
John Diehl
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
A Cry for Love
1980 · 10.0

Snowfall
2017 · 8.4

The X-Files
1993 · 8.4

The West Wing
1999 · 8.3

The Shield
2002 · 8.2

E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · 8.1

Friday Night Lights
2006 · 8.0

Leon's Case
1982 · 8.0

The Ambush Murders
1982 · 8.0

Rizzoli & Isles
2010 · 7.9

Lie to Me
2009 · 7.9

ER
1994 · 7.8

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984 · 7.8

Cold Case
2003 · 7.7

The Outer Limits
1995 · 7.7

Get Real
1999 · 7.7

Women's Murder Club
2007 · 7.7

Hill Street Blues
1981 · 7.6

In the Heat of the Night
1988 · 7.6

Dark Winds
2022 · 7.5

Beauty and the Beast
1987 · 7.4

Falling Down
1993 · 7.4

Strong Medicine
2000 · 7.4

Miami Vice
1984 · 7.4

The Pretender
1996 · 7.4

Jericho
2006 · 7.4

A Time to Kill
1996 · 7.4

Almost Human
2013 · 7.4

Train Dreams
2025 · 7.3

JAG
1995 · 7.3

Castle Rock
2018 · 7.2

Without a Trace
2002 · 7.2

Scandal
2012 · 7.2

Purgatory
1999 · 7.2

National Lampoon's Vacation
1983 · 7.1

NYPD Blue
1993 · 7.1

Stargate
1994 · 7.0

L.A. Law
1986 · 7.0

The Guardian
2001 · 7.0

Cagney & Lacey
1982 · 7.0

Profiler
1996 · 7.0

Monsters
1988 · 7.0

Escape from New York
1981 · 7.0

Gettysburg
1993 · 7.0

The John Larroquette Show
1993 · 6.9

Pearl Harbor
2001 · 6.9

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006 · 6.9

Fail Safe
2000 · 6.9

Nixon
1995 · 6.8

Point Pleasant
2005 · 6.8

Casualties
1997 · 6.8

Con Air
1997 · 6.8

The Client
1994 · 6.7

Nash Bridges
1996 · 6.6

Stripes
1981 · 6.6

Walker
1987 · 6.5

Out of the Wild
2017 · 6.5

Motorama
1991 · 6.5

Buffalo Girls
1995 · 6.5

The House Is Burning
2006 · 6.5

I Pass for Human
2004 · 6.5

Armageddon Time
2022 · 6.4

Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
2011 · 6.4

The Lucky Ones
2008 · 6.4

Bookies
2003 · 6.3

Three Wishes
1995 · 6.3

Tully
2002 · 6.3

Land of Plenty
2004 · 6.2

Jurassic Park III
2001 · 6.2

Anywhere but Here
1999 · 6.1

Natural Selection
2011 · 6.1

La Sirena
2020 · 6.0

Foxfire
1996 · 6.0

Angel
1984 · 6.0

The Hi-Lo Country
1998 · 6.0

Mikey
1992 · 5.9

Down in the Valley
2005 · 5.9

The Rat Pack
1998 · 5.9

A Long Way Off
2014 · 5.9

White of the Eye
1987 · 5.8

Falling in Love Again
1980 · 5.8

Forever
2015 · 5.8

Road to Nowhere
2010 · 5.8

Monument Ave.
1998 · 5.8

Fire Down Below
1997 · 5.7

Almost Dead
1994 · 5.7

Mo' Money
1992 · 5.6

The New Age
1994 · 5.6

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
1991 · 5.6

Falcon Crest
1981 · 5.6

Most Wanted
1997 · 5.4

The End of Violence
1997 · 5.4

Singularity Principle
2013 · 5.3

Whore
1991 · 5.3

Cassie & Co.
1982 · 5.3

MadHouse
1990 · 5.3

The Grave
1996 · 5.3

The Hanoi Hilton
1987 · 5.3

The Dark Side of the Moon
1990 · 5.2

D.C. Cab
1983 · 5.2

Female Perversions
1996 · 5.1

Lost Souls
2000 · 5.0

Managua
1996 · 5.0

Glitz
1988 · 5.0

Falling Like This
2001 · 5.0

The North Star
2016 · 5.0

Remote
1993 · 4.9

The Far Side of Jericho
2006 · 4.9

Amanda & the Alien
1998 · 4.8

Cool Blue
1990 · 4.6

The Paint Job
1993 · 4.6

Hysterical
1982 · 4.5

Joysticks
1983 · 4.5

The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996 · 4.5

Follow the Prophet
2009 · 4.5

Mind Ripper
1995 · 4.3

The Zeros
2001 · 4.2

A Climate for Killing
1991 · 4.0

Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
2009 · 3.7

Apartment 1303 3D
2012 · 3.6

Serpent in the Bottle
2020 · 2.5

The Obama Effect
2012 · 2.5
Eddie Dodd
1991 · 0.0
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
2003 · 0.0
Gary's Walk
2019 · 0.0