
John Diehl
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.
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Acting History
2025
Train Dreams as Billy
2022Armageddon Time as Fred Trump
2022Dark Winds as B.J. Vines
2020La Sirena as Nino
2020Serpent in the Bottle as Marvin Decker
2018Castle Rock as John
2017Out of the Wild as Henry McBride
2017Snowfall as Colonel Robert McDonald
2016The North Star as Master Anderson
2015Forever as Neil
2014A Long Way Off
2013Almost Human as Edward Kennex
2013Singularity Principle as Jack Brenner
2012Apartment 1303 3D as Detective
2012The Obama Effect as Steve Warren
2012Scandal as Ray Dwyer
2011Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe as Rear Admiral Lawrence
2011Natural Selection as Abe
2010Road to Nowhere as Bobby Billings
2010Rizzoli & Isles as Arthur Dunbar
2009Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas as Sheriff Larabie
2009Follow the Prophet as Ted
2008The Lucky Ones as Tom Klinger
2007Women's Murder Club
2006The Far Side of Jericho as Cash Thornton
2006The House Is Burning as Mr. Garson
2006Friday Night Lights as Richard Sherman
2006Jericho as Governor Trader
2006Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise as Jerry Snyder
2005Down in the Valley as Steve
2005Point Pleasant
2004Land of Plenty as Paul
2004I Pass for Human as Ex-husband
2003Cold Case as Isaac Keller
2003Dragnet: Sticks and Stones as Dr. Rupert Miles
2003Bookies as Vincent
2002Tully as Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
2002Without a Trace as Doyle
2002The Shield as Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy
2001The Guardian as Fortunato
2001Falling Like This as Eddie Gallagher
2001Jurassic Park III as Cooper
2001Pearl Harbor as Senior Doctor
2001The Zeros as Burl
2000Lost Souls as Henry Birdson
2000Strong Medicine as Mr. Lawson
2000Fail Safe as Col. Cascio
1999Anywhere but Here as Jimmy
1999The West Wing as Claypool
1999Get Real as Harris Forman
1999Purgatory as Badger
1998The Hi-Lo Country as Les Birk
1998Monument Ave. as Digger
1998The Rat Pack as Joe DiMaggio
1998Amanda & the Alien as Colonel Rosencrans
1997Most Wanted as Police Captain
1997The End of Violence as Lowell
1997Fire Down Below as Frank Elkins
1997Female Perversions as Jake Rock
1997Casualties as Polito
1996Profiler as Toby 'The Wick' Wood
1996The Pretender as Sheriff Delmont
1996Foxfire as Mr. Buttinger
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1996A Time to Kill as Tim Nunley
1996Managua
1996Nash Bridges as Albert foss
1996The Destiny of Marty Fine as Deke
1996The Grave as J.C. Cole
1995Nixon as Gordon Liddy
1995Three Wishes as Leland's Dad
1995Mind Ripper as Alex
1995JAG as Jack Raglan
1995Buffalo Girls as Gen. Custer (1995)
1995The Outer Limits as Joe
1994Stargate as Lieutenant Kawalsky
1994ER as Johnson's Son
1994The New Age as Lyle
1994The Client as Jack Nance
1994Almost Dead as Eddie Herbek
1993Gettysburg as Pvt. Bucklin
1993The Paint Job as Father
1993Remote as Delbert McCoy
1993NYPD Blue as Joe brady
1993The X-Files as Wilson Pinker Rawls
1993The John Larroquette Show as Chris
1993Falling Down as Dad (Back Yard Party)
1992Mikey as Neil Trenton
1992Mo' Money as Keith Heading
1991Motorama as Phil
1991A Climate for Killing as Wayne Paris
1991Whore as Derelict
1991Eddie Dodd
1991Kickboxer 2: The Road Back as Jack
1990The Dark Side of the Moon as Philip Jennings
1990Cool Blue as Clayton
1990MadHouse as Fred
1988Monsters as Miles magnus
1988Glitz as Teddy Magyk
1988In the Heat of the Night as John sevrance
1987Walker as Stebbins
1987Beauty and the Beast
1987White of the Eye as Mr Dupree
1987The Hanoi Hilton as Murphy
1986L.A. Law as Kevin Delahanty
1986L.A. Law as Tim
1984Miami Vice as Larry Zito
1984Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper as Det. Larry Zito
1984Angel as The Killer
1983D.C. Cab as Head Kidnapper
1983National Lampoon's Vacation as Assistant Mechanic
1983Joysticks as Arnie
1982Hysterical as Taxi Driver
1982Cagney & Lacey
1982The Ambush Murders as Ferguson
1981Falcon Crest as Gus Wallach
1981Stripes as Cruiser
1981Escape from New York as Punk
1981Hill Street Blues
1980Falling in Love Again as Beaver (1940's)
1980A Cry for Love









