John Diehl
Actor
Biography
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.
Filmography
Pearl Harbor
as Senior Doctor 2001
Falling Down
as Dad (Back Yard Party) 1993
Stargate
as Lieutenant Kawalsky 1994
Escape from New York
as Punk 1981
A Time to Kill
as Tim Nunley 1996
National Lampoon's Vacation
as Assistant Mechanic 1983
The Client
as Jack Nance 1994
Stripes
as Cruiser 1981
Armageddon Time
as Fred Trump 2022
Train Dreams
as Billy 2025
Nixon
as Gordon Liddy 1995
Fire Down Below
as Frank Elkins 1997
Gettysburg
as Pvt. Bucklin 1993
Apartment 1303 3D
as Detective 2012
Anywhere but Here
as Jimmy 1999
Down in the Valley
as Steve 2005