
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/1/1950
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
John Henry Diehlجان دییل
John Diehl
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 c...
Known For

Train Dreams
as Billy

A Time to Kill
as Tim Nunley

Almost Dead
as Eddie Herbek

The Client
as Jack Nance

National Lampoon's Vacation
as Assistant Mechanic

Pearl Harbor
as Senior Doctor

Gettysburg
as Pvt. Bucklin

Escape from New York
as Punk

Stripes
as Cruiser

Tully
as Mal "Mac" MacAvoy

Mo' Money
as Keith Heading

Armageddon Time
as Fred Trump

Nixon
as Gordon Liddy

Fire Down Below
as Frank Elkins

Purgatory
as Badger

The Grave
as J.C. Cole

Mikey
as Neil Trenton

Motorama
as Phil

Stargate
as Lieutenant Kawalsky

Lost Souls
as Henry Birdson