Acting credits
120
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
John Diehl
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.8
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Movies: 84Series: 36Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 4942
IMDb ID: nm0225963
Known for: Acting
Born: May 1, 1950
Age: 75
Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1980 - 2025
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 6.54
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
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Diehl.
7.3
Train Dreams
as Billy
2025 Movie
7.8
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Actor, Stripes (archive footage)
2025 Movie
6.4
Armageddon Time
as Fred Trump
2022 Movie
6.0
La Sirena
as Nino
2020 Movie
2.4
Serpent in the Bottle
as Marvin Decker
2020 Movie
6.5
Out of the Wild
as Henry McBride
2017 Movie
5.0
The North Star
as Master Anderson
2016 Movie
5.7
Forever
as Neil
2015 Movie
5.9
A Long Way Off
2014 Movie
5.8
Singularity Principle
as Jack Brenner
2013 Movie
3.6
Apartment 1303 3D
as Detective
2012 Movie
2.5
The Obama Effect
as Steve Warren
2012 Movie
6.4
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
as Rear Admiral Lawrence
2011 Movie
6.1
Natural Selection
as Abe
2011 Movie
5.7
Road to Nowhere
as Bobby Billings
2010 Movie
3.8
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
as Sheriff Larabie
2009 Movie
4.5
Follow the Prophet
as Ted
2009 Movie
6.4
The Lucky Ones
as Tom Klinger
2008 Movie
4.1
The Far Side of Jericho
as Cash Thornton
2006 Movie
6.3
The House Is Burning
as Mr. Garson
2006 Movie
6.9
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
as Jerry Snyder
2006 Movie
5.9
Down in the Valley
as Steve
2005 Movie
6.1
Land of Plenty
as Paul
2004 Movie
4.0
I Pass for Human
as Ex-husband
2004 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Diehl.
7.5
Dark Winds
as B.J. Vines • 6 eps
2022 Series
7.2
Castle Rock
as John • 1 eps
2018 Series
8.4
Snowfall
as Colonel Robert McDonald • 3 eps
2017 Series
7.4
Almost Human
as Edward Kennex • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.2
Scandal
as Ray Dwyer • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.9
Rizzoli & Isles
as Arthur Dunbar • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.9
Women's Murder Club
1 eps
2007 Series
8.0
Friday Night Lights
as Richard Sherman • 2 eps
2006 Series
7.4
Jericho
as Governor Trader • 1 eps
2006 Series
6.8
Point Pleasant
as David Burke • 7 eps
2005 Series
7.8
Cold Case
as Isaac Keller • 2 eps
2003 Series
7.2
Without a Trace
as Doyle • 1 eps
2002 Series
8.1
The Shield
as Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy • 8 eps
2002 Series
7.0
The Guardian
as Fortunato • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.5
Strong Medicine
as Mr. Lawson • 1 eps
2000 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as Claypool • 2 eps
1999 Series
7.3
Get Real
as Harris Forman • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.0
Profiler
as Toby 'The Wick' Wood • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.3
The Pretender
as Sheriff Delmont • 1 eps
1996 Series
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
6.7
Nash Bridges
as Albert foss • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.3
JAG
as Jack Raglan • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.7
The Outer Limits
as Joe • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.8
ER
as Johnson's Son • 1 eps
1994 Series