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John Diehl

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Known For

75 Years Old

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.

Born

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA on 1st May 1950

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The X-Files
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Rizzoli & Isles
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The Shield
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Snowfall
Colonel Robert McDonald
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Cold Case
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NYPD Blue
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Miami Vice
Larry Zito
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Strong Medicine
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ER
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The John Larroquette Show
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JAG
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Monsters
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Friday Night Lights
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Scandal
Ray Dwyer
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John
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Get Real
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L.A. Law
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L.A. Law
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Almost Human
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The Pretender
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Hill Street Blues
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The Outer Limits
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Jericho
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Nash Bridges
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Women's Murder Club
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In the Heat of the Night
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Stargate
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Pearl Harbor
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Point Pleasant
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A Time to Kill
Tim Nunley
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National Lampoon's Vacation
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E! True Hollywood Story
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Escape from New York
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The Client
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Stripes
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Angel
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Fire Down Below
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Gettysburg
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Nixon
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Anywhere but Here
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Armageddon Time
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Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
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Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
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Walker
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Purgatory
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Buffalo Girls
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A Long Way Off
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Most Wanted
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Lost Souls
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Female Perversions
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Mo' Money
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Singularity Principle
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The Rat Pack
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Fail Safe
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The Hi-Lo Country
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Mind Ripper
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Mikey
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The New Age
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The Grave
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Motorama
Phil
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The End of Violence
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Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
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Falling in Love Again
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Forever
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The Hanoi Hilton
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Three Wishes
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D.C. Cab
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The Destiny of Marty Fine
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White of the Eye
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Cool Blue
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Out of the Wild
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Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
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Land of Plenty
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Beauty and the Beast
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The Ambush Murders
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Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son
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The Obama Effect
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Almost Dead
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Managua
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A Climate for Killing
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Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas
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The Far Side of Jericho
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