John Diehl
Born: 1950-05-01 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2025
- Train Dreams as Billy
- John Candy: I Like Me as Self - Actor, Stripes (archive footage)
2022
- Dark Winds as B.J. Vines
- Armageddon Time as Fred Trump
2020
- Serpent in the Bottle as Marvin Decker
- La Sirena as Nino
2018
- Castle Rock as John
2017
- Snowfall as Colonel Robert McDonald
- Out of the Wild as Henry McBride
2016
- The North Star as Master Anderson
2015
- Forever as Neil
2014
2013
- Almost Human as Edward Kennex
- Singularity Principle as Jack Brenner
2012
- Scandal as Ray Dwyer
- Apartment 1303 3D as Detective
- The Obama Effect as Steve Warren
2011
- Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe as Rear Admiral Lawrence
- Natural Selection as Abe
2010
- Rizzoli & Isles as Arthur Dunbar
- Road to Nowhere as Bobby Billings
2009
- Lie to Me as Charlie Everett
- Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas as Sheriff Larabie
- Follow the Prophet as Ted
2008
- The Lucky Ones as Tom Klinger
2007
2006
- Friday Night Lights as Richard Sherman
- Jericho as Governor Trader
- Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise as Jerry Snyder
- The House Is Burning as Mr. Garson
- The Far Side of Jericho as Cash Thornton
2005
- Point Pleasant as David Burke
- Down in the Valley as Steve
2004
- Land of Plenty as Paul
- I Pass for Human as Ex-husband
2003
- Cold Case as Isaac Keller
- Bookies as Vincent
- Dragnet: Sticks and Stones as Dr. Rupert Miles
2002
- Without a Trace as Doyle
- The Shield as Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy
- Tully as Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
2001
- The Guardian as Fortunato
- Pearl Harbor as Senior Doctor
- Jurassic Park III as Cooper
- Falling Like This as Eddie Gallagher
- The Zeros as Burl
2000
- Strong Medicine as Mr. Lawson
- Lost Souls as Henry Birdson
- Fail Safe as Col. Cascio
1999
- The West Wing as Claypool
- Get Real as Harris Forman
- Purgatory as Badger
- Anywhere but Here as Jimmy
1998
- The Rat Pack as Joe DiMaggio
- The Hi-Lo Country as Les Birk
- Amanda & the Alien as Colonel Rosencrans
- Monument Ave. as Digger
1997
- Fire Down Below as Frank Elkins
- Most Wanted as Police Captain
- The End of Violence as Lowell
- Casualties as Polito
1996
- Nash Bridges as Albert foss
- The Pretender as Sheriff Delmont
- Profiler as Toby 'The Wick' Wood
- A Time to Kill as Tim Nunley
- Foxfire as Mr. Buttinger
- Female Perversions as Jake Rock
- E! True Hollywood Story
- The Grave as J.C. Cole
- The Destiny of Marty Fine as Deke
- Managua
1995
- JAG as Jack Raglan
- The Outer Limits as Joe
- Nixon as Gordon Liddy
- Three Wishes as Leland's Dad
- Mind Ripper as Alex
- Buffalo Girls as Gen. Custer (1995)
1994
- ER as Johnson's Son
- Stargate as Lieutenant Kawalsky
- The Client as Jack Nance
- The New Age as Lyle
- Almost Dead as Eddie Herbek
1993
- The X-Files as Wilson Pinker Rawls
- NYPD Blue as Joe brady
- The John Larroquette Show as Chris
- Falling Down as Dad (Back Yard Party)
- Gettysburg as Pvt. Bucklin
- Remote as Delbert McCoy
- The Paint Job as Father
1991
- Kickboxer 2: The Road Back as Jack
- Whore as Derelict
- Eddie Dodd
- Motorama as Phil
- A Climate for Killing as Wayne Paris
1990
- The Dark Side of the Moon as Philip Jennings
- MadHouse as Fred
- Cool Blue as Clayton
1988
- In the Heat of the Night as John sevrance
- Monsters as Miles Magnus
- Glitz as Teddy Magyk
1987
- Walker as Stebbins
- Beauty and the Beast as Vernon Toulane
- White of the Eye as Mr Dupree
- The Hanoi Hilton as Murphy
1986
- L.A. Law as Kevin Delahanty
1984
- Miami Vice as Larry Zito
- Angel as The Killer
- Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper as Det. Larry Zito
1983
- National Lampoon's Vacation as Assistant Mechanic
- D.C. Cab as Head Kidnapper
- Joysticks as Arnie
1982
- Cagney & Lacey
- Cassie & Co. as Gelson
- Hysterical as Taxi Driver
- The Ambush Murders as Ferguson
- Leon's Case as Leon Bernstein
1981
- Falcon Crest as Gus Wallach
- Hill Street Blues
- Escape from New York as Punk
- Stripes as Cruiser
1980
- Falling in Love Again as Beaver (1940's)
- A Cry for Love