John Diehl

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

121

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 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

  • The X-Files

    The X-Files

  • Train Dreams

    Train Dreams

  • JAG

    JAG

  • The West Wing

    The West Wing

  • Scandal

    Scandal

  • Without a Trace

    Without a Trace

  • ER

    ER

  • Snowfall

    Snowfall

  • Cold Case

    Cold Case

  • The Shield

    The Shield

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue

  • Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

  • Rizzoli & Isles

    Rizzoli & Isles

  • Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

  • Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

  • L.A. Law

    L.A. Law

  • L.A. Law

    L.A. Law

  • The Guardian

    The Guardian

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • Nash Bridges

    Nash Bridges

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

  • The Pretender

    The Pretender

  • Dark Winds

    Dark Winds

  • Friday Night Lights

    Friday Night Lights

  • Cagney & Lacey

    Cagney & Lacey

  • Castle Rock

    Castle Rock

  • Profiler

    Profiler

  • In the Heat of the Night

    In the Heat of the Night

  • Jericho

    Jericho

  • National Lampoon's Vacation

    National Lampoon's Vacation

  • A Time to Kill

    A Time to Kill

  • The John Larroquette Show

    The John Larroquette Show

  • Stargate

    Stargate

  • The Client

    The Client

  • Remote

    Remote

  • Stripes

    Stripes

  • Angel

    Angel

  • Escape from New York

    Escape from New York

  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg

  • Natural Selection

    Natural Selection

  • Monument Ave.

    Monument Ave.

  • Fail Safe

    Fail Safe

  • Monsters

    Monsters

  • Casualties

    Casualties

  • Hysterical

    Hysterical

  • Nixon

    Nixon

  • Mikey

    Mikey

  • Fire Down Below

    Fire Down Below

  • Mo' Money

    Mo' Money

  • Tully

    Tully

  • Women's Murder Club

    Women's Murder Club

  • Armageddon Time

    Armageddon Time

  • MadHouse

    MadHouse

  • Almost Human

    Almost Human

  • The Grave

    The Grave

  • Falling Down

    Falling Down

  • Get Real

    Get Real

  • Buffalo Girls

    Buffalo Girls

  • Bookies

    Bookies

  • Cool Blue

    Cool Blue

  • Motorama

    Motorama

  • Most Wanted

    Most Wanted

  • Almost Dead

    Almost Dead

  • Glitz

    Glitz

  • Female Perversions

    Female Perversions

  • Purgatory

    Purgatory

  • Walker

    Walker

  • Forever

    Forever

  • Falling in Love Again

    Falling in Love Again

  • The Dark Side of the Moon

    The Dark Side of the Moon

  • Land of Plenty

    Land of Plenty

  • Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

    Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

  • D.C. Cab

    D.C. Cab

  • Lost Souls

    Lost Souls

  • Three Wishes

    Three Wishes

  • Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

    Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

  • Down in the Valley

    Down in the Valley

  • The Hanoi Hilton

    The Hanoi Hilton

  • Mind Ripper

    Mind Ripper

  • Point Pleasant

    Point Pleasant

  • The Lucky Ones

    The Lucky Ones

  • Foxfire

    Foxfire

  • Anywhere but Here

    Anywhere but Here

  • The New Age

    The New Age

  • White of the Eye

    White of the Eye

  • Managua

    Managua

  • A Long Way Off

    A Long Way Off

  • The Destiny of Marty Fine

    The Destiny of Marty Fine

  • Amanda & the Alien

    Amanda & the Alien

  • I Pass for Human

    I Pass for Human

  • The Hi-Lo Country

    The Hi-Lo Country

  • Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

    Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

  • The Rat Pack

    The Rat Pack

  • Whore

    Whore

  • The Obama Effect

    The Obama Effect

  • Road to Nowhere

    Road to Nowhere

  • Apartment 1303 3D

    Apartment 1303 3D

  • Follow the Prophet

    Follow the Prophet

  • A Cry for Love

    A Cry for Love

  • The Far Side of Jericho

    The Far Side of Jericho

  • The Ambush Murders

    The Ambush Murders

  • A Climate for Killing

    A Climate for Killing

  • Serpent in the Bottle

    Serpent in the Bottle

  • Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas

    Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas

  • Dragnet: Sticks and Stones

    Dragnet: Sticks and Stones

  • Out of the Wild

    Out of the Wild

  • The North Star

    The North Star

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Joysticks

    Joysticks

  • Eddie Dodd

    Eddie Dodd

  • Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe

    Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe

  • The End of Violence

    The End of Violence

  • Jurassic Park III

    Jurassic Park III

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

  • The House Is Burning

    The House Is Burning

  • Falling Like This

    Falling Like This

  • The Paint Job

    The Paint Job

  • La Sirena

    La Sirena

  • Singularity Principle

    Singularity Principle

  • The Zeros

    The Zeros