John Diehl biography and movies
Talented and dependable character actor whose career has spanned over 25 years. Particularly called upon to play various delinquents, wackos and psychos in his earlier years, he has matured into a fine screen character actor. His career began in the early 80s with a number of bit parts in movies such as Escape from New York (1981) with Kurt Russell and Stripes (1981) with Bill Murray amongst others before landing a co-starring role in the pilot for Miami Vice 1984 playing Hawiian shirt clad Detective Larry Zito. He continued his role in "Miami Vice" (1984) for three series before quitting to pursue other roles. He continued his film career and has since appeared in over 70 movies and has made over 40 guest appearances on TV. Notable film credits include _Motorama_ (1991), _Mo' Money_ (1991, Falling Down (1993), two John Grisham film adaptations The Client (1994) and A Time to Kill (1996), _Stargate_ (1994), Nixon (1995) and more recently _Pearl Harbor_ (2001) and a small role as dinosaur chow in _Jurassic Park III_ (2001).He is still working in movies and lives in Ojai, California with his singer wife Julie Christensen and son Jackson, b. 1993.

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Rate: 3.5 Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas

Year: 2009

Genres: Horror, Crime, Thriller

Director: Michael Feifer

Artists: John Diehl, Daniel Tostenson, Jay Pickett, Brock Burnett, Caia Coley


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Rate: 7.1 The Lucky Ones

Year: 2008

Genres: Comedy, Drama, War

Director: Neil Burger

Artists: John Heard, John Diehl, Molly Hagan, Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins


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Rate: 5.7 Jurassic Park III

Year: 2001

Genres: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, Thriller

Director: Joe Johnston

Artists: Alessandro Nivola, Michael Jeter, John Diehl, Sam Neill, Trevor Morgan, Laura Dern, Taylor Nichols, Mark Harelik, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Blake Michael Bryan, Sarah Danielle Madison, Linda Park


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Rate: 7.1 Files S06E17

Year: 1999

Genres: Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller, Drama

Director: Rob Bowman

Artists: Robert Peters, John Diehl, Tuesday Knight, Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny


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