John Diehl

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-05-01 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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...

Acting

1994

2001

1998

1990

The Dark Side of the Moon

as Philip Jennings

2004

1994

Stargate

as Lieutenant Kawalsky

1996

A Time to Kill

as Tim Nunley

1984

Angel

as The Killer

1981

Stripes

as Cruiser

1998

Monument Ave.

as Digger

1991

Whore

as Derelict

1999

2000

Fail Safe

as Col. Cascio

2005

2009

Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas

as Sheriff Larabie

1995

2006

1992

Mo' Money

as Keith Heading

1997

Most Wanted

as Police Captain

1983

Joysticks

as Arnie

1999

Purgatory

as Badger

1987

Walker

as Stebbins

2010

Road to Nowhere

as Bobby Billings

1997

Casualties

as Polito

2011

Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe

as Rear Admiral Lawrence

1997

1995

Three Wishes

as Leland's Dad

1991

Motorama

as Phil

1987

2002

Tully

as Mal "Mac" MacAvoy

1992

Mikey

as Neil Trenton

2012

Apartment 1303 3D

as Detective

2012

The Obama Effect

as Steve Warren

2013

Singularity Principle

as Jack Brenner

1994

Almost Dead

as Eddie Herbek

1988

Glitz

as Teddy Magyk

1998

Amanda & the Alien

as Colonel Rosencrans

2000

Lost Souls

as Henry Birdson

1993

Gettysburg

as Pvt. Bucklin

1997

Female Perversions

as Jake Rock

1998

The Rat Pack

as Joe DiMaggio

2022

Armageddon Time

as Fred Trump

2008

The Lucky Ones

as Tom Klinger

1993

Remote

as Delbert McCoy

1982

1995

Buffalo Girls

as Gen. Custer (1995)

2015

Forever

as Neil

1996

The Grave

as J.C. Cole

1983

National Lampoon's Vacation

as Assistant Mechanic

2003

Dragnet: Sticks and Stones

as Dr. Rupert Miles

1993

Falling Down

as Dad (Back Yard Party)

1995

Nixon

as Gordon Liddy

1984

2001

Pearl Harbor

as Senior Doctor

1991

A Climate for Killing

as Wayne Paris

1996

Foxfire

as Mr. Buttinger

1990

MadHouse

as Fred

1997

Fire Down Below

as Frank Elkins

2006

The Far Side of Jericho

as Cash Thornton

2001

Falling Like This

as Eddie Gallagher

2017

Out of the Wild

as Henry McBride

2004

I Pass for Human

as Ex-husband

1994

The Client

as Jack Nance

2016

The North Star

as Master Anderson

2001

The Zeros

as Burl

1982

Hysterical

as Taxi Driver

1980

Falling in Love Again

as Beaver (1940's)

1983

D.C. Cab

as Head Kidnapper

2003

Bookies

as Vincent

2020

La Sirena

as Nino

2020

Serpent in the Bottle

as Marvin Decker

1993

The Paint Job

as Father

1990

Cool Blue

as Clayton

1987

White of the Eye

as Mr Dupree

1985

Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son

as Detective Larry Zito

Production

2001

Falling Like This

as Co-Producer

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