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Wayne Knight
Wayne Knight

Wayne Knight

ActingBorn August 7, 1955 (age 70)New York City, New York, USA

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

2026
Among Us

as Lime (voice)

TV
2026
GOAT

as Frank (voice)

Movie
2025Movie
2024
St. Denis Medical

as Dr. Axler

TV
2023
Bookie

as The Cowboy

TV
2023
Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!

as Mr. Hodges (voice)

Movie
2023
Battle of the Decades

as Self - Judge

TV
2023Movie
2023TV
2022Movie
2022
Batwheels

as King Tut (voice)

TV
2022
Monster High

as Ralph (voice)

TV
2021
Back to the Outback

as Platypus (voice)

Movie
2021
12 Mighty Orphans

as Frank Wynn

Movie
2021
Them

as Lieutenant Schiff

TV
2020TV
2019
Harley Quinn

as The Penguin (voice)

TV
2019
Legend of the Three Caballeros

as Baron Von Sheldgoose (voice)

TV
2019
Infinity Train

as Marcel (voice)

TV
2018
Blindspotting

as Patrick

Movie
2016
StartUp

as Benedict "Benny" Blush

TV
2016
Panda Paws

as Big Fun (voice)

Movie
2016
Hail, Caesar!

as Lurking Extra

Movie
2016
Kung Fu Panda 3

as Big Fun / Hom-Lee (voice)

Movie
2014
Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon

as The Elf Elder (voice)

Movie
2014
Sirens

as Richard

TV
2012Movie
2012
Doc McStuffins

as Viewy Stewie (voice)

TV
2011
The Exes

as Haskell Lutz

TV
2011
Green Lantern: The Animated Series

as Captain Goray (voice)

TV
2011
Unforgettable

as Theodore Blumer

TV
2011
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

as Jong / Jong's Son (voice)

TV
2010
Woke Up Dead

as Andrew Batten

Movie
2010
Pound Puppies

as Ralphie / Construction Worker #1 (voice)

TV
2010
Regular Show

as Guardian of the Friend Zone (voice)

TV
2010
Regular Show

as God of Street Performing (voice)

TV
2010TV
2010
The Good Guys

as Perry Black

TV
2009
Woke Up Dead

as Andrew Batten

TV
2008
Punisher: War Zone

as Linus Lieberman / Micro

Movie
2008TV
2008
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King

as The Amazing Krudsky (voice)

Movie
2008
Kung Fu Panda

as Gang Boss (voice)

Movie
2007
Who's Your Monkey?

as Officer Brooks

Movie
2006
Torchwood

as Brian Friedkin

TV
2005
Bones

as Jimmy Walpert III

TV
2005
Catscratch

as Mr. Blik (voice)

TV
2005
Robot Chicken

as Nutsy Goldberg (voice)

TV
2004
CSI: NY

as Truman Bosch

TV
2004
Listen Up!

as Buddy

TV
2004
Brandy & Mr. Whiskers

as Mr. Cantarious (voice)

TV
2004
Justice League Unlimited

as Abnegazar (voice)

TV
2003
Cheaper by the Dozen

as Electrician (uncredited)

Movie
2003
Xiaolin Showdown

as Dojo Kanojo Cho (voice)

TV
2003Movie
2003
Nip/Tuck

as Jason Blum

TV
2002Movie
2002
The Twilight Zone

as Nick Dark

TV
2002
Pet Star

as Self - Judge

TV
2002
Making Rat Race

as Himself

Movie
2001Movie
2001
Rat Race

as Zack Mallozzi

Movie
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Wayne Knight

TV
2000TV
2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

as Emperor Zurg (voice)

TV
2000Movie
1999
Toy Story 2

as Al McWhiggin (voice)

Movie
1999
Hercules: Zero to Hero

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

Movie
1999
Tarzan

as Tantor (voice)

Movie
1999
Dilbert

as The Security Guard (voice)

TV
1999
Pros & Cons

as Wayne the Guard

Movie
1998
Hercules

as Cyclops Head #2 (voice)

TV
1998TV
1998Movie
1998TV
1997
For Richer or Poorer

as Bob Lachman

Movie
1997
Hercules

as Demetrius the Pot Maker (voice)

Movie
1996
Space Jam

as Stan Podolak

Movie
1996
Chameleon

as Stuart Langston

Movie
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun

as Don Orville

TV
1995
To Die For

as Ed Grant

Movie
1995TV
1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

as Self / Dennis Nedry

Movie
1993
Against the Grain

as Froggy Wilson

TV
1993
The Second Half

as Robert Piccolo

TV
1993
Fallen Angels

as Leo Cunningham

TV
1993Movie
1992
T Bone N Weasel

as Roy Kramp

Movie
1992TV
1992
Double Edge

as Tommy White

Movie
1992
Basic Instinct

as John Correli

Movie
1991
JFK

as Numa Bertel

Movie
1991
Dead Again

as Pete Dugan

Movie
1991
V.I. Warshawski

as Smeissen

Movie
1989
Born on the Fourth of July

as Official #2 - Democratic Convention

Movie
1989
Seinfeld

as Newman

TV
1988
Everybody's All-American

as Fraternity Pisser

Movie
1987Movie
1986
Forever, Lulu

as Stevie

Movie
1985
The Sex O'Clock News

as Bill Wright

Movie
1985Movie
1984
The Burning Bed

as Juror (uncredited)

Movie
1982
For Lovers Only

as Video Game Fanatic (uncredited)

Movie
1979
The Wanderers

as Waiter (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 7, 1955
Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Popularity2.1