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