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John Diehl

b. 1950 · 56 titles in the catalogue

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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  1. Jurassic Park III2001as Cooper
  2. Pearl Harbor2001as Senior Doctor
  3. Con Air1997as Poe's Lawyer (uncredited)
  4. Falling Down1993as Dad (Back Yard Party)
  5. Stargate1994as Lieutenant Kawalsky
  6. The X-Files1993as Wilson Pinker Rawls
  7. Escape from New York1981as Punk
  8. A Time to Kill1996as Tim Nunley
  9. National Lampoon's Vacation1983as Assistant Mechanic
  10. Lie to Me2009as Charlie Everett
  11. The Client1994as Jack Nance
  12. Train Dreams2025as Billy
  13. Stripes1981as Cruiser
  14. ER1994as Johnson's Son
  15. The Shield2002as Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy
  16. Castle Rock2018as John
  17. Scandal2012as Ray Dwyer
  18. The West Wing1999as Claypool
  19. Almost Human2013as Edward Kennex
  20. Jericho2006as Governor Trader
  21. Miami Vice1984as Larry Zito
  22. Armageddon Time2022as Fred Trump
  23. Rizzoli & Isles2010as Arthur Dunbar
  24. Cold Case2003as Isaac Keller
  25. Nixon1995as Gordon Liddy
  26. Fire Down Below1997as Frank Elkins
  27. JAG1995as Jack Raglan
  28. Gettysburg1993as Pvt. Bucklin
  29. Friday Night Lights2006as Richard Sherman
  30. Apartment 1303 3D2012as Detective
  31. Anywhere but Here1999as Jimmy
  32. Without a Trace2002as Doyle
  33. Beauty and the Beast1987as Vernon Toulane
  34. Down in the Valley2005as Steve
  35. The Outer Limits1995as Joe
  36. The Pretender1996as Sheriff Delmont
  37. Kickboxer 2: The Road Back1991as Jack
  38. Lost Souls2000as Henry Birdson
  39. Dark Winds2022as B.J. Vines
  40. The Lucky Ones2008as Tom Klinger
  41. NYPD Blue1993as Joe brady
  42. Mo' Money1992as Keith Heading
  43. Foxfire1996as Mr. Buttinger
  44. Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe2011as Rear Admiral Lawrence
  45. Angel1984as The Killer
  46. Hill Street Blues1981guest actor
  47. Purgatory1999as Badger
  48. Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise2006as Jerry Snyder
  49. Most Wanted1997as Police Captain
  50. Nash Bridges1996as Albert foss
  51. Whore1991as Derelict
  52. John Candy: I Like Me2025as Self - Actor, Stripes (archive footage)
  53. D.C. Cab1983as Head Kidnapper
  54. The Hi-Lo Country1998as Les Birk
  55. The Dark Side of the Moon1990as Philip Jennings
  56. Land of Plenty2004as Paul