John Diehl
Known For
Acting
Born
1950-05-01 in 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 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.
Most Known For
The X-Files
as Wilson Pinker Rawls
The West Wing
as Claypool
JAG
as Jack Raglan
ER
as Johnson's Son
Rizzoli & Isles
as Arthur Dunbar
Scandal
as Ray Dwyer
Miami Vice
as Larry Zito
The Shield
as Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy
Cold Case
as Isaac Keller
Falcon Crest
as Gus Wallach
Snowfall
as Colonel Robert McDonald
Without a Trace
as Doyle
The Outer Limits
as Joe
Dark Winds
as B.J. Vines
Hill Street Blues
NYPD Blue
as Joe brady
Strong Medicine
as Mr. Lawson
L.A. Law
as Kevin Delahanty
L.A. Law
as Tim
Nash Bridges
as Albert foss