John Diehl

John Diehl

Born 1950-05-01 (age 76) Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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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.

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Known For

Train Dreams
Train Dreams

2025

as Billy

National Lampoon's Vacation
National Lampoon's Vacation

1983

as Assistant Mechanic

Con Air
Con Air

1997

as Poe's Lawyer (uncredited)

Escape from New York
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor

2001

as Senior Doctor

Falling Down
Falling Down

1993

as Dad (Back Yard Party)

The Client
The Client

1994

as Jack Nance

John Candy: I Like Me
John Candy: I Like Me

2025

as Self - Actor, Stripes (archive footage)

A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill

1996

as Tim Nunley

Stargate
Stargate

1994

as Lieutenant Kawalsky

Armageddon Time
Armageddon Time

2022

as Fred Trump

Stripes
Stripes

1981

as Cruiser

Lost Souls
Lost Souls

2000

as Henry Birdson

Fire Down Below
Fire Down Below

1997

as Frank Elkins

The End of Violence
The End of Violence

1997

as Lowell

Anywhere but Here
Anywhere but Here

1999

as Jimmy

The Hi-Lo Country
The Hi-Lo Country

1998

as Les Birk

Mo' Money
Mo' Money

1992

as Keith Heading

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Foxfire
Foxfire

1996

as Mr. Buttinger