John Diehl

John Diehl

Date of Birth:

May 01, 1950

Place of Birth:

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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:

Dragnet: Sticks and Stones Dragnet: Sticks and Stones

2003

A Long Way Off A Long Way Off

2014

National Lampoon's Vacation National Lampoon's Vacation

1983

The Grave The Grave

1996

Falling Down Falling Down

1993

Nixon Nixon

1995

A Climate for Killing A Climate for Killing

1991

Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor

2001

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

1984

Forever Forever

2015

Escape from New York Escape from New York

1981

Armageddon Time Armageddon Time

2022

The Rat Pack The Rat Pack

1998

Female Perversions Female Perversions

1997

The Lucky Ones The Lucky Ones

2008

Remote Remote

1993

Buffalo Girls Buffalo Girls

1995

A Cry for Love A Cry for Love

1980

The Ambush Murders The Ambush Murders

1982

Foxfire Foxfire

1996

MadHouse MadHouse

1990

Bookies Bookies

2003

D.C. Cab D.C. Cab

1983

Falling in Love Again Falling in Love Again

1980

La Sirena La Sirena

2020

Serpent in the Bottle Serpent in the Bottle

2020

The Paint Job The Paint Job

1993

The Destiny of Marty Fine The Destiny of Marty Fine

1996

Managua Managua

1996

Hysterical Hysterical

1982

The Zeros The Zeros

2001

Falling Like This Falling Like This

2001

The Far Side of Jericho The Far Side of Jericho

2006

Fire Down Below Fire Down Below

1997

Out of the Wild Out of the Wild

2017

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

2006

The North Star The North Star

2016

The Client The Client

1994

I Pass for Human I Pass for Human

2004

Gettysburg Gettysburg

1993

Lost Souls Lost Souls

2000

Down in the Valley Down in the Valley

2005

Fail Safe Fail Safe

2000

Anywhere but Here Anywhere but Here

1999

Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas

2009

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

1991

Mo' Money Mo' Money

1992

The House Is Burning The House Is Burning

2006

Mind Ripper Mind Ripper

1995

Whore Whore

1991

Monument Ave. Monument Ave.

1998

Land of Plenty Land of Plenty

2004

The Hi-Lo Country The Hi-Lo Country

1998

Jurassic Park III Jurassic Park III

2001

The Dark Side of the Moon The Dark Side of the Moon

1990

Stargate Stargate

1994

Stripes Stripes

1981

Angel Angel

1984

A Time to Kill A Time to Kill

1996

Most Wanted Most Wanted

1997

Joysticks Joysticks

1983

Apartment 1303 3D Apartment 1303 3D

2012

Mikey Mikey

1992

Tully Tully

2002

The Obama Effect The Obama Effect

2012

Singularity Principle Singularity Principle

2013

Amanda & the Alien Amanda & the Alien

1995

Glitz Glitz

1988

Almost Dead Almost Dead

1994

Natural Selection Natural Selection

2011

The Hanoi Hilton The Hanoi Hilton

1987

Road to Nowhere Road to Nowhere

2010

Walker Walker

1987

Purgatory Purgatory

1999

Casualties Casualties

1997

Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe

2011

Motorama Motorama

1991

Three Wishes Three Wishes

1995

The End of Violence The End of Violence

1997

The New Age The New Age

1994

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