Actor
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 m ...

Known For
Acting
2022 -- Armageddon Time | Fred Trump
2020 -- La Sirena | Nino
2020 -- Serpent in the Bottle | Marvin Decker
2017 -- Out of the Wild | Henry McBride
2016 -- The North Star | Master Anderson
2015 -- Forever | Neil
2014 -- A Long Way Off |
2013 -- Singularity Principle | Jack Brenner
2012 -- Apartment 1303 3D | Detective
2012 -- The Obama Effect | Steve Warren
2011 -- Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe | Rear Admiral Lawrence
2011 -- Natural Selection | Abe
2010 -- Road to Nowhere | Bobby Billings
2009 -- Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas | Sheriff Larabie
2009 -- Follow the Prophet | Ted
2008 -- The Lucky Ones | Tom Klinger
2006 -- The Far Side of Jericho | Cash Thornton
2006 -- The House Is Burning | Mr. Garson
2006 -- Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Jerry Snyder
2005 -- Down in the Valley | Steve
2004 -- Land of Plenty | Paul
2004 -- I Pass for Human | Ex-husband
2003 -- Dragnet: Sticks and Stones | Dr. Rupert Miles
2003 -- Bookies | Vincent
2002 -- Tully | Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
2001 -- Falling Like This | Eddie Gallagher
2001 -- Jurassic Park III | Cooper
2001 -- Pearl Harbor | Senior Doctor
2001 -- The Zeros | Burl
2000 -- Lost Souls | Henry Birdson
2000 -- Fail Safe | Col. Cascio
1999 -- Anywhere but Here | Jimmy
1999 -- Purgatory | Badger
1998 -- The Hi-Lo Country | Les Birk
1998 -- Monument Ave. | Digger
1998 -- The Rat Pack | Joe DiMaggio
1998 -- Amanda & the Alien | Colonel Rosencrans
1997 -- Most Wanted | Police Captain
1997 -- The End of Violence | Lowell
1997 -- Fire Down Below | Frank Elkins
1997 -- Female Perversions | Jake Rock
1997 -- Casualties | Polito
1996 -- Foxfire | Mr. Buttinger
1996 -- A Time to Kill | Tim Nunley
1996 -- Managua |
1996 -- The Destiny of Marty Fine | Deke
1996 -- The Grave | J.C. Cole
1995 -- Nixon | Gordon Liddy
1995 -- Three Wishes | Leland's Dad
1995 -- Mind Ripper | Alex
1995 -- Buffalo Girls | Gen. Custer (1995)
1994 -- Stargate | Lieutenant Kawalsky
1994 -- The New Age | Lyle
1994 -- The Client | Jack Nance
1994 -- Almost Dead | Eddie Herbek
1993 -- Gettysburg | Pvt. Bucklin
1993 -- The Paint Job | Father
1993 -- Remote | Delbert McCoy
1993 -- Falling Down | Dad (Back Yard Party)
1992 -- Mikey | Neil Trenton
1992 -- Mo' Money | Keith Heading
1991 -- Motorama | Phil
1991 -- A Climate for Killing | Wayne Paris
1991 -- Whore | Derelict
1991 -- Kickboxer 2: The Road Back | Jack
1990 -- The Dark Side of the Moon | Philip Jennings
1990 -- MadHouse | Fred
1988 -- Glitz | Teddy Magyk
1987 -- Walker | Stebbins
1987 -- The Hanoi Hilton | Murphy
1984 -- Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper | Det. Larry Zito
1984 -- Angel | The Killer
1983 -- D.C. Cab | Head Kidnapper
1983 -- National Lampoon's Vacation | Assistant Mechanic
1983 -- Joysticks | Arnie
1982 -- Hysterical | Taxi Driver
1982 -- The Ambush Murders | Ferguson
1981 -- Stripes | Cruiser
1981 -- Escape from New York | Punk
1980 -- Falling in Love Again | Beaver (1940's)
1980 -- A Cry for Love |
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