Wayne Knight

Wayne Knight

  • Birthday: 1955-08-07
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
  • Also know as: Wayne Eliot Knight

Biography

Wayne Elliot Knight (born August 7, 1955) is an American actor. In television, he played Newman on Seinfeld (1992–1998) and Officer Don Orville on 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001). He also voiced Igor on Toonsylvania (1998–1999), Mr. Blik on Catscratch (2005–2007) and Baron Von Sheldgoose on Legend of the Three Caballeros (2018). In film, he played Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park (1993), which earned him a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. He also portrayed Pete "Piccolo" Dugan in Dead Again (1991), John Correli in Basic Instinct (1992), Stan Podolak in Space Jam (1996) and Zach Mallozzi in Rat Race (2001) and provided the voices of Tantor in Tarzan (1999), Al McWhiggin in Toy Story 2 (1999) and The Elf Elder in Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon (2014).

Filmography

Dirty Dancing

1987

As Stan

Basic Instinct

1992

As John Correli

To Die For

1995

As Ed Grant

JFK

1991

As Numa Bertel

Toy Story 2

1999

As Al McWhiggin (voice)

Space Jam

1996

As Stan Podolak

For Richer or Poorer

1997

As Bob Lachman

The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

1998

As Microwave (voice)

Dead Again

1991

As Pete Dugan

Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King

2008

As The Amazing Krudsky (voice)

Punisher: War Zone

2008

As Micro

Rat Race

2001

As Zack Mallozzi

Tarzan

1999

As Tantor (voice)

Chameleon

1996

As Stuart Langston

Excuse Me for Living

2012

As Albert

The Sex O'Clock News

1985

As Bill Wright

Pros & Cons

1999

As Wayne the Guard

Who's Your Monkey?

2007

As Officer Brooks

Kung Fu Panda

2008

As Gang Boss (voice)

Born on the Fourth of July

1989

As Official #2 - Democratic Convention

Kung Fu Panda 3

2016

As Big Fun / Hom-Lee (voice)

Hail, Caesar!

2016

As Lurking Extra

Hercules

1997

As Demetrius the Pot Maker (voice)

Forever, Lulu

1986

As Stevie

Kung Fu Panda: Panda Paws

2016

As Big Fun (voice)

Double Negative

1985

As Max

V.I. Warshawski

1991

As Smeissen

Blindspotting

2018

As Patrick

Double Edge

1992

As Tommy White

12 Mighty Orphans

2021

As Frank Wynn

For Lovers Only

1982

As Video Game Fanatic (uncredited)

T Bone N Weasel

1992

As Roy Kramp

Hercules: Zero to Hero

1999

As Cyclops Head #2 (voice) (archive sound)

Woke Up Dead

2010

As Andrew Batten

Back to the Outback

2021

As Platypus (voice)

Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon

2014

As The Elf Elder (voice)

Everybody's All-American

1988

As Fraternity Pisser

Cheaper by the Dozen

2003

As Electrician (uncredited)

The Burning Bed

1984

As Juror (uncredited)

Darby and the Dead

2022

As Mel

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

1995

As Self / Dennis Nedry

The Boyer Brothers

2000

As Harry

Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!

2023

As Mr. Hodges (voice)

The Wanderers

1979

As Waiter (uncredited)

Bleacher Bums

2001

As Zig

Jurassic Park

1993

As Nedry

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