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
Cast Credits
Train Dreams
Character: Billy
MOVIE • 2025
Armageddon Time
Character: Fred Trump
MOVIE • 2022
Dark Winds
Character: B.J. Vines
TV • 2022
La Sirena
Character: Nino
MOVIE • 2020
Serpent in the Bottle
Character: Marvin Decker
MOVIE • 2020
Castle Rock
Character: John
TV • 2018
Out of the Wild
Character: Henry McBride
MOVIE • 2017
Snowfall
Character: Colonel Robert McDonald
TV • 2017
The North Star
Character: Master Anderson
MOVIE • 2016
Forever
Character: Neil
MOVIE • 2015
A Long Way Off
Character:
MOVIE • 2014
Almost Human
Character: Edward Kennex
TV • 2013
Singularity Principle
Character: Jack Brenner
MOVIE • 2013
Apartment 1303 3D
Character: Detective
MOVIE • 2012
The Obama Effect
Character: Steve Warren
MOVIE • 2012
Scandal
Character: Ray Dwyer
TV • 2012
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
Character: Rear Admiral Lawrence
MOVIE • 2011
Natural Selection
Character: Abe
MOVIE • 2011
Road to Nowhere
Character: Bobby Billings
MOVIE • 2010
Rizzoli & Isles
Character: Arthur Dunbar
TV • 2010
Crew
