
John Diehl
Known for: Acting
Born: May 1, 1950
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

The House Is Burning
2006

Out of the Wild
2017

Leon's Case
1982

Land of Plenty
2004

Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
2009

La Sirena
2020

Serpent in the Bottle
2020

The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996

Mind Ripper
1995

Singularity Principle
2013

Almost Dead
1994

Glitz
1988

Remote
1993

MadHouse
1990

Mo' Money
1992

Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
2011

Natural Selection
2011

Forever
2015

A Long Way Off
2014

The North Star
2016

Road to Nowhere
2010

Casualties
1997

Apartment 1303 3D
2012

Amanda & the Alien
1998

The Lucky Ones
2008

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984

I Pass for Human
2004

Follow the Prophet
2009

Train Dreams
2025

The Hi-Lo Country
1998

Angel
1984

Anywhere but Here
1999

Down in the Valley
2005

Mikey
1992

The Obama Effect
2012

The Grave
1996
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
2003

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006

Bookies
2003

Jurassic Park III
2001

Monument Ave.
1998

Fail Safe
2000

Joysticks
1983

Walker
1987

Tully
2002

The Far Side of Jericho
2006

Falling Like This
2001

The Zeros
2001

Managua
1996

The Dark Side of the Moon
1990

Stargate
1994

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
1991

The End of Violence
1997

Three Wishes
1995

Motorama
1991

A Climate for Killing
1991

Stripes
1981

Lost Souls
2000

Female Perversions
1996

The Paint Job
1993

Hidden Places
2006

The New Age
1994

White of the Eye
1987

The Ambush Murders
1982

Most Wanted
1997

The Hanoi Hilton
1987

Foxfire
1996

A Time to Kill
1996

Purgatory
1999

Armageddon Time
2022

Buffalo Girls
1995

Falling in Love Again
1980

D.C. Cab
1983

The Rat Pack
1998

Cool Blue
1990

Fire Down Below
1997

Hysterical
1982

National Lampoon's Vacation
1983

Whore
1991
A Cry for Love
1980

Escape from New York
1981

Nixon
1995

The Client
1994

Gettysburg
1993

John Candy: I Like Me
2025

Falling Down
1993

Pearl Harbor
2001

Con Air
1997

Falcon Crest
1981

Point Pleasant
2005

Jericho
2006

L.A. Law
1986

The Pretender
1996

Cold Case
2003

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Women's Murder Club
2007

Hill Street Blues
1981

Get Real
1999

The X-Files
1993

Friday Night Lights
2006

JAG
1995

ER
1994

Snowfall
2017

The Outer Limits
1995
Eddie Dodd
1991

Almost Human
2013

The West Wing
1999

Scandal
2012

Dark Winds
2022

The Shield
2002

NYPD Blue
1993

Nash Bridges
1996

Cagney & Lacey
1982

The John Larroquette Show
1993

In the Heat of the Night
1988

Rizzoli & Isles
2010

Castle Rock
2018

Without a Trace
2002

Strong Medicine
2000

Miami Vice
1984

The Guardian
2001

Profiler
1996

Cassie & Co.
1982

Beauty and the Beast
1987

Monsters
1988

Lie to Me
2009