Actor
John Diehl
May 1, 1950 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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.
Notable work
6.2Jurassic Park III (2001)
as Cooper
6.9Pearl Harbor (2001)
as Senior Doctor
6.8Con Air (1997)
as Poe's Lawyer (uncredited)
7.4Falling Down (1993)
as Dad (Back Yard Party)
7Stargate (1994)
as Lieutenant Kawalsky
8.4The X-Files (1993)
as Wilson Pinker Rawls
7Escape from New York (1981)
as Punk
7.4A Time to Kill (1996)
as Tim Nunley
7.1National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
as Assistant Mechanic
7.9Lie to Me (2009)
as Charlie Everett
6.7The Client (1994)
as Jack Nance
7.3Train Dreams (2025)
as Billy
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