John Diehl

ActorProduction May 1 (age 75) Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 1980–2025 (45 year career)

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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 m…

Known For

Film

Falling Down

Dad (Back Yard Party)

Film

Pearl Harbor

Senior Doctor

Film

A Time to Kill

Tim Nunley

Film

Stargate

Lieutenant Kawalsky

Film

Escape from New York

Punk

Film

Jurassic Park III

Cooper

Film

National Lampoon's Vacation

Assistant Mechanic

Film

Train Dreams

Billy

Filmography

Acting (124)

Movies (86)

Train Dreams

2025

as Billy

7.3

John Candy: I Like Me

2025

as Self - Actor, Stripes (archive footage)

7.9

Armageddon Time

2022

as Fred Trump

6.4

Serpent in the Bottle

as Marvin Decker

La Sirena

as Nino

Out of the Wild

as Henry McBride

The North Star

as Master Anderson

Forever

as Neil

A Long Way Off

Singularity Principle

as Jack Brenner

Apartment 1303 3D

as Detective

The Obama Effect

as Steve Warren

Natural Selection

as Abe

Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe

2011

as Rear Admiral Lawrence

6.4

Road to Nowhere

2010

as Bobby Billings

5.7

Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas

as Sheriff Larabie

Follow the Prophet

as Ted

The Lucky Ones

as Tom Klinger

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

as Jerry Snyder

The House Is Burning

as Mr. Garson

The Far Side of Jericho

as Cash Thornton

Down in the Valley

as Steve

I Pass for Human

as Ex-husband

Land of Plenty

as Paul

Bookies

as Vincent

Dragnet: Sticks and Stones

2003

as Dr. Rupert Miles

Tully

as Mal "Mac" MacAvoy

Pearl Harbor

as Senior Doctor

The Zeros

as Burl

Jurassic Park III

as Cooper

Falling Like This

as Eddie Gallagher

Fail Safe

as Col. Cascio

Lost Souls

as Henry Birdson

Purgatory

as Badger

Anywhere but Here

as Jimmy

The Hi-Lo Country

as Les Birk

Amanda & the Alien

as Colonel Rosencrans

The Rat Pack

as Joe DiMaggio

Monument Ave.

as Digger

The End of Violence

as Lowell

Fire Down Below

as Frank Elkins

Most Wanted

as Police Captain

Casualties

as Polito

A Time to Kill

as Tim Nunley

Managua

Foxfire

as Mr. Buttinger

The Grave

as J.C. Cole

Female Perversions

as Jake Rock

The Destiny of Marty Fine

as Deke

Nixon

as Gordon Liddy

Mind Ripper

as Alex

Buffalo Girls

as Gen. Custer (1995)

Three Wishes

as Leland's Dad

Stargate

as Lieutenant Kawalsky

The Client

as Jack Nance

The New Age

as Lyle

Almost Dead

as Eddie Herbek

Falling Down

as Dad (Back Yard Party)

Gettysburg

as Pvt. Bucklin

Remote

as Delbert McCoy

The Paint Job

as Father

Mo' Money

as Keith Heading

Mikey

as Neil Trenton

Whore

as Derelict

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

as Jack

Motorama

as Phil

A Climate for Killing

as Wayne Paris

MadHouse

as Fred

The Dark Side of the Moon

as Philip Jennings

Cool Blue

as Clayton

Glitz

as Teddy Magyk

Walker

as Stebbins

White of the Eye

as Mr Dupree

The Hanoi Hilton

as Murphy

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

as Det. Larry Zito

Angel

as The Killer

Joysticks

as Arnie

National Lampoon's Vacation

1983

as Assistant Mechanic

D.C. Cab

as Head Kidnapper

Hysterical

as Taxi Driver

The Ambush Murders

as Ferguson

Leon's Case

as Leon Bernstein

Stripes

as Cruiser

Escape from New York

as Punk

A Cry for Love

Falling in Love Again

1980

as Beaver (1940's)

5.7

Television (38)

Dark Winds

as B.J. Vines

Castle Rock

as John

Snowfall

as Colonel Robert McDonald

Almost Human

as Edward Kennex

Scandal

as Ray Dwyer

Rizzoli & Isles

as Arthur Dunbar

Women's Murder Club

Jericho

as Governor Trader

Friday Night Lights

as Richard Sherman

Point Pleasant

as David Burke

Cold Case

as Isaac Keller

Without a Trace

as Doyle

The Shield

as Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy

The Guardian

as Fortunato

Strong Medicine

as Mr. Lawson

The West Wing

as Claypool

Get Real

as Harris Forman

Nash Bridges

as Albert foss

The Pretender

as Sheriff Delmont

Profiler

as Toby 'The Wick' Wood

7.0

E! True Hollywood Story

JAG

as Jack Raglan

The Outer Limits

as Joe

as Johnson's Son

The X-Files

as Wilson Pinker Rawls

8.4

NYPD Blue

1993

as Joe brady

7.0

The John Larroquette Show

1993

as Chris

6.7

Eddie Dodd

1991

In the Heat of the Night

as John sevrance

Monsters

as Miles magnus

Beauty and the Beast

L.A. Law

as Kevin Delahanty

Miami Vice

as Larry Zito

Miami Vice

as Larry Zito

Cagney & Lacey

Cassie & Co.

as Gelson

Falcon Crest

as Gus Wallach

Hill Street Blues

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Falling Like This

2001

Co-Producer

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