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John Diehl

Born 1950-05-01

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.

Known for

Train Dreams 2025 · 8.1 Jurassic Park III 2001 · 6.0 Stargate 1994 · 7.0 A Time to Kill 1996 · 7.5 Stripes 1981 · 6.8 Down in the Valley 2005 · 6.3 Anywhere But Here 1999 · 6.2 Armageddon Time 2022 · 6.7 The Lucky Ones 2008 · 6.8 Lost Souls 2000 · 4.8 Foxfire 1996 · 6.1 Mo' Money 1992 · 5.5 Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe 2011 · 7.0 Kickboxer 2: The Road Back 1991 · 4.5 Most Wanted 1997 · 5.6 Apartment 1303 3D 2012 · 2.5 Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise 2006 · 7.1 The End of Violence 1997 · 5.6 D.C. Cab 1983 · 5.5 The Hi-Lo Country 1998 · 6.1 Purgatory 1999 · 6.8 Madhouse 1990 · 5.4 Three Wishes 1995 · 6.1 White of the Eye 1987 · 6.1 Joysticks 1983 · 4.5 Female Perversions 1996 · 5.4 Mind Ripper 1995 · 3.9 The Grave 1996 · 5.7 Natural Selection 2011 · 6.4 The New Age 1994 · 5.7 Forever 2015 · 5.4 Out of the Wild 2017 · 6.6 Remote 1993 · 5.2 Falling in Love Again 1980 · 5.0 Serpent in the Bottle 2020 · 4.1