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.
88 movies · 38 shows
Train Dreams
2025·7.3
John Candy: I Like Me
2025·7.9
Armageddon Time
2022·6.4
La Sirena
2020·6.0
Serpent in the Bottle
2020·2.5
Out of the Wild
2017·6.5
The North Star
2016·5.0
Forever
2015·5.7
A Long Way Off
2014·5.9
Singularity Principle
2013·5.5
Apartment 1303 3D
2012·3.6
The Obama Effect
2012·2.5
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
2011·6.4
Natural Selection
2011·6.2
Road to Nowhere
2010·5.7
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
2009·3.8
Follow the Prophet
2009·4.5
The Lucky Ones
2008·6.4
The Far Side of Jericho
2006·4.9
The House Is Burning
2006·6.5
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006·6.9
Hidden Places
2006·7.7
Down in the Valley
2005·5.9
Land of Plenty
2004·6.2
I Pass for Human
2004·6.5
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
2003·0.0
Bookies
2003·6.4
Tully
2002·6.3
Falling Like This
2001·5.0
Jurassic Park III
2001·6.2
Pearl Harbor
2001·6.9
The Zeros
2001·4.3
Lost Souls
2000·5.1
Fail Safe
2000·6.9
Anywhere but Here
1999·6.1
Purgatory
1999·7.2
The Hi-Lo Country
1998·6.0
Monument Ave.
1998·5.8
The Rat Pack
1998·5.9
Amanda & the Alien
1998·4.5
Most Wanted
1997·5.4
The End of Violence
1997·5.4
Fire Down Below
1997·5.8
Con Air
1997·6.8
Casualties
1997·6.8
Female Perversions
1996·5.1
Foxfire
1996·6.0
A Time to Kill
1996·7.4
Managua
1996·5.0
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996·4.5
The Grave
1996·5.3
Nixon
1995·6.8
Three Wishes
1995·6.3
Mind Ripper
1995·4.3
Buffalo Girls
1995·6.5
Stargate
1994·7.0
The New Age
1994·5.6
The Client
1994·6.7
Almost Dead
1994·6.0
Gettysburg
1993·7.0
The Paint Job
1993·4.6
Remote
1993·4.9
Falling Down
1993·7.4
Mikey
1992·5.9
Mo' Money
1992·5.6
Motorama
1991·6.5
A Climate for Killing
1991·4.0
Whore
1991·5.3
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
1991·5.5
The Dark Side of the Moon
1990·5.1
Cool Blue
1990·4.6
MadHouse
1990·5.4
Glitz
1988·5.0
Walker
1987·6.4
White of the Eye
1987·5.8
The Hanoi Hilton
1987·5.4
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984·7.8
Angel
1984·6.1
D.C. Cab
1983·5.2
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983·7.1
Joysticks
1983·4.5
Hysterical
1982·4.5
The Ambush Murders
1982·8.0
Leon's Case
1982·0.0
Stripes
1981·6.6
Escape from New York
1981·7.0
Falling in Love Again
1980·5.8
A Cry for Love
1980·10.0