
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.
Filmography

Train Dreams
2025
as Billy

John Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Actor, Stripes (archive footage)

Armageddon Time
2022
as Fred Trump

La Sirena
2020
as Nino

Serpent in the Bottle
2020
as Marvin Decker

Out of the Wild
2017
as Henry McBride

The North Star
2016
as Master Anderson

Forever
2015
as Neil

A Long Way Off
2014

Singularity Principle
2013
as Jack Brenner

Apartment 1303 3D
2012
as Detective

The Obama Effect
2012
as Steve Warren

Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
2011
as Rear Admiral Lawrence

Natural Selection
2011
as Abe

Road to Nowhere
2010
as Bobby Billings

Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
2009
as Sheriff Larabie

Follow the Prophet
2009
as Ted

The Lucky Ones
2008
as Tom Klinger

The Far Side of Jericho
2006
as Cash Thornton

The House Is Burning
2006
as Mr. Garson

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006
as Jerry Snyder

Hidden Places
2006
as Frank Wyatt

Down in the Valley
2005
as Steve

Land of Plenty
2004
as Paul