
John Diehl
Born
1950-05-01
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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 c...
Known for

Jurassic Park III
Cooper

Pearl Harbor
Senior Doctor

Falling Down
Dad (Back Yard Party)

Stargate
Lieutenant Kawalsky

The X-Files
Wilson Pinker Rawls

Escape from New York
Punk

A Time to Kill
Tim Nunley

National Lampoon's Vacation
Assistant Mechanic

The Client
Jack Nance

Stripes
Cruiser

ER
Johnson's Son

Train Dreams
Billy

The Shield
Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy

Snowfall
Colonel Robert McDonald

Castle Rock
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