Train Dreams
2025 · Movie
as Billy
John Diehl
1950-05-01
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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. For a time, he flirted with a professional boxing career, leaving Miami Vice to pursue it.
Filmography
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Movie
as Self - Actor, Stripes (archive footage)
Armageddon Time
2022 · Movie
as Fred Trump
Dark Winds
2022 · TV Show
as B.J. Vines
La Sirena
2020 · Movie
as Nino
Serpent in the Bottle
2020 · Movie
as Marvin Decker
Castle Rock
2018 · TV Show
as John
Out of the Wild
2017 · Movie
as Henry McBride
Snowfall
2017 · TV Show
as Colonel Robert McDonald
The North Star
2016 · Movie
as Master Anderson
Forever
2015 · Movie
as Neil
A Long Way Off
2014 · Movie
Singularity Principle
2013 · Movie
as Jack Brenner
Almost Human
2013 · TV Show
as Edward Kennex
Apartment 1303 3D
2012 · Movie
as Detective
The Obama Effect
2012 · Movie
as Steve Warren
Scandal
2012 · TV Show
as Ray Dwyer
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
2011 · Movie
as Rear Admiral Lawrence
Natural Selection
2011 · Movie
as Abe
Road to Nowhere
2010 · Movie
as Bobby Billings
Rizzoli & Isles
2010 · TV Show
as Arthur Dunbar
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
2009 · Movie
as Sheriff Larabie
Follow the Prophet
2009 · Movie
as Ted
Lie to Me
2009 · TV Show
as Charlie Everett
The Lucky Ones
2008 · Movie
as Tom Klinger
Women's Murder Club
2007 · TV Show
The House Is Burning
2006 · Movie
as Mr. Garson
The Far Side of Jericho
2006 · Movie
as Cash Thornton
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006 · Movie
as Jerry Snyder
Hidden Places
2006 · Movie
as Frank Wyatt
Jericho
2006 · TV Show
as Governor Trader
Friday Night Lights
2006 · TV Show
as Richard Sherman
Down in the Valley
2005 · Movie
as Steve
Point Pleasant
2005 · TV Show
as David Burke
Land of Plenty
2004 · Movie
as Paul
I Pass for Human
2004 · Movie
as Ex-husband
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Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
2003 · Movie
as Dr. Rupert Miles
Bookies
2003 · Movie
as Vincent
Cold Case
2003 · TV Show
as Isaac Keller
Tully
2002 · Movie
as Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
The Shield
2002 · TV Show
as Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy
Without a Trace
2002 · TV Show
as Doyle
Jurassic Park III
2001 · Movie
as Cooper
Pearl Harbor
2001 · Movie
as Senior Doctor
Falling Like This
2001 · Movie
as Eddie Gallagher
The Zeros
2001 · Movie
as Burl
The Guardian
2001 · TV Show
as Fortunato
Fail Safe
2000 · Movie
as Col. Cascio
Lost Souls
2000 · Movie
as Henry Birdson
Strong Medicine
2000 · TV Show
as Mr. Lawson
Anywhere but Here
1999 · Movie
as Jimmy
Purgatory
1999 · Movie
as Badger
Get Real
1999 · TV Show
as Harris Forman
The West Wing
1999 · TV Show
as Claypool
The Hi-Lo Country
1998 · Movie
as Les Birk
Monument Ave.
1998 · Movie
as Digger
Amanda & the Alien
1998 · Movie
as Colonel Rosencrans
The Rat Pack
1998 · Movie
as Joe DiMaggio
Most Wanted
1997 · Movie
as Police Captain
Casualties
1997 · Movie
as Polito
The End of Violence
1997 · Movie
as Lowell
Fire Down Below
1997 · Movie
as Frank Elkins
Con Air
1997 · Movie
as Poe's Lawyer (uncredited)
A Time to Kill
1996 · Movie
as Tim Nunley
Female Perversions
1996 · Movie
as Jake Rock
The Grave
1996 · Movie
as J.C. Cole
Foxfire
1996 · Movie
as Mr. Buttinger
Managua
1996 · Movie
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996 · Movie
as Deke
The Pretender
1996 · TV Show
as Sheriff Delmont
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · TV Show
Nash Bridges
1996 · TV Show
as Albert foss
Profiler
1996 · TV Show
as Toby 'The Wick' Wood
Mind Ripper
1995 · Movie
as Alex
Three Wishes
1995 · Movie
as Leland's Dad
Buffalo Girls
1995 · Movie
as General Custer
Nixon
1995 · Movie
as Gordon Liddy
JAG
1995 · TV Show
as Jack Raglan
The Outer Limits
1995 · TV Show
as Joe
The New Age
1994 · Movie
as Lyle
Stargate
1994 · Movie
as Lieutenant Kawalsky
Almost Dead
1994 · Movie
as Eddie Herbek
The Client
1994 · Movie
as Jack Nance
ER
1994 · TV Show
as Johnson's Son
Gettysburg
1993 · Movie
as Pvt. Bucklin
Remote
1993 · Movie
as Delbert McCoy
Falling Down
1993 · Movie
as Dad (Back Yard Party)
The Paint Job
1993 · Movie
as Father
The X-Files
1993 · TV Show
as Wilson Pinker Rawls
NYPD Blue
1993 · TV Show
as Joe brady
The John Larroquette Show
1993 · TV Show
as Chris
Mo' Money
1992 · Movie
as Keith Heading
Mikey
1992 · Movie
as Neil Trenton
Whore
1991 · Movie
as Derelict
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
1991 · Movie
as Jack
Motorama
1991 · Movie
as Phil
A Climate for Killing
1991 · Movie
as Wayne Paris
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Eddie Dodd
1991 · TV Show
The Dark Side of the Moon
1990 · Movie
as Philip Jennings
MadHouse
1990 · Movie
as Fred
Cool Blue
1990 · Movie
as Clayton
Glitz
1988 · Movie
as Teddy Magyk
In the Heat of the Night
1988 · TV Show
as John sevrance
Monsters
1988 · TV Show
as Miles Magnus
Walker
1987 · Movie
as Stebbins
The Hanoi Hilton
1987 · Movie
as Murphy
White of the Eye
1987 · Movie
as Mr Dupree
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · TV Show
as Vernon Toulane
L.A. Law
1986 · TV Show
as Kevin Delahanty, Tim
Angel
1984 · Movie
as The Killer
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984 · Movie
as Det. Larry Zito
Miami Vice
1984 · TV Show
as Larry Zito
Joysticks
1983 · Movie
as Arnie
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983 · Movie
as Assistant Mechanic
D.C. Cab
1983 · Movie
as Head Kidnapper
The Ambush Murders
1982 · Movie
as Ferguson
Hysterical
1982 · Movie
as Taxi Driver
Leon's Case
1982 · Movie
as Leon Bernstein
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · TV Show
Cassie & Co.
1982 · TV Show
as Gelson
Stripes
1981 · Movie
as Cruiser
Escape from New York
1981 · Movie
as Punk
Falcon Crest
1981 · TV Show
as Gus Wallach
Hill Street Blues
1981 · TV Show
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A Cry for Love
1980 · Movie
Falling in Love Again
1980 · Movie
as Beaver (1940's)
