Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1950-05-01 (Age: 76)
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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 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 (86)
Train Dreams
2025
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Armageddon Time
2022
La Sirena
2020
Serpent in the Bottle
2020
Out of the Wild
2017
The North Star
2016
Forever
2015
A Long Way Off
2014
Singularity Principle
2013
Apartment 1303 3D
2012
The Obama Effect
2012
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
2011
Natural Selection
2011
