John Diehl

John Diehl is known for acting, with films including Train Dreams, Con Air, Pearl Harbor. Browse the full filmography and find where to stream on sseenn.

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

• Train Dreams (2025)
• Con Air (1997)
• Pearl Harbor (2001)
• Falling Down (1993)
• National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
• Stargate (1994)
• A Time to Kill (1996)
• Escape from New York (1981)
• John Candy: I Like Me (2025)
• The Client (1994)
• Stripes (1981)
• Gettysburg (1993)
• Fire Down Below (1997)
• Anywhere but Here (1999)
• Angel (1984)
• Most Wanted (1997)
• Foxfire (1996)
• Armageddon Time (2022)
• Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991)
• Nixon (1995)
• Whore (1991)
• Female Perversions (1996)
• Mikey (1992)
• Lost Souls (2000)
• Walker (1987)
• MadHouse (1990)
• Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
• Down in the Valley (2005)
• The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
• The Lucky Ones (2008)
• The End of Violence (1997)
• The Dark Side of the Moon (1990)
• Mo' Money (1992)
• Mind Ripper (1995)
• Fail Safe (2000)
• Purgatory (1999)
• Joysticks (1983)
• D.C. Cab (1983)
• Apartment 1303 3D (2012)
• Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011)