John Diehl
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieJohn Candy: I Like Me
2025
Self - Actor, Stripes (archive footage)
movieArmageddon Time
2022
Fred Trump
tvDark Winds
2022
B.J. Vines
movieSerpent in the Bottle
2020
Marvin Decker
movieOut of the Wild
2017
Henry McBride
tvSnowfall
2017
Colonel Robert McDonald
movieThe North Star
2016
Master Anderson
movieForever
2015
Neil
tvAlmost Human
2013
Edward Kennex
movieSingularity Principle
2013
Jack Brenner
movieApartment 1303 3D
2012
Detective
movieThe Obama Effect
2012
Steve Warren
tvScandal
2012
Ray Dwyer
movieBurn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
2011
Rear Admiral Lawrence
movieRoad to Nowhere
2010
Bobby Billings
tvRizzoli & Isles
2010
Arthur Dunbar
movieDrifter: Henry Lee Lucas
2009
Sheriff Larabie
tvLie to Me
2009
Charlie Everett
movieThe Lucky Ones
2008
Tom Klinger
movieThe Far Side of Jericho
2006
Cash Thornton
movieThe House Is Burning
2006
Mr. Garson
tvFriday Night Lights
2006
Richard Sherman
tvJericho
2006
Governor Trader
movieJesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006
Jerry Snyder
movieHidden Places
2006
Frank Wyatt
tvPoint Pleasant
2005
David Burke
movieI Pass for Human
2004
Ex-husband
tvCold Case
2003
Isaac Keller
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
2003
Dr. Rupert Miles
movieBookies
2003
Vincent
movieTully
2002
Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
tvThe Shield
2002
Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy
tvThe Guardian
2001
Fortunato
movieFalling Like This
2001
Eddie Gallagher
moviePearl Harbor
2001
Senior Doctor
movieLost Souls
2000
Henry Birdson
tvStrong Medicine
2000
Mr. Lawson
movieFail Safe
2000
Col. Cascio
tvThe West Wing
1999
Claypool
tvGet Real
1999
Harris Forman
moviePurgatory
1999
Badger
movieThe Hi-Lo Country
1998
Les Birk
movieMonument Ave.
1998
Digger
movieThe Rat Pack
1998
Joe DiMaggio
movieAmanda & the Alien
1998
Colonel Rosencrans
movieMost Wanted
1997
Police Captain
movieFire Down Below
1997
Frank Elkins
movieCon Air
1997
Poe's Lawyer (uncredited)
movieCasualties
1997
Polito
movieFemale Perversions
1996
Jake Rock
tvProfiler
1996
Toby 'The Wick' Wood
tvThe Pretender
1996
Sheriff Delmont
movieFoxfire
1996
Mr. Buttinger
movieA Time to Kill
1996
Tim Nunley
tvNash Bridges
1996
Albert foss
movieThe Grave
1996
J.C. Cole
movieNixon
1995
Gordon Liddy
movieThree Wishes
1995
Leland's Dad
tvJAG
1995
Jack Raglan
movieBuffalo Girls
1995
General Custer
movieStargate
1994
Lieutenant Kawalsky
tvER
1994
Johnson's Son
movieThe Client
1994
Jack Nance
movieAlmost Dead
1994
Eddie Herbek
movieGettysburg
1993
Pvt. Bucklin
movieThe Paint Job
1993
Father
movieRemote
1993
Delbert McCoy
tvNYPD Blue
1993
Joe brady
tvThe X-Files
1993
Wilson Pinker Rawls
movieFalling Down
1993
Dad (Back Yard Party)
movieMikey
1992
Neil Trenton
movieMo' Money
1992
Keith Heading
movieA Climate for Killing
1991
Wayne Paris
movieWhore
1991
Derelict
movieThe Dark Side of the Moon
1990
Philip Jennings
movieCool Blue
1990
Clayton
tvMonsters
1988
Miles Magnus
movieGlitz
1988
Teddy Magyk
tvIn the Heat of the Night
1988
John sevrance
movieWalker
1987
Stebbins
tvBeauty and the Beast
1987
Vernon Toulane
movieWhite of the Eye
1987
Mr Dupree
tvL.A. Law
1986
Kevin Delahanty / Tim
movieMiami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984
Det. Larry Zito
tvMiami Vice
1984
Larry Zito
movieAngel
1984
The Killer
movieD.C. Cab
1983
Head Kidnapper
movieNational Lampoon's Vacation
1983
Assistant Mechanic
movieJoysticks
1983
Arnie
movieHysterical
1982
Taxi Driver
tvCassie & Co.
1982
Gelson
movieThe Ambush Murders
1982
Ferguson
movieLeon's Case
1982
Leon Bernstein
tvFalcon Crest
1981
Gus Wallach
movieStripes
1981
Cruiser
movieFalling in Love Again
1980
Beaver (1940's)
Production1
movieFalling Like This
2001
Co-Producer