fine

1996

The Grave

1996

Nixon

1995

Three Wishes

1995

Mind Ripper

1995

JAG

1995

Buffalo Girls

1995

The Outer Limits

1995

Stargate

1994

ER

1994

The New Age

1994

The Client

1994

Almost Dead

1994

Gettysburg

1993

The Paint Job

1993

Remote

1993

NYPD Blue

1993

The X-Files

1993

The John Larroquette Show

1993

Falling Down

1993

Mikey

1992

Mo' Money

1992

Motorama

1991

A Climate for Killing

1991

Whore

1991

Eddie Dodd

1991

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

1991

The Dark Side of the Moon

1990

Cool Blue

1990

MadHouse

1990

Monsters

1988

Glitz

1988

In the Heat of the Night

1988

Walker

1987

Beauty and the Beast

1987

White of the Eye

1987

The Hanoi Hilton

1987

L.A. Law

1986

Miami Vice

1984

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

1984

Angel

1984

D.C. Cab

1983

National Lampoon's Vacation

1983

Joysticks

1983

Hysterical

1982

Cagney & Lacey

1982

Cassie & Co.

1982

The Ambush Murders

1982

Leon's Case

1982

Falcon Crest

1981

Stripes

1981

Escape from New York

1981

Hill Street Blues

1981

Falling in Love Again

1980

A Cry for Love

1980 Debut
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