As Actor
Serpent in the Bottle
2020
2.2
John Diehl
Acting
Birth Date
May 1, 1950
Place of Birth
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.
Complete Filmography
As Actor
Forever
2015
6.0
As Actor
Apartment 1303 3D
2012
3.6
As Actor
The Obama Effect
2012
2.5
As Actor
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
2011
6.5
As Actor
Natural Selection
2011
6.3
As Actor
Road to Nowhere
2010
5.7
As Actor
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
2009
3.8
As Actor
Follow the Prophet
2009
5.7
As Actor
The Lucky Ones
2008
6.4
As Actor
The Far Side of Jericho
2006
4.1
As Actor
The House Is Burning
2006
6.3
As Actor
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006
6.9
As Actor
Down in the Valley
2005
5.9
As Actor
Land of Plenty
2004
6.2
As Actor
Bookies
2003
6.3
As Actor
Tully
2002
6.4
As Actor
Falling Like This
2001
4.0
As Actor
Jurassic Park III
2001
6.2
As Actor
The Zeros
2001
3.3