John Diehl
Acting
Born: 1950-05-01 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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.
Known For
The X-Files
Wilson Pinker Rawls
JAG
Jack Raglan
The West Wing
Claypool
NYPD Blue
Joe brady
Without a Trace
Doyle
Cold Case
Isaac Keller
ER
Johnson's Son
Scandal
Ray Dwyer
Miami Vice
Larry Zito
The Shield
Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy
Snowfall
Colonel Robert McDonald
Rizzoli & Isles
Arthur Dunbar
Falcon Crest
Gus Wallach
Hill Street Blues
L.A. Law
Kevin Delahanty
L.A. Law
Tim
Strong Medicine
Mr. Lawson
Lie to Me
Charlie Everett
Nash Bridges
Albert foss
Dark Winds
B.J. Vines
Cagney & Lacey
The Outer Limits
Joe
The Pretender
Sheriff Delmont
The Guardian
Fortunato
Friday Night Lights
Richard Sherman
Profiler
Toby 'The Wick' Wood
In the Heat of the Night
John sevrance
Castle Rock
John
Con Air
Poe's Lawyer (uncredited)
Falling Down
Dad (Back Yard Party)
The John Larroquette Show
Chris
Pearl Harbor
Senior Doctor
Jericho
Governor Trader
Stargate
Lieutenant Kawalsky
National Lampoon's Vacation
Assistant Mechanic
Monsters
Miles Magnus
A Time to Kill
Tim Nunley
Escape from New York
Punk
The Client
Jack Nance
Almost Human
Edward Kennex