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