John Diehl
John Diehl (born May 1, 1950) is an American actor, particularly 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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- Born:
- May 1, 1950 In Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 80
- First Appeared:
- In the movie A Cry for Love 1980-10-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie Out of the Wild 2017-12-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Out of the Wild | Henry McBride | 2017-12-05 |
| Movie | Forever | Neil | 2015-10-27 |
| Movie | A Long Way Off | 2014-06-06 | |
| Movie | Singularity Principle | Jack Brenner | 2013-03-13 |
| Series | Almost Human | Edward Kennex | 2013-11-17 |
| Movie | Apartment 1303 3D | Detective | 2012-12-06 |
| Movie | The Obama Effect | Steve Warren | 2012-07-13 |
| Movie | Natural Selection | Abe | 2011-03-13 |
| Movie | Road to Nowhere | Bobby Billings | 2010-09-11 |
| Movie | The Lucky Ones | Tom Klinger | 2008-09-26 |
| Series | Women's Murder Club | Unknown | 2007-10-12 |
| Series | Jericho | Unknown | 2006-09-20 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Jerry Snyder | 2006-04-30 |
| Series | Friday Night Lights | Richard Sherman | 2006-10-03 |
| Movie | The House Is Burning | Mr. Garson | 2006-11-16 |
| Movie | The Far Side of Jericho | Cash Thornton | 2006-12-10 |
| Movie | Down in the Valley | Steve | 2005-05-13 |
| Movie | Land of Plenty | Paul | 2004-09-10 |
| Movie | Tully | Mal "Mac" MacAvoy | 2002-11-01 |
| Movie | Pearl Harbor | Senior Doctor | 2001-05-21 |
| Movie | Jurassic Park III | Cooper | 2001-07-18 |
| Movie | Fail Safe | Col. Cascio | 2000-04-09 |
| Movie | Lost Souls | Henry Birdson | 2000-10-13 |
| Movie | Purgatory | Badger | 1999-01-10 |
| Series | Get Real | Unknown | 1999-09-08 |
| 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 |
| Series | Stargate SG-1 | Lieutenant Kawalsky | 1997-07-27 |
| Movie | Fire Down Below | Frank Elkins | 1997-09-05 |
| Movie | Most Wanted | Police Captain | 1997-10-10 |
| Movie | The End of Violence | Lowell | 1997-09-12 |
| Movie | A Time to Kill | Tim Nunley | 1996-07-24 |
| Movie | The Grave | J.C. Cole | 1996-01-18 |
| Movie | Managua | 1996-04-09 | |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Series | The Pretender | Unknown | 1996-09-19 |
| Movie | Foxfire | Mr. Buttinger | 1996-08-23 |
| Movie | Buffalo Girls | Gen. Custer (1995) | 1995-04-30 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Amanda & the Alien | Colonel Rosencrans | 1995-08-20 |
| Movie | Mind Ripper | Alex | 1995-10-08 |
| Movie | Three Wishes | Leland's Dad | 1995-10-27 |
| Series | JAG | Unknown | 1995-09-23 |
| Movie | Nixon | Gordon Liddy | 1995-12-22 |
| Movie | Almost Dead | Eddie Herbek | 1994-03-20 |
| Movie | The New Age | Lyle | 1994-09-16 |
| Movie | The Client | Jack Nance | 1994-07-20 |
| Movie | Falling Down | Dad (Back Yard Party) | 1993-02-26 |
| Movie | Remote | Delbert McCoy | 1993-09-22 |
| Series | The X-Files | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
| Movie | The Paint Job | Father | 1993-09-30 |
| Movie | Gettysburg | Pvt. Bucklin | 1993-10-08 |
| Movie | Mo' Money | Keith Heading | 1992-07-24 |
| Movie | Mikey | Neil Trenton | 1992-11-12 |
| Movie | Kickboxer 2: The Road Back | Jack | 1991-01-30 |
| Movie | Whore | Derelict | 1991-06-21 |
| Movie | Motorama | Phil | 1991-09-10 |
| Movie | A Climate for Killing | Wayne Paris | 1991-07-18 |
| Movie | MadHouse | Fred | 1990-02-16 |
| Movie | Glitz | Teddy Magyk | 1988-09-28 |
| 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 | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
| Movie | Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper | Det. Larry Zito | 1984-09-16 |
| Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
| Movie | Joysticks | Arnie | 1983-03-04 |
| Movie | D.C. Cab | Head Kidnapper | 1983-12-16 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Vacation | Assistant Mechanic | 1983-07-29 |
| Movie | The Ambush Murders | Ferguson | 1982-01-05 |
| Movie | Hysterical | Taxi Driver | 1982-12-22 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Series | Falcon Crest | Unknown | 1981-12-04 |
| Movie | Stripes | Cruiser | 1981-06-26 |
| Movie | A Cry for Love | 1980-10-20 | |
| Movie | Falling in Love Again | Beaver (1940's) | 1980-11-21 |