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

  • JAG

    JAG

  • The West Wing

    The West Wing

  • Without a Trace

    Without a Trace

  • Snowfall

    Snowfall

  • The Shield

    The Shield

  • Cold Case

    Cold Case

  • Scandal

    Scandal

  • ER

    ER

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue

  • Rizzoli & Isles

    Rizzoli & Isles

  • Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

  • Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

  • Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

  • The Guardian

    The Guardian

  • The Pretender

    The Pretender

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • Nash Bridges

    Nash Bridges

  • L.A. Law

    L.A. Law

  • L.A. Law

    L.A. Law

  • Cagney & Lacey

    Cagney & Lacey

  • In the Heat of the Night

    In the Heat of the Night

  • Friday Night Lights

    Friday Night Lights

  • Dark Winds

    Dark Winds

  • The John Larroquette Show

    The John Larroquette Show

  • Castle Rock

    Castle Rock

  • Falling Down

    Falling Down

  • Escape from New York

    Escape from New York

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

  • Jericho

    Jericho

  • Monsters

    Monsters

  • Fire Down Below

    Fire Down Below

  • Stargate

    Stargate

  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg

  • A Time to Kill

    A Time to Kill

  • National Lampoon's Vacation

    National Lampoon's Vacation

  • Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

    Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

  • Get Real

    Get Real

  • Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

    Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

  • The Client

    The Client

  • Stripes

    Stripes

  • Almost Human

    Almost Human

  • A Climate for Killing

    A Climate for Killing

  • Apartment 1303 3D

    Apartment 1303 3D

  • Point Pleasant

    Point Pleasant

  • Train Dreams

    Train Dreams

  • D.C. Cab

    D.C. Cab

  • Nixon

    Nixon

  • Remote

    Remote

  • I Pass for Human

    I Pass for Human

  • Women's Murder Club

    Women's Murder Club

  • Mo' Money

    Mo' Money

  • The New Age

    The New Age

  • The Far Side of Jericho

    The Far Side of Jericho

  • The North Star

    The North Star

  • Mikey

    Mikey

  • The Destiny of Marty Fine

    The Destiny of Marty Fine

  • Monument Ave.

    Monument Ave.

  • Serpent in the Bottle

    Serpent in the Bottle

  • The Grave

    The Grave

  • Armageddon Time

    Armageddon Time

  • Dragnet: Sticks and Stones

    Dragnet: Sticks and Stones

  • Angel

    Angel

  • The Obama Effect

    The Obama Effect

  • Most Wanted

    Most Wanted

  • White of the Eye

    White of the Eye

  • Falling in Love Again

    Falling in Love Again

  • Forever

    Forever

  • Glitz

    Glitz

  • Down in the Valley

    Down in the Valley

  • The Hi-Lo Country

    The Hi-Lo Country

  • A Cry for Love

    A Cry for Love

  • The Lucky Ones

    The Lucky Ones

  • Almost Dead

    Almost Dead

  • Lost Souls

    Lost Souls

  • Cool Blue

    Cool Blue

  • The Ambush Murders

    The Ambush Murders

  • Tully

    Tully

  • Purgatory

    Purgatory

  • Casualties

    Casualties

  • Anywhere but Here

    Anywhere but Here

  • Follow the Prophet

    Follow the Prophet

  • Amanda & the Alien

    Amanda & the Alien

  • Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

    Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

  • Walker

    Walker

  • Motorama

    Motorama

  • Natural Selection

    Natural Selection

  • The Hanoi Hilton

    The Hanoi Hilton

  • Female Perversions

    Female Perversions

  • Land of Plenty

    Land of Plenty

  • Road to Nowhere

    Road to Nowhere

  • Bookies

    Bookies

  • A Long Way Off

    A Long Way Off

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Eddie Dodd

    Eddie Dodd

  • MadHouse

    MadHouse

  • The Dark Side of the Moon

    The Dark Side of the Moon

  • Whore

    Whore

  • Buffalo Girls

    Buffalo Girls

  • Hysterical

    Hysterical

  • Miami Vice ‘The Prodigal Son’

    Miami Vice ‘The Prodigal Son’

  • Foxfire

    Foxfire

  • Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas

    Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas

  • The End of Violence

    The End of Violence

  • Mind Ripper

    Mind Ripper

  • Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe

    Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe

  • Three Wishes

    Three Wishes

  • Fail Safe

    Fail Safe

  • Out of the Wild

    Out of the Wild

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

  • The Rat Pack

    The Rat Pack

  • The House Is Burning

    The House Is Burning

  • Jurassic Park III

    Jurassic Park III

  • Joysticks

    Joysticks

  • Managua

    Managua

  • Falling Like This

    Falling Like This

  • The Paint Job

    The Paint Job

  • The Zeros

    The Zeros

  • Singularity Principle

    Singularity Principle

  • La Sirena

    La Sirena