John Diehl
Date of birth: 1950-05-01
Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: John Henry Diehl, جان دییل
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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The New Age
1994-09-16
Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to th
Jurassic Park III
2001-07-18
In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Ama
The Hi-Lo Country
1998-12-30
An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a swee
The Dark Side of the Moon
1990-05-30
It is the year 2022. A mysterious systems failure causes the crew of a spaceship to be stranded on t
Stargate
1994-10-28
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancie
Land of Plenty
2004-09-10
After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vaga
A Time to Kill
1996-07-24
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daug
Angel
1984-04-19
Molly Stewart, a teen at the top of her class who survives by working nights as a prostitute on Holl
Stripes
1981-06-26
Hard-luck cabbie John Winger, directionless after being fired from his job and dumped by his girlfri
Monument Ave.
1998-09-25
Bobby O'Grady is a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands abso
Whore
1991-06-21
This melodrama investigates the life of a sex worker, in a pseudo-documentary style.
Anywhere but Here
1999-11-12
Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her
Fail Safe
2000-04-09
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclea
Down in the Valley
2005-05-13
On a trip to the beach, a teenage girl named Tobe meets a charismatic stranger named Harlan, who dre
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
2009-09-01
Inspired by one of America’s most prolific and controversial serial killers, this movie details Henr
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
1991-01-30
In this rousing sequel to Kickboxer, Tong Po broods about his defeat at the hands of Kurt Sloan. Po
Mind Ripper
1995-10-08
A top secret experiment intended to produce a superhuman has gone terribly wrong. Now the creators,
The House Is Burning
2006-11-16
One day. One night. A group of teenagers struggles to find their way in a world that offers them few
Mo' Money
1992-07-24
Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love w
Most Wanted
1997-10-10
A Marine on death row is recruited by a shadowy U.S. military officer as part of a top-secret ops te
Joysticks
1983-03-04
A successful businessman attempts to shut down a video arcade he believes is harmful to the mental h
Purgatory
1999-01-10
An outlaw band flees a posse and rides into Refuge, a small town where no one carries a gun, drinks,
Walker
1987-12-04
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to
Road to Nowhere
2010-09-11
A passionate filmmaker creating a film based upon a true crime casts an unknown mysterious young wom
Casualties
1997-04-15
A woman tormented by an abusive, sadistic husband desperately tries to find her way out of her predi
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
2011-04-17
Before Sam Axe teamed up with Michael and Fiona, he was Commander Axe, U.S. Navy SEAL. The Fall of S
The End of Violence
1997-09-12
In Hollywood, the lives of a successful film producer, his wife, a police detective and a surveillan
Three Wishes
1995-10-27
While Jane Holman is driving with her two sons, she accidentally runs into a drifter, Jack McCloud,
Motorama
1991-09-10
A ten year old boy gets tired of life with abusive parents and cashes in his piggy bank and steals a
The Hanoi Hilton
1987-03-27
Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North V
Natural Selection
2011-03-13
When a dutiful, albeit barren Christian housewife discovers that her devout husband has suffered a s
Tully
2002-11-01
Tully Jr. and Earl live on their father's Nebraska ranch, proud and independent to a fault. While th
Mikey
1992-11-12
Mikey just needs a good stable home. He's bounced from foster home to foster home his whole life. He
Apartment 1303 3D
2012-12-06
A woman uncovers sinister secrets while investigating the apparent suicide of her sister.
The Obama Effect
2012-07-13
A serious health scare ignites John Thomas, an insurance salesman in his 50s, to take a closer look
Singularity Principle
2013-03-13
Singularity Principle is a feature length science-fiction film about the consequences of renegade ex
Almost Dead
1994-03-20
A woman psychologist, who specialises in research about twins, is haunted by her dead mothers ghost.
Glitz
1988-09-28
Vincent Marra is a Miami cop on medical leave in Puerto Rico, where he's being stalked by a sex offe
Amanda & the Alien
1998-02-01
Amanda, an employee at an upscale clothing store, is leading a relatively lonely and unremarkable li
Lost Souls
2000-10-13
A young woman becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the Earth in human form. To
Gettysburg
1993-10-08
In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Ge
Female Perversions
1997-04-25
Eve Stephens, a beautiful and sexy high-powered attorney, is up for appointment as a judge. But belo
The Rat Pack
1998-08-22
After a brief flash-forward to Frank Sinatra as an old man, saying "I miss my guys," the movie's mai
Armageddon Time
2022-10-28
In 1980, Queens, New York, a young Jewish boy befriends a rebellious African-American classmate to t
The Lucky Ones
2008-09-26
The story revolves around three soldiers — Colee, T.K. and Cheaver — who return from the Iraq War af
Remote
1993-09-22
When 13-year-old Randy is forced to stash his remote control toys in a model home, he stumbles acros
The Ambush Murders
1982-01-05
An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he
A Cry for Love
1980-10-20
Divorcee Susan Blakely, with no alimony and two kids to support, begins turning to amphetamines. Whi
Buffalo Girls
1995-04-30
The bold escapades of tough-talking Calamity Jane Canary and her illustrious cohorts. It's the wanin
Escape from New York
1981-05-23
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison
Forever
2015-10-27
An investigative reporter finds the will to live again after discovering an enigmatic commune.
The Grave
1996-01-18
Two prisoners escape with the help of their jailer to search for a treasure that is supposedly burie
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983-07-29
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but t
A Long Way Off
2014-06-06
Jacob is tired of living on the family farm, submitting to the rules of his father. One day he deman
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
2003-03-30
A high school student is murdered in a satanic ritual.
Falling Down
1993-02-26
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and vio
Nixon
1995-12-22
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while bat
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984-09-16
Miami detective Sonny Crockett reluctantly teams with New York City cop Rico Tubbs when both of them
Pearl Harbor
2001-05-21
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the
A Climate for Killing
1991-07-18
Shortly before a rodeo festival week in Yuma County a body is found in the desert. It seems that it'
Foxfire
1996-08-23
The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexuall
MadHouse
1990-02-16
The luxurious villa of Mark and Jessie Bannister, a yuppie couple, is overrun by loads of uninvited
Fire Down Below
1997-09-05
When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, EPA undercover agent Jack T
The Far Side of Jericho
2006-12-10
Jericho. In the 1880's. Three women of the wild West, widows of an outlawed gang of brothers recentl
Falling Like This
2001-09-07
Falling Like This showcases compelling performances by two young actors, Brian Vaughan and Megan Wil
Out of the Wild
2017-12-05
The story of Henry McBride, a down and out cowboy with a painful past he can't drink away. Living on
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006-04-30
When Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local la
I Pass for Human
2004-03-21
Jane's lover Dax overdoses on heroin. Wanting to kill the pain of loss, Jane does dope for the first
The Client
1994-07-20
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, who
The North Star
2016-03-01
The North Star is the story of Benjamin 'Big Ben' Jones and Moses Hopkins, two slaves who escaped fr
The Zeros
2001-03-10
A slightly futuristic dark comedy about a young man who finds out he is dying, and goes in search of
Hysterical
1982-12-22
Frederic Lansing is a writer who hopes to find inspiration while vacationing in Hellview, Oregon; ho
Falling in Love Again
1980-11-21
Harry and Sue Lewis met in the 40s as teenagers living in the Bronx. He was an aspiring architect, s
D.C. Cab
1983-12-16
The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to to
Bookies
2003-01-20
Four college friends become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of
La Sirena
2020-05-22
The lives of Penny, a nighttime police dispatcher, and Nino, a barber, get turned upside down when 1
Serpent in the Bottle
2020-04-20
Serpent in the Bottle is a tragic tale of one young man's desire to conform to societal pressure in
Managua
1996-04-09
When a fellow Vietnam veteran is alleged to have thrown his lot in with the cocaine cartels, special
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996-03-16
Marty Fine is a small-time man with a big-time dream. One night, the ex-middleweight fighter sees so
The Paint Job
1993-09-30
The peaceful existence of a suburban backwater is disrupted when Wesley, a troubled housepainter fal
Follow the Prophet
2009-01-23
Follow the Prophet is an American film that was written by and stars Robert Chimento, which was crea
Cool Blue
1990-02-27
Dustin, an aspiring painter meets this woman named Christiane. Dustin is on a search for love, sex,
White of the Eye
1987-06-19
In a wealthy and isolated desert community, a sound expert is targeted as the prime suspect of a ser
Train Dreams
2025-11-05
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental cha
John Candy: I Like Me
2025-09-04
Those who knew iconic funnyman John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-be
Leon's Case
1982-01-01
It is the story of a pacifist of the 60s, who, after living as a deserter for twelve years, decides