John Diehl

John Diehl is an American film and television actor. He played Charles Kawalsky in the featured 1994 movie, .
== Career ==
He is particularly 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. Diehl later appeared in , a made-for-TV movie based on the television series Burn Notice. He was born in ,IMDB.com 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.
In 2011 he appeared in Monte Hellman's romantic thriller Road to Nowhere.
== Involvement in the Stargate universe ==
=== Actor ===
* "Lieutenant" Kawalski (Stargate)
== Filmography ==
 Film and Television
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2013 	Forever 	Neil 	Film, post-production
2013 	The North Star 	 	Film, post-production
2013 	A Long Way Off 	Mr. Abraham 	Film, post-production
2013 	Singularity Principle 	Jack Brenner 	Film, completed
2012 	Apartment 1303 3D 	Detective 	Film
2012 	Scandal 	Ray Dwyer 	TV series, 1 episode
2012 	Gabe the Cupid Dog 	Roger 	Film
2012 	The Obama Effect 	Steve Warren 	Film
2012 	Swerve 	Samm 	Film
2011 	Rizzoli & Isles 	Arthur Dunbar 	TV series, 1 episode
2011 	Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe	Adm. James G. Lawrence 	TV movie
2011 	Natural Selection 	Abe 	Film
2010 	Lie to Me 	Charlie Everett 	TV series, 1 episode
2010 	Road to Nowhere 	Bobby Billings 	Film
2009 	Friday Night Lights 	Richard Sherman 	TV series, 2 episodes
2009 	Mental 	Hank Crowley 	TV series, 1 episode
2009 	Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas 	Sheriff Larabie 	Film
2009 	Gary's Walk 	Gary 	Film
2009 	Follow the Prophet 	Ted 	Film
2009 	My Happy Faces 	Dr. M 	Short
2008 	The Lucky Ones 	Tom Klinger 	Film
2008 	Natural Disasters 	John 	Film
2007 	Women's Murder Club 	Paul Galvan 	TV series, 1 episode
2007 	Cold Case 	Isaac Keller 	TV series, 2 episodes
2007 	Jericho 	Governor Trader 	TV series, 1 episode
2006 	The Far Side of Jericho 	Cash Thornton 	Film
2005-2006	Point Pleasant 	David Burke 	TV series, 7 episodes
2006 	The House Is Burning 	Mr. Garson 	Film
2006 	Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise 	Jerry Snyder 	TV movie
2006 	Hidden Places 	Frank Wyatt 	TV movie
2006 	Running Out of Time in Hollywood	 	Film
2005 	Strong Medicine 	Mr. Lawson 	TV series, 1 episode
2005 	Down in the Valley 	Steve 	Film
2004 	Land of Plenty 	Paul 	Film
2004 	I Pass for Human 	Ex-husband 	Film
2003 	Karen Sisco 	Junior McLeod 	TV series, 1 episode
2003 	Without a Trace 	Doyle 	TV series, 1 episode
2003 	Out of Our Hands 	Vic 	Short
2003 	Dragnet 	Dr. Rupert Miles 	TV series, 1 episode
2002-2003	The Shield 	Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy 	TV series, 8 episodes
2003 	Bookies 	Vincent 	Film
2003 	Just Another Story 	Al 	Film
2000-2002	The West Wing 	Claypool 	TV series, 2 episodes
2002 	The Guardian 	Fortunato 	TV series, 1 episode
2002 	NYPD Blue 	Joe Brady 	TV series, 1 episode
2001 	Dead Last 	Richard Stengler 	TV series, 1 episode
2001 	Falling Like This 	Eddie Gallagher 	Film
2001 	Jurassic Park III 	Cooper 	Film
2001 	Pearl Harbor 	Senior Doctor 	Film
2001 	The Zeros 	Burl 	Film
2000 	Lost Souls 	Henry Birdson 	Film
2000 	Tully 	Mal 'Mac' MacAvoy 	Film
2000 	Fail Safe 	Col. Cascio 	TV movie
2000 	Get Real 	Harris Forman 	TV series, 1 episode
2000 	18 Wheels of Justice 	Matt Curran 	TV series, 1 episode
1999 	JAG 	Jack Raglan 	TV series, 1 episode
1999 	Anywhere But Here 	Jimmy 	Film
1999 	The X Files 	Wilson 'Pinker' Rawls 	TV series, 1 episode
1999 	Purgatory 	Badger 	TV movie
1999 	Swap Meet 	 	Film
1998 	The Hi-Lo Country 	Les Birk 	Film
1998 	The Rat Pack 	Joe DiMaggio 	TV movie
1998 	The Pretender 	Sheriff Delmont 	TV series, 1 episode
1998 	Snitch 	Digger 	Film
1998 	Davis Is Dead 	The Killer 	Film
1997 	Most Wanted 	Police Captain 	Film
1997 	Fire Down Below 	Frank Elkins 	Film
1997 	The Outer Limits 	Joe 	TV series, 1 episode
1997 	Con Air 	Public Defender (uncredited)	Film
1997 	The End of Violence 	Lowell Lewis 	Film
1997 	Casualties 	Polito 	Film
1997 	Nash Bridges 	Albert Foss 	TV series, 1 episode
1994-1996	The John Larroquette Show 	Chris 	TV series, 5 episodes
1996 	ER 	Johnson's Son 	TV series, 1 episode
1996 	Profiler 	Toby 'The Wick' Wood 	TV series, 1 episode
1996 	Foxfire 	Mr. Buttinger 	Film
1996 	Ruby Jean and Joe 	Harris Johnson 	TV movie
1996 	A Time to Kill 	Tim Nunley 	Film
1996 	Female Perversions 	Jake Rock 	Film
1996 	Managua 	 	Film
1996 	The Grave 	J.C. Cole 	Film
1996 	The Destiny of Marty Fine 	Deke 	Film
1996 	Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day	Pinchot 	Film
1995 	Nixon 	Gordon Liddy 	Film
1995 	Three Wishes 	Leland's Dad 	Film
1995 	The Outpost 	Alex 	Film
1995 	Amanda & the Alien 	Colonel Rosencrans 	TV movie
1995 	Buffalo Girls 	General Custer 	TV movie
1995 	The Marshal 	Earl 'The Beast' Lipscomb 	TV series, 1 episode
1994 	Stargate 	Lieutenant Kawalsky 	Film
1994 	The New Age 	Lyle 	Film
1994 	The Client 	Jack Nance 	Film
1994 	The Paint Job 	Father 	Film
1994 	Almost Dead 	Eddie Herbek 	Film
1990-1994	L.A. Law 	Kevin Delahanty / Tim 	TV series, 2 episodes
1993 	Gettysburg 	Pvt. Bucklin 	Film
1993 	Remote 	Delbert Macoy 	Video
1993 	Falling Down 	Dad at Back Yard 	Film
1992 	Mo' Money 	Keith Heading 	Film
1992 	Trumpet #7 	Bud 	Film
1992 	Mann & Machine 	Concierge 	TV series, 1 episode
1992 	Mikey 	Neil Trenton 	Film
1991 	Motorama 	Phil 	Film
1991 	A Climate for Killing 	Wayne Paris 	Film
1991 	Whore 	Derelict 	Film
1991 	Kickboxer 2: The Road Back 	Jack 	Film
1990 	The Dark Side of the Moon 	Philip Jennings 	Film
1990 	Cool Blue 	Clayton 	Video
1990 	Madhouse 	Fred 	Film
1990 	In the Heat of the Night 	John Sevrance 	TV series, 1 episode
1989 	Falcon Crest 	Gus Wallach 	TV series, 1 episode
1989 	Beauty and the Beast 	Vernon 	TV series, 1 episode
1988 	Monsters 	Miles Magnus 	TV series, 1 episode
1988 	Glitz 	Teddy Magyk 	TV movie
1987 	Walker 	Stebbins 	Film
1987 	The Hanoi Hilton 	Murphy 	Film
1984-1987	Miami Vice 	Det. Larry Zito 	TV series, 56 episodes
1984 	City Limits 	Whitey 	Film
1984 	Hunter 	Bank Robber 	TV series, 1 episode
1984 	Angel 	The Killer 	Film
1983 	D.C. Cab 	Head Kidnapper 	Film
1983 	Vacation 	Assistant Mechanic 	Film
1983 	Joysticks 	Arnie 	Film
1983 	Hysterical 	Taxi Driver 	Film
1983 	Cagney & Lacey 	 	TV series, 1 episode
1982 	The Ambush Murders 	Ferguson 	TV movie
1981 	Hill Street Blues 	Tom 	TV series, 1 episode
1981 	Stripes 	Cruiser 	Film
1981 	Escape from New York 	Punk 	Film
1980 	Falling in Love Again 	Beaver (1940's) 	Film
1980 	A Cry for Love 	 	TV movie
1980 	A Rumor of War 	D.T. 	Film
== Trivia ==
* John Diehl has already played in a film with Kurt Russell (Jack O'Neill): Escape from New York, a John Carpenter film.
== External links ==
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== References ==