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.
1993 • TV
1995 • TV
1999 • TV
1994 • TV
1981 • Movie
1984 • Movie
as Punk
as The Killer
as Lieutenant Kawalsky
as Police Captain
as Joe DiMaggio
as Steve
as Ferguson
as Col. Cascio
as Stebbins
as Lyle
as Tim Nunley
as Tom Klinger
as Phil
as Neil Trenton
as Sheriff Larabie
as Delbert McCoy
as Cruiser
as Pvt. Bucklin
as Abe
as Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
as Wilson Pinker Rawls
1 episodes
as Jack Raglan
1 episodes
as Claypool
2 episodes
as Johnson's Son
1 episodes
as Isaac Keller
2 episodes
as Larry Zito
51 episodes
as Ray Dwyer
1 episodes
as Colonel Robert McDonald
3 episodes
as Arthur Dunbar
1 episodes
as Gus Wallach
1 episodes
as Doyle
1 episodes
as Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy
8 episodes
as Albert foss
1 episodes
as Joe brady
1 episodes
1 episodes
as John
1 episodes
as Kevin Delahanty
1 episodes
as Tim
1 episodes
as Mr. Lawson
1 episodes
as Joe
1 episodes
