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John Diehl

John Diehl

Acting • 1950-05-01 • Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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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Miami Vice7.5

Miami Vice

1984

The Shield8.2

The Shield

2002

Snowfall8.4

Snowfall

2017

Train Dreams7.3

Train Dreams

2025

Jurassic Park III6.2

Jurassic Park III

2001

Dark Winds7.5

Dark Winds

2022

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