Acting credits
123
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
John Diehl
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.7
Moderate attention
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Movies: 86Series: 37Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 4942
IMDb ID: nm0225963
Known for: Acting
Born: May 1, 1950
Age: 76
Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1980 - 2025
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 6.55
Wikidata: Q947748
Also known as
John Henry Diehl • جان دییل
Other jobs
Co-Producer (1)
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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Movies
Movie credits linked with John Diehl.
Train Dreams
as Billy
2025 Movie
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Actor, Stripes (archive footage)
2025 Movie
Armageddon Time
as Fred Trump
2022 Movie
La Sirena
as Nino
2020 Movie
Serpent in the Bottle
as Marvin Decker
2020 Movie
Out of the Wild
as Henry McBride
2017 Movie
The North Star
as Master Anderson
2016 Movie
Forever
as Neil
2015 Movie
A Long Way Off
2014 Movie
Singularity Principle
as Jack Brenner
2013 Movie
Apartment 1303 3D
as Detective
2012 Movie
The Obama Effect
as Steve Warren
2012 Movie
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
as Rear Admiral Lawrence
2011 Movie
Natural Selection
as Abe
2011 Movie
Road to Nowhere
as Bobby Billings
2010 Movie
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
as Sheriff Larabie
2009 Movie
Follow the Prophet
as Ted
2009 Movie
The Lucky Ones
as Tom Klinger
2008 Movie
The Far Side of Jericho
as Cash Thornton
2006 Movie
The House Is Burning
as Mr. Garson
2006 Movie
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
as Jerry Snyder
2006 Movie
Hidden Places
as Frank Wyatt
2006 Movie
Down in the Valley
as Steve
2005 Movie
Land of Plenty
as Paul
2004 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with John Diehl.
Dark Winds
as B.J. Vines • 6 eps
2022 Series
Castle Rock
as John • 1 eps
2018 Series
Snowfall
as Colonel Robert McDonald • 3 eps
2017 Series
Almost Human
as Edward Kennex • 1 eps
2013 Series
Scandal
as Ray Dwyer • 1 eps
2012 Series
Rizzoli & Isles
as Arthur Dunbar • 1 eps
2010 Series
Lie to Me
as Charlie Everett • 1 eps
2009 Series
Women's Murder Club
1 eps
2007 Series
Friday Night Lights
as Richard Sherman • 2 eps
2006 Series
Jericho
as Governor Trader • 1 eps
2006 Series
Point Pleasant
as David Burke • 7 eps
2005 Series
Cold Case
as Isaac Keller • 2 eps
2003 Series
Without a Trace
as Doyle • 1 eps
2002 Series
The Shield
as Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy • 8 eps
2002 Series
The Guardian
as Fortunato • 1 eps
2001 Series
Strong Medicine
as Mr. Lawson • 1 eps
2000 Series
The West Wing
as Claypool • 2 eps
1999 Series
Get Real
as Harris Forman • 1 eps
1999 Series
Profiler
as Toby 'The Wick' Wood • 1 eps
1996 Series
The Pretender
as Sheriff Delmont • 1 eps
1996 Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
Nash Bridges
as Albert foss • 1 eps
1996 Series
JAG
as Jack Raglan • 1 eps
1995 Series
The Outer Limits
as Joe • 1 eps
1995 Series