John Diehl
Born 1950
Known for Jurassic Park III, Stargate, Train Dreams.
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.
Movie Credits
Out of the Wild (2017)
The House Is Burning (2006)
Serpent in the Bottle (2020)
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas (2009)
Land of Plenty (2004)
Singularity Principle (2013)
Mind Ripper (1995)
Remote (1993)
MadHouse (1990)
The North Star (2016)
Forever (2015)
A Long Way Off (2014)
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011)
Natural Selection (2011)
Mo' Money (1992)
Reunion (2025)
Apartment 1303 3D (2012)
Road to Nowhere (2010)
The Lucky Ones (2008)
I Pass for Human (2004)
Amanda & the Alien (1998)
The Obama Effect (2012)
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
Down in the Valley (2005)
Bookies (2003)
Anywhere but Here (1999)
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
The Grave (1996)
Mikey (1992)
Angel (1983)
The Far Side of Jericho (2006)
Falling Like This (2001)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
The Zeros (2001)
Fail Safe (2000)
Monument Ave. (1998)
Walker (1987)
Joysticks (1983)
The End of Violence (1997)
Three Wishes (1995)
Stargate (1994)
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991)
Motorama (1991)
The Dark Side of the Moon (1990)
Lost Souls (2000)
Stripes (1981)
Female Perversions (1996)
The Paint Job (1992)
The New Age (1994)
White of the Eye (1987)
Most Wanted (1997)
Foxfire (1996)
The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
The Cry of the Owl (2009)
Purgatory (1999)
A Time to Kill (1996)
Buffalo Girls (1995)
D.C. Cab (1983)
Falling in Love Again (1980)
The Rat Pack (1998)
Cool Blue (1989)
Fire Down Below (1997)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Whore (1991)
Escape from New York (1981)
Nixon (1995)
The Client (1994)
Gettysburg (1993)
John Candy: I Like Me (2025)
Falling Down (1993)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
