Biography
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
all 123
Movies 87
TV Shows 36
self 1
Producer 1
Armageddon Time (2022)
Dark Winds (2022)
Serpent in the Bottle (2020)
Out of the Wild (2017)
Snowfall (2017)
The North Star (2016)
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)
Road to Nowhere (2010)
Rizzoli & Isles (2010)
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas (2009)
The Lucky Ones (2008)
Dispatches from Nicaragua (2008)
The Far Side of Jericho (2006)
The House Is Burning (2006)
Friday Night Lights (2006)
Jericho (2006)
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
Hidden Places (2006)
I Pass for Human (2004)
Cold Case (2003)
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones (2003)
Bookies (2003)
Tully (2002)
The Shield (2002)
Falling Like This (2001)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Lost Souls (2000)
Strong Medicine (2000)
Fail Safe (2000)
The West Wing (1999)
Get Real (1999)
Purgatory (1999)
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
The Rat Pack (1998)
Most Wanted (1997)
Fire Down Below (1997)
The End of Violence (1997)
Female Perversions (1997)
Casualties (1997)
The Pretender (1996)
Foxfire (1996)
A Time to Kill (1996)
Managua (1996)
Nash Bridges (1996)
The Grave (1996)
Ruby Jean and Joe (1996)
Nixon (1995)
Three Wishes (1995)
Mind Ripper (1995)
JAG (1995)
Amanda & the Alien (1995)
Buffalo Girls (1995)
Stargate (1994)
ER (1994)
The Client (1994)
Almost Dead (1994)
South of Sunset (1993)
Gettysburg (1993)
Remote (1993)
NYPD Blue (1993)
The X-Files (1993)
Falling Down (1993)
Mo' Money (1992)
A Climate for Killing (1991)
Whore (1991)
The Dark Side of the Moon (1990)
Monsters (1988)
Glitz (1988)
In the Heat of the Night (1988)
Walker (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)
The Family Tree (1983)
Hysterical (1982)
The Ambush Murders (1982)
Stripes (1981)
Falling in Love Again (1980)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1950-05-01 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceCincinnati, Ohio, USA
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesNashville, United States of America
Also Known AsJohn Henry Diehl
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