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
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
- Natural Selection as Abe
- Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe as Rear Admiral Lawrence
2010
- Rizzoli & Isles as Arthur Dunbar
- Road to Nowhere as Bobby Billings
2009
- Follow the Prophet as Ted
- Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas as Sheriff Larabie
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 Far Side of Jericho as Cash Thornton
- The House Is Burning as Mr. Garson
2005
- Down in the Valley as Steve
- Point Pleasant
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
- Fail Safe as Col. Cascio
- Lost Souls as Henry Birdson
1999
- The West Wing as Claypool
- Purgatory as Badger
- Get Real as Harris Forman
- Anywhere but Here as Jimmy
1998
- Monument Ave. as Digger
- Amanda & the Alien as Colonel Rosencrans
- The Rat Pack as Joe DiMaggio
- The Hi-Lo Country as Les Birk
1997
- Casualties as Polito
- Fire Down Below as Frank Elkins
- Female Perversions as Jake Rock
- Most Wanted as Police Captain
- The End of Violence as Lowell
1996
- Nash Bridges as Albert foss
- The Pretender as Sheriff Delmont
- A Time to Kill as Tim Nunley
- Profiler as Toby 'The Wick' Wood
- The Grave as J.C. Cole
- Foxfire as Mr. Buttinger
- The Destiny of Marty Fine as Deke
- Managua
- E! True Hollywood Story
1995
- JAG as Jack Raglan
- The Outer Limits as Joe
- Nixon as Gordon Liddy
- Three Wishes as Leland's Dad
- Buffalo Girls as Gen. Custer (1995)
- Mind Ripper as Alex
1994
- ER as Johnson's Son
- The Client as Jack Nance
- Stargate as Lieutenant Kawalsky
- Almost Dead as Eddie Herbek
- The New Age as Lyle
1993
- The X-Files as Wilson Pinker Rawls
- NYPD Blue as Joe brady
- Remote as Delbert McCoy
- The John Larroquette Show as Chris
- Gettysburg as Pvt. Bucklin
- Falling Down as Dad (Back Yard Party)
- The Paint Job as Father
1991
- Motorama as Phil
- Kickboxer 2: The Road Back as Jack
- Whore as Derelict
- A Climate for Killing as Wayne Paris
- Eddie Dodd
1990
- MadHouse as Fred
- Cool Blue as Clayton
- The Dark Side of the Moon as Philip Jennings
1988
- In the Heat of the Night as John sevrance
- Monsters as Miles magnus
- Glitz as Teddy Magyk
1987
- Walker as Stebbins
- The Hanoi Hilton as Murphy
- White of the Eye as Mr Dupree
- Miami Vice ‘The Prodigal Son’ as Detective Larry Zito
- Beauty and the Beast
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
- Hysterical as Taxi Driver
- The Ambush Murders as Ferguson
1981
- Falcon Crest as Gus Wallach
- Hill Street Blues
- Stripes as Cruiser
- Escape from New York as Punk
1980
- Falling in Love Again as Beaver (1940's)
- A Cry for Love