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.
Movie | Armageddon Time | Fred Trump | 2022-10-28 |
Series | Dark Winds | B.J. Vines | 2022-06-12 |
Movie | Serpent in the Bottle | Marvin Decker | 2020-04-20 |
Movie | La Sirena | Nino | 2020-05-22 |
Series | Castle Rock | John | 2018-07-25 |
Series | Snowfall | Colonel Robert McDonald | 2017-07-05 |
Movie | Out of the Wild | Henry McBride | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | The North Star | Master Anderson | 2016-03-01 |
Movie | Forever | Neil | 2015-10-27 |
Movie | A Long Way Off | 2014-06-06 | |
Series | Almost Human | Edward Kennex | 2013-11-17 |
Movie | Singularity Principle | Jack Brenner | 2013-03-13 |
Movie | The Obama Effect | Steve Warren | 2012-07-13 |
Series | Scandal | Ray Dwyer | 2012-04-05 |
Movie | Apartment 1303 3D | Detective | 2012-12-06 |
Movie | Natural Selection | Abe | 2011-03-13 |
Movie | Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe | Rear Admiral Lawrence | 2011-04-17 |
Series | Rizzoli & Isles | Arthur Dunbar | 2010-07-12 |
Movie | Road to Nowhere | Bobby Billings | 2010-09-11 |
Movie | Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas | Sheriff Larabie | 2009-09-01 |
Movie | The Lucky Ones | Tom Klinger | 2008-09-26 |
Series | Women's Murder Club | Unknown | 2007-10-12 |
Movie | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Jerry Snyder | 2006-04-30 |
Movie | The Far Side of Jericho | Cash Thornton | 2006-12-10 |
Series | Jericho | Governor Trader | 2006-09-20 |
Series | Friday Night Lights | Richard Sherman | 2006-10-03 |
Movie | The House Is Burning | Mr. Garson | 2006-11-16 |
Series | Point Pleasant | Unknown | 2005-01-19 |
Movie | Down in the Valley | Steve | 2005-05-13 |
Movie | I Pass for Human | Ex-husband | 2004-03-21 |
Movie | Land of Plenty | Paul | 2004-09-10 |
Series | Cold Case | Isaac Keller | 2003-09-28 |
Movie | Bookies | Vincent | 2003-01-20 |
Movie | Dragnet: Sticks and Stones | Dr. Rupert Miles | 2003-03-30 |
Series | The Shield | Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy | 2002-03-12 |
Movie | Tully | Mal "Mac" MacAvoy | 2002-11-01 |
Series | Without a Trace | Doyle | 2002-09-26 |
Movie | The Zeros | Burl | 2001-03-10 |
Movie | Pearl Harbor | Senior Doctor | 2001-05-21 |
Movie | Jurassic Park III | Cooper | 2001-07-18 |
Movie | Falling Like This | Eddie Gallagher | 2001-09-07 |
Movie | Fail Safe | Col. Cascio | 2000-04-09 |
Series | Strong Medicine | Mr. Lawson | 2000-07-23 |
Movie | Lost Souls | Henry Birdson | 2000-10-13 |
Movie | Purgatory | Badger | 1999-01-10 |
Series | Get Real | Harris Forman | 1999-09-08 |
Series | The West Wing | Claypool | 1999-09-22 |
Movie | Anywhere but Here | Jimmy | 1999-11-12 |
Movie | The Rat Pack | Joe DiMaggio | 1998-08-22 |
Movie | Monument Ave. | Digger | 1998-09-25 |
Movie | The Hi-Lo Country | Les Birk | 1998-12-30 |
Movie | Female Perversions | Jake Rock | 1997-04-25 |
Movie | Casualties | Polito | 1997-04-15 |
Movie | Fire Down Below | Frank Elkins | 1997-09-05 |
Movie | The End of Violence | Lowell | 1997-09-12 |
Movie | Most Wanted | Police Captain | 1997-10-10 |
Series | Nash Bridges | Albert foss | 1996-03-29 |
Movie | The Destiny of Marty Fine | Deke | 1996-03-16 |
Movie | Managua | Unknown | 1996-04-09 |
Movie | The Grave | J.C. Cole | 1996-01-18 |
Series | The Pretender | Sheriff Delmont | 1996-09-19 |
Movie | A Time to Kill | Tim Nunley | 1996-07-24 |
Movie | Foxfire | Mr. Buttinger | 1996-08-23 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | Buffalo Girls | Gen. Custer (1995) | 1995-04-30 |
Series | The Outer Limits | Joe | 1995-03-26 |
Movie | Amanda & the Alien | Colonel Rosencrans | 1995-08-20 |
Movie | Mind Ripper | Alex | 1995-10-08 |
Series | JAG | Jack Raglan | 1995-09-23 |
Movie | Nixon | Gordon Liddy | 1995-12-22 |
Movie | Three Wishes | Leland's Dad | 1995-10-27 |
Movie | The Client | Jack Nance | 1994-07-20 |
Movie | Almost Dead | Eddie Herbek | 1994-03-20 |
Movie | The New Age | Lyle | 1994-09-16 |
Series | ER | Johnson's Son | 1994-09-19 |
Movie | Stargate | Lieutenant Kawalsky | 1994-10-28 |
Series | The John Larroquette Show | Chris | 1993-09-02 |
Movie | Falling Down | Dad (Back Yard Party) | 1993-02-26 |
Series | NYPD Blue | Joe brady | 1993-09-21 |
Series | The X-Files | Wilson Pinker Rawls | 1993-09-10 |
Movie | Remote | Delbert McCoy | 1993-09-22 |
Movie | Gettysburg | Pvt. Bucklin | 1993-10-08 |
Movie | The Paint Job | Father | 1993-09-30 |
Movie | Mo' Money | Keith Heading | 1992-07-24 |
Movie | Mikey | Neil Trenton | 1992-11-12 |
Series | Eddie Dodd | Unknown | 1991-03-12 |
Movie | Kickboxer 2: The Road Back | Jack | 1991-01-30 |
Movie | Whore | Derelict | 1991-06-21 |
Movie | A Climate for Killing | Wayne Paris | 1991-07-18 |
Movie | Motorama | Phil | 1991-09-10 |
Movie | MadHouse | Fred | 1990-02-16 |
Movie | The Dark Side of the Moon | Philip Jennings | 1990-05-30 |
Series | In the Heat of the Night | John sevrance | 1988-03-06 |
Movie | Glitz | Teddy Magyk | 1988-09-28 |
Series | Monsters | Miles magnus | 1988-10-22 |
Movie | The Hanoi Hilton | Murphy | 1987-03-27 |
Series | Beauty and the Beast | Unknown | 1987-09-25 |
Movie | Walker | Stebbins | 1987-12-04 |
Series | L.A. Law | Tim | 1986-09-15 |
Movie | Angel | The Killer | 1984-04-19 |
Movie | Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper | Det. Larry Zito | 1984-09-16 |
Series | Miami Vice | Larry Zito | 1984-09-16 |
Movie | Joysticks | Arnie | 1983-03-04 |
Movie | National Lampoon's Vacation | Assistant Mechanic | 1983-07-29 |
Movie | D.C. Cab | Head Kidnapper | 1983-12-16 |
Series | Cagney & Lacey | Unknown | 1982-03-25 |
Movie | The Ambush Murders | Ferguson | 1982-01-05 |
Movie | Hysterical | Taxi Driver | 1982-12-22 |
Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
Movie | Escape from New York | Punk | 1981-05-23 |
Movie | Stripes | Cruiser | 1981-06-26 |
Series | Falcon Crest | Unknown | 1981-12-04 |
Movie | A Cry for Love | 1980-10-20 | |
Movie | Falling in Love Again | Beaver (1940's) | 1980-11-21 |