John Diehl

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

117

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-05-01 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

  • John Henry Diehl
  • جان دی‌یل

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

Jurassic Park III
6.2%

Jurassic Park III

Jul 18, 2001

Pearl Harbor
6.9%

Pearl Harbor

May 21, 2001

Falling Down
7.4%

Falling Down

Feb 26, 1993

Stargate
7.0%

Stargate

Oct 28, 1994

Escape from New York
7.1%

Escape from New York

May 23, 1981

The X-Files
8.4%

The X-Files

Sep 10, 1993

A Time to Kill
7.4%

A Time to Kill

Jul 24, 1996

The Client
6.7%

The Client

Jul 20, 1994

Stripes
6.6%

Stripes

Jun 26, 1981

ER
7.8%

ER

Sep 19, 1994

The Shield
8.1%

The Shield

Mar 12, 2002

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Acting

2022
Armageddon Time as Fred Trump
2022
Dark Winds as B.J. Vines
2020
La Sirena as Nino
2020
Serpent in the Bottle as Marvin Decker
2018
Castle Rock as John
2017
Out of the Wild as Henry McBride
2017
Snowfall as Colonel Robert McDonald
2016
The North Star as Master Anderson
2015
Forever as Neil
2014
A Long Way Off
2013
Almost Human as Edward Kennex
2013
Singularity Principle as Jack Brenner
2012
Apartment 1303 3D as Detective
2012
The Obama Effect as Steve Warren
2012
Scandal as Ray Dwyer
2011
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe as Rear Admiral Lawrence
2011
Natural Selection as Abe
2010
Road to Nowhere as Bobby Billings
2010
Rizzoli & Isles as Arthur Dunbar
2009
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas as Sheriff Larabie
2009
Follow the Prophet as Ted
2008
The Lucky Ones as Tom Klinger
2007
Women's Murder Club
2006
The Far Side of Jericho as Cash Thornton
2006
The House Is Burning as Mr. Garson
2006
Friday Night Lights as Richard Sherman
2006
Jericho as Governor Trader
2006
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise as Jerry Snyder
2005
Down in the Valley as Steve
2005
Point Pleasant
2004
Land of Plenty as Paul
2004
I Pass for Human as Ex-husband
2003
Cold Case as Isaac Keller
2003
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones as Dr. Rupert Miles
2003
Bookies as Vincent
2002
Tully as Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
2002
Without a Trace as Doyle
2002
The Shield as Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy
2001
Falling Like This as Eddie Gallagher
2001
Jurassic Park III as Cooper
2001
Pearl Harbor as Senior Doctor
2001
The Zeros as Burl
2000
Lost Souls as Henry Birdson
2000
Strong Medicine as Mr. Lawson
2000
Fail Safe as Col. Cascio
1999
Anywhere but Here as Jimmy
1999
The West Wing as Claypool
1999
Get Real as Harris Forman
1999
Purgatory as Badger
1998
The Hi-Lo Country as Les Birk
1998
Monument Ave. as Digger
1998
The Rat Pack as Joe DiMaggio
1998
Amanda & the Alien as Colonel Rosencrans
1997
Most Wanted as Police Captain
1997
The End of Violence as Lowell
1997
Fire Down Below as Frank Elkins
1997
Female Perversions as Jake Rock
1997
Casualties as Polito
1996
The Pretender as Sheriff Delmont
1996
Foxfire as Mr. Buttinger
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
A Time to Kill as Tim Nunley
1996
Managua
1996
Nash Bridges as Albert foss
1996
The Destiny of Marty Fine as Deke
1996
The Grave as J.C. Cole
1995
Nixon as Gordon Liddy
1995
Three Wishes as Leland's Dad
1995
Mind Ripper as Alex
1995
JAG as Jack Raglan
1995
Buffalo Girls as Gen. Custer (1995)
1995
The Outer Limits as Joe
1994
Stargate as Lieutenant Kawalsky
1994
ER as Johnson's Son
1994
The New Age as Lyle
1994
The Client as Jack Nance
1994
Almost Dead as Eddie Herbek
1993
Gettysburg as Pvt. Bucklin
1993
The Paint Job as Father
1993
Remote as Delbert McCoy
1993
NYPD Blue as Joe brady
1993
The X-Files as Wilson Pinker Rawls
1993
The John Larroquette Show as Chris
1993
Falling Down as Dad (Back Yard Party)
1992
Mikey as Neil Trenton
1992
Mo' Money as Keith Heading
1991
Motorama as Phil
1991
A Climate for Killing as Wayne Paris
1991
Whore as Derelict
1991
Eddie Dodd
1991
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back as Jack
1990
The Dark Side of the Moon as Philip Jennings
1990
Cool Blue as Clayton
1990
MadHouse as Fred
1988
Monsters as Miles magnus
1988
Glitz as Teddy Magyk
1988
In the Heat of the Night as John sevrance
1987
Walker as Stebbins
1987
Beauty and the Beast
1987
The Hanoi Hilton as Murphy
1986
L.A. Law as Kevin Delahanty
1986
L.A. Law as Tim
1984
Miami Vice as Larry Zito
1984
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper as Det. Larry Zito
1984
Angel as The Killer
1983
D.C. Cab as Head Kidnapper
1983
National Lampoon's Vacation as Assistant Mechanic
1983
Joysticks as Arnie
1982
Hysterical as Taxi Driver
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982
The Ambush Murders as Ferguson
1981
Falcon Crest as Gus Wallach
1981
Stripes as Cruiser
1981
Escape from New York as Punk
1981
Hill Street Blues
1980
Falling in Love Again as Beaver (1940's)
1980
A Cry for Love

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2001
Falling Like This as Co-Producer
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