John Diehl
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-05-01
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.
Also Known For
The New Age
Sep 16, 1994
Jurassic Park III
Jul 18, 2001
The Hi-Lo Country
Dec 30, 1998
The Dark Side of the Moon
May 30, 1990
Stargate
Oct 28, 1994
Land of Plenty
Sep 10, 2004
A Time to Kill
Jul 24, 1996
Angel
Apr 19, 1984
Stripes
Jun 26, 1981
Monument Ave.
Sep 25, 1998
Whore
Jun 21, 1991
Anywhere but Here
Nov 12, 1999
Fail Safe
Apr 09, 2000
Down in the Valley
May 13, 2005
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
Sep 01, 2009
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
Jan 30, 1991
Mind Ripper
Oct 08, 1995
The House Is Burning
Nov 16, 2006
Mo' Money
Jul 24, 1992
Most Wanted
Oct 10, 1997
Joysticks
Mar 04, 1983
Purgatory
Jan 10, 1999
Walker
Dec 04, 1987
Road to Nowhere
Sep 11, 2010
Casualties
Apr 15, 1997
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
Apr 17, 2011
The End of Violence
Sep 12, 1997
Three Wishes
Oct 27, 1995
Motorama
Sep 10, 1991
The Hanoi Hilton
Mar 27, 1987
Natural Selection
Mar 13, 2011
Tully
Nov 01, 2002
Mikey
Nov 12, 1992
Apartment 1303 3D
Dec 06, 2012
The Obama Effect
Jul 13, 2012
Singularity Principle
Mar 13, 2013
Almost Dead
Mar 20, 1994
Glitz
Sep 28, 1988
Amanda & the Alien
Feb 01, 1998
Lost Souls
Oct 13, 2000
Gettysburg
Oct 08, 1993
Female Perversions
Apr 25, 1997
The Rat Pack
Aug 22, 1998
Armageddon Time
Oct 28, 2022
The Lucky Ones
Sep 26, 2008
Remote
Sep 22, 1993
The Ambush Murders
Jan 05, 1982
A Cry for Love
Oct 20, 1980
Buffalo Girls
Apr 30, 1995
Escape from New York
May 23, 1981
Forever
Oct 27, 2015
The Grave
Jan 18, 1996
National Lampoon's Vacation
Jul 29, 1983
A Long Way Off
Jun 06, 2014
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
Mar 30, 2003
Falling Down
Feb 26, 1993
Nixon
Dec 22, 1995
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
Sep 16, 1984
Pearl Harbor
May 21, 2001
A Climate for Killing
Jul 18, 1991
Foxfire
Aug 23, 1996
MadHouse
Feb 16, 1990
Fire Down Below
Sep 05, 1997
The Far Side of Jericho
Dec 10, 2006
Falling Like This
Sep 07, 2001
Out of the Wild
Dec 05, 2017
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Apr 30, 2006
I Pass for Human
Mar 21, 2004
The Client
Jul 20, 1994
The North Star
Mar 01, 2016
The Zeros
Mar 10, 2001
Hysterical
Dec 22, 1982
Falling in Love Again
Nov 21, 1980
D.C. Cab
Dec 16, 1983
Bookies
Jan 20, 2003
La Sirena
May 22, 2020
Serpent in the Bottle
Apr 20, 2020
Managua
Apr 09, 1996
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Mar 16, 1996
The Paint Job
Sep 30, 1993
Follow the Prophet
Jan 23, 2009
Cool Blue
Feb 27, 1990
White of the Eye
Jun 19, 1987
Falcon Crest
Dec 04, 1981
Point Pleasant
Jan 19, 2005
Jericho
Sep 20, 2006
L.A. Law
Sep 15, 1986
The Pretender
Sep 19, 1996
Cold Case
Sep 28, 2003
Beauty and the Beast
Sep 25, 1987
E! True Hollywood Story
Aug 21, 1996
Women's Murder Club
Oct 12, 2007
Hill Street Blues
Jan 15, 1981
Get Real
Sep 08, 1999
The X-Files
Sep 10, 1993
Friday Night Lights
Oct 03, 2006
JAG
Sep 23, 1995
ER
Sep 19, 1994
Snowfall
Jul 05, 2017
The Outer Limits
Mar 26, 1995
Eddie Dodd
Mar 12, 1991
Almost Human
Nov 17, 2013
The West Wing
Sep 22, 1999
Scandal
Apr 05, 2012
Dark Winds
Jun 12, 2022
The Shield
Mar 12, 2002
L.A. Law
Sep 15, 1986
NYPD Blue
Sep 21, 1993
Monsters
Oct 22, 1988
Nash Bridges
Mar 29, 1996
Cagney & Lacey
Mar 25, 1982
The John Larroquette Show
Sep 02, 1993
In the Heat of the Night
Mar 06, 1988
Rizzoli & Isles
Jul 12, 2010
Castle Rock
Jul 25, 2018
Without a Trace
Sep 26, 2002
Strong Medicine
Jul 23, 2000
Miami Vice
Sep 16, 1984
