Cast
John Diehl
Acting
Cast
John Diehl
Known for
Acting
Born
1950-05-01
From
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also known as John Henry Diehl, Ψ¬Ψ§Ω Ψ―ΫβΫΩ
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.
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6.9
MOVIE2001
Pearl Harbor
as Senior Doctor
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6.8
MOVIE1997
Con Air
as Poe's Lawyer (uncredited)
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7.4
MOVIE1993
Falling Down
as Dad (Back Yard Party)
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7.3
MOVIE2025
Train Dreams
as Billy
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7.1
MOVIE1983
National Lampoon's Vacation
as Assistant Mechanic
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7.0
MOVIE1994
Stargate
as Lieutenant Kawalsky
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7.4
MOVIE1996
A Time to Kill
as Tim Nunley
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7.1
MOVIE1981
Escape from New York
as Punk
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6.7
MOVIE1994
The Client
as Jack Nance
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7.9
MOVIE2025
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Actor, Stripes (archive footage)
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5.8
MOVIE1997
Fire Down Below
as Frank Elkins
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6.6
MOVIE1981
Stripes
as Cruiser
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7.0
MOVIE1993
Gettysburg
as Pvt. Bucklin
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5.1
MOVIE2000
Lost Souls
as Henry Birdson
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6.1
MOVIE1999
Anywhere but Here
as Jimmy
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5.5
MOVIE1991
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
as Jack
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6.4
MOVIE1987
Walker
as Stebbins
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6.8
MOVIE1995
Nixon
as Gordon Liddy
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6.4
MOVIE2022
Armageddon Time
as Fred Trump
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5.9
MOVIE1992
Mikey
as Neil Trenton
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5.1
MOVIE1996
Female Perversions
as Jake Rock
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6.1
MOVIE1984
Angel
as The Killer
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7.2
MOVIE1999
Purgatory
as Badger
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6.0
MOVIE1996
Foxfire
as Mr. Buttinger
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5.4
MOVIE1997
Most Wanted
as Police Captain
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6.9
MOVIE2006
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
as Jerry Snyder
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5.4
MOVIE1997
The End of Violence
as Lowell
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4.3
MOVIE1995
Mind Ripper
as Alex
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5.9
MOVIE2005
Down in the Valley
as Steve
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5.4
MOVIE1990
MadHouse
as Fred
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5.6
MOVIE1992
Mo' Money
as Keith Heading
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6.4
MOVIE2011
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
as Rear Admiral Lawrence
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6.0
MOVIE1998
The Hi-Lo Country
as Les Birk
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7.8
MOVIE1984
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
as Det. Larry Zito
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5.2
MOVIE1983
D.C. Cab
as Head Kidnapper
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5.8
MOVIE1980
Falling in Love Again
as Beaver (1940's)
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6.5
MOVIE1995
Buffalo Girls
as General Custer
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5.3
MOVIE1991
Whore
as Derelict
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3.6
MOVIE2012
Apartment 1303 3D
as Detective
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5.1
MOVIE1990
The Dark Side of the Moon
as Philip Jennings
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6.4
MOVIE2008
The Lucky Ones
as Tom Klinger
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6.2
MOVIE2004
Land of Plenty
as Paul
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6.9
MOVIE2000
Fail Safe
as Col. Cascio
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5.3
MOVIE1996
The Grave
as J.C. Cole
β
5.4
MOVIE1987
The Hanoi Hilton
as Murphy
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6.8
MOVIE1997
Casualties
as Polito
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6.0
MOVIE2020
La Sirena
as Nino
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4.9
MOVIE1993
Remote
as Delbert McCoy
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4.3
MOVIE2001
The Zeros
as Burl
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5.9
MOVIE1998
The Rat Pack
as Joe DiMaggio
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3.8
MOVIE2009
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
as Sheriff Larabie
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6.4
MOVIE2003
Bookies
as Vincent
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7.7
MOVIE2006
Hidden Places
as Frank Wyatt
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6.5
MOVIE1991
Motorama
as Phil
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6.3
MOVIE1995
Three Wishes
as Leland's Dad
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4.5
MOVIE1982
Hysterical
as Taxi Driver
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6.2
MOVIE2011
Natural Selection
as Abe
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4.5
MOVIE1998
Amanda & the Alien
as Colonel Rosencrans
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4.6
MOVIE1990
Cool Blue
as Clayton
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8.0
MOVIE1982
The Ambush Murders
as Ferguson
β
5.8
MOVIE1998
Monument Ave.
as Digger
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2.5
MOVIE2012
The Obama Effect
as Steve Warren
MOVIE2003
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
as Dr. Rupert Miles
β
6.5
MOVIE2006
The House Is Burning
as Mr. Garson
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2.5
MOVIE2020
Serpent in the Bottle
as Marvin Decker
β
5.6
MOVIE1994
The New Age
as Lyle
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4.0
MOVIE1991
A Climate for Killing
as Wayne Paris
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4.9
MOVIE2006
The Far Side of Jericho
as Cash Thornton
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6.0
MOVIE1994
Almost Dead
as Eddie Herbek
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5.0
MOVIE1996
Managua
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5.7
MOVIE2010
Road to Nowhere
as Bobby Billings
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4.5
MOVIE1983
Joysticks
as Arnie
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4.6
MOVIE1993
The Paint Job
as Father
β
6.5
MOVIE2017
Out of the Wild
as Henry McBride
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6.2
MOVIE2001
Jurassic Park III
as Cooper
MOVIE1982
Leon's Case
as Leon Bernstein
β
5.8
MOVIE1987
White of the Eye
as Mr Dupree
β
10.0
MOVIE1980
A Cry for Love
β
4.5
MOVIE2009
Follow the Prophet
as Ted
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5.5
MOVIE2013
Singularity Principle
as Jack Brenner
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4.5
MOVIE1996
The Destiny of Marty Fine
as Deke
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6.3
MOVIE2002
Tully
as Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
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5.7
MOVIE2015
Forever
as Neil
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6.5
MOVIE2004
I Pass for Human
as Ex-husband
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5.9
MOVIE2014
A Long Way Off
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5.0
MOVIE2016
The North Star
as Master Anderson
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5.0
MOVIE2001
Falling Like This
as Eddie Gallagher
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5.0
MOVIE1988
Glitz
as Teddy Magyk