
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.
Train Dreams
2025
Armageddon Time
2022
Dark Winds
2022
La Sirena
2020
Castle Rock
2018
Out of the Wild
2017
Snowfall
2017
The North Star
2016
Forever
2015
A Long Way Off
2014
Almost Human
2013
The Obama Effect
2012
Scandal
2012
Road to Nowhere
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
Lie to Me
2009
The Lucky Ones
2008
Jericho
2006
Hidden Places
2006
Point Pleasant
2005
Land of Plenty
2004
I Pass for Human
2004
Cold Case
2003
Bookies
2003
Tully
2002
Without a Trace
2002
The Shield
2002
The Guardian
2001
Pearl Harbor
2001
The Zeros
2001
Lost Souls
2000
Strong Medicine
2000
Fail Safe
2000
The West Wing
1999
Get Real
1999
Purgatory
1999
Monument Ave.
1998
The Rat Pack
1998
Most Wanted
1997
Fire Down Below
1997
Casualties
1997
Profiler
1996
The Pretender
1996
Foxfire
1996
A Time to Kill
1996
Managua
1996
Nash Bridges
1996
The Grave
1996
Nixon
1995
Three Wishes
1995
Mind Ripper
1995
JAG
1995
Buffalo Girls
1995
The Outer Limits
1995
Stargate
1994
ER
1994
The New Age
1994
The Client
1994
Almost Dead
1994
Gettysburg
1993
The Paint Job
1993
Remote
1993
NYPD Blue
1993
The X-Files
1993
Falling Down
1993
Mikey
1992
Mo' Money
1992
Motorama
1991
Whore
1991
Cool Blue
1990
MadHouse
1990
Monsters
1988
Glitz
1988
Walker
1987
White of the Eye
1987
The Hanoi Hilton
1987
L.A. Law
1986
Miami Vice
1984
Angel
1984
D.C. Cab
1983
Joysticks
1983
Hysterical
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Cassie & Co.
1982
Leon's Case
1982
Falcon Crest
1981
Stripes
1981

























































































































