Acting

John Diehl

Born 1950-05-01 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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.

Credits

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Train Dreams
as Billy
2025
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Actor, Stripes (archive footage)
2025
Armageddon Time
as Fred Trump
2022
Dark Winds
as B.J. Vines
2022
La Sirena
as Nino
2020
Serpent in the Bottle
as Marvin Decker
2020
Gary's Walk
as Gary
2019
Castle Rock
as John
2018
Out of the Wild
as Henry McBride
2017
Snowfall
as Colonel Robert McDonald
2017
The North Star
as Master Anderson
2016
Forever
as Neil
2015
A Long Way Off
2014
Almost Human
as Edward Kennex
2013
Singularity Principle
as Jack Brenner
2013
Apartment 1303 3D
as Detective
2012
The Obama Effect
as Steve Warren
2012
Scandal
as Ray Dwyer
2012
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
as Rear Admiral Lawrence
2011
Natural Selection
as Abe
2011
Road to Nowhere
as Bobby Billings
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
as Arthur Dunbar
2010
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
as Sheriff Larabie
2009
Follow the Prophet
as Ted
2009
Lie to Me
as Charlie Everett
2009
The Lucky Ones
as Tom Klinger
2008
Women's Murder Club
2007
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
2006
Hidden Places
as Frank Wyatt
2006
Down in the Valley
as Steve
2005
Point Pleasant
as David Burke
2005
Land of Plenty
as Paul
2004
I Pass for Human
as Ex-husband
2004
Cold Case
as Isaac Keller
2003
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
as Dr. Rupert Miles
2003
Bookies
as Vincent
2003
Tully
as Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
2002
Without a Trace
as Doyle
2002
The Shield
as Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy
2002
The Guardian
as Fortunato
2001
Falling Like This
as Eddie Gallagher
2001
Falling Like This
Co-Producer
2001
Jurassic Park III
as Cooper
2001
Pearl Harbor
as Senior Doctor
2001
The Zeros
as Burl
2001
Lost Souls
as Henry Birdson
2000
Strong Medicine
as Mr. Lawson
2000
Fail Safe
as Col. Cascio
2000
Anywhere but Here
as Jimmy
1999
The West Wing
as Claypool
1999
Get Real
as Harris Forman
1999
Purgatory
as Badger
1999
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
1998
Most Wanted
as Police Captain
1997
The End of Violence
as Lowell
1997
Fire Down Below
as Frank Elkins
1997
Con Air
as Poe's Lawyer (uncredited)
1997
Casualties
as Polito
1997
Female Perversions
as Jake Rock
1996
Profiler
as Toby 'The Wick' Wood
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
1996
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 General Custer
1995