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.
Acting
Movie
Jurassic Park III
as Cooper
2001
Movie
Pearl Harbor
as Senior Doctor
2001
Movie
Falling Down
as Dad (Back Yard Party)
1993
Movie
Stargate
as Lieutenant Kawalsky
1994
TV
The X-Files
as Wilson Pinker Rawls
1993
Movie
Escape from New York
as Punk
1981
Movie
A Time to Kill
as Tim Nunley
1996
Movie
National Lampoon's Vacation
as Assistant Mechanic
1983
TV
Lie to Me
as Charlie Everett
2009
Movie
The Client
as Jack Nance
1994
Movie
Stripes
as Cruiser
1981
Movie
Train Dreams
as Billy
2025
TV
ER
as Johnson's Son
1994
TV
The Shield
as Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy
2002
TV
Snowfall
as Colonel Robert McDonald
2017
TV
Castle Rock
as John
2018
TV
Scandal
as Ray Dwyer
2012
TV
The West Wing
as Claypool
1999
TV
Almost Human
as Edward Kennex
2013
TV
Jericho
as Governor Trader
2006
TV
Miami Vice
as Larry Zito
1984
Movie
Armageddon Time
as Fred Trump
2022
TV
Rizzoli & Isles
as Arthur Dunbar
2010
TV
Cold Case
as Isaac Keller
2003