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John Diehl

01 May, 1950 in 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.

Also Known As:

John Henry Diehl

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Angel
59% (1984)
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Stripes
65% (1981)
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Whore
53% (1991)
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Most Wanted
54% (1997)
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Joysticks
48% (1983)
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Tully
63% (2002)
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Mikey
59% (1992)
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Remote
47% (1993)
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Nixon
69% (1995)
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MadHouse
53% (1990)
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The Zeros
45% (2001)
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Bookies
63% (2003)
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La Sirena
60% (2020)
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Managua
43% (1996)
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Falcon Crest
56% (1981)
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ER
78% (1994)
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Snowfall
84% (2017)
Eddie Dodd
0% (1991)
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The West Wing
83% (1999)
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Scandal
72% (2012)
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NYPD Blue
71% (1993)
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Miami Vice
75% (1984)