John Diehl
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 (31)
Train Dreams
Armageddon Time
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Down in the Valley
Land of Plenty
Jurassic Park III
Pearl Harbor
Lost Souls
Anywhere but Here
Purgatory
Amanda & the Alien
Fire Down Below
A Time to Kill
Foxfire
Female Perversions
Nixon
Three Wishes
Stargate
The Client
Gettysburg
Falling Down
Mo' Money
Mikey
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
Whore
The Dark Side of the Moon
Walker
Angel
National Lampoon's Vacation
Escape from New York
