Wayne Knight

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

104

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-08-07 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

  • Wayne Eliot Knight

Wayne 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).

Known For

Jurassic Park
7.9%

Jurassic Park

Jun 11, 1993

Toy Story 2
7.6%

Toy Story 2

Oct 30, 1999

Kung Fu Panda
7.3%

Kung Fu Panda

Jun 4, 2008

Hercules
7.5%

Hercules

Jun 20, 1997

Tarzan
7.4%

Tarzan

Jun 18, 1999

Dirty Dancing
7.3%

Dirty Dancing

Aug 21, 1987

Space Jam
6.8%

Space Jam

Nov 15, 1996

Kung Fu Panda 3
6.9%

Kung Fu Panda 3

Jan 23, 2016

Basic Instinct
6.9%

Basic Instinct

Mar 20, 1992

Hail, Caesar!
5.9%

Hail, Caesar!

Feb 5, 2016

Bones
8.3%

Bones

Sep 13, 2005

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Acting

2023
Bookie as The Cowboy
2023
Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie! as Mr. Hodges (voice)
2023
Battle of the Decades as Self - Judge
2022
Darby and the Dead as Mel
2022
Monster High as Ralph (voice)
2021
Back to the Outback as Platypus (voice)
2021
12 Mighty Orphans as Frank Wynn
2020
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee as Wayne
2019
Harley Quinn as The Penguin (voice)
2019
Infinity Train as Marcel (voice)
2018
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair as Benjamin Roth
2018
Blindspotting as Patrick
2016
StartUp as Benedict "Benny" Blush
2016
The $100,000 Pyramid as Self
2016
Kung Fu Panda: Panda Paws as Big Fun (voice)
2016
Hail, Caesar! as Lurking Extra
2016
Kung Fu Panda 3 as Big Fun / Hom-Lee (voice)
2014
Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon as The Elf Elder (voice)
2014
Sirens as Richard
2012
Excuse Me for Living as Albert
2012
Doc McStuffins as Viewy Stewie (voice)
2011
The Exes as Haskell Lutz
2011
Green Lantern as Captain Goray (voice)
2011
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (Good Croc, Bad Croc) as Jong / Jong's Son (voice)
2011
Unforgettable as Dr. Theodore Blumer
2010
Woke Up Dead as Andrew Batten
2010
Pound Puppies as Ralphie / Construction Worker #1 (voice)
2010
Regular Show as Guardian of the Friend Zone (voice)
2010
Regular Show as God of Street Performing (voice)
2010
Hot in Cleveland as Rick
2009
Woke Up Dead as Andrew Batten
2008
Punisher: War Zone as Micro
2008
The Penguins of Madagascar as Max
2008
The Penguins of Madagascar as Max (voice)
2008
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King as The Amazing Krudsky (voice)
2008
Kung Fu Panda as Gang Boss (voice)
2008
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis as Self
2007
Who's Your Monkey? as Officer Brooks
2006
Torchwood as Brian Friedkin
2006
Thank God You're Here as Self
2005
Bones as Jimmy Walpert III
2005
Catscratch
2005
Catscratch as Mr. Blik (voice)
2005
Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone as Thudd (voice)
2005
Robot Chicken as Nutsy Goldberg (voice)
2004
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
2004
CSI: NY as Truman Bosch
2004
Listen Up! as Buddy
2004
Brandy & Mr. Whiskers as Mr. Cantarious (voice)
2004
Justice League Unlimited as Abnegazar (voice)
2003
Cheaper by the Dozen as Electrician (uncredited)
2003
Xiaolin Showdown as Dojo Kanojo Cho (voice)
2003
Billy & Mandy's Jacked-Up Halloween as Jack (voice)
2003
I'm with Her
2002
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story as Walter Ballou
2002
The Twilight Zone as Nick Dark
2002
Pet Star as Self - Judge
2001
Bleacher Bums as Zig
2001
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as Jack O'Lantern
2001
Rat Race as Zack Mallozzi
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm as Wayne Knight
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Terrence Lombard
2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Emperor Zurg (voice)
2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins as Evil Emperor Zurg (voice)
2000
The Boyer Brothers as Harry
1999
Toy Story 2 as Al McWhiggin (voice)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Grigor
1999
Hercules: Zero to Hero as Cyclops Head #2 (voice) (archive sound)
1999
Tarzan as Tantor (voice)
1999
Dilbert as The Security Guard (voice)
1999
Pros & Cons as Wayne the Guard
1998
Hercules as Cyclops Head #2 (voice)
1998
That '70s Show as Angel
1998
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars as Microwave (voice)
1998
Toonsylvania as Igor
1997
For Richer or Poorer as Bob Lachman
1997
Hercules as Demetrius the Pot Maker (voice)
1996
Space Jam as Stan Podolak
1996
Chameleon as Stuart Langston
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun as Don Orville
1995
To Die For as Ed Grant
1995
Pinky and the Brain
1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self / Dennis Nedry
1993
Against the Grain as Froggy Wilson
1993
The Second Half as Robert Piccolo
1993
Fallen Angels as Leo Cunningham
1993
Jurassic Park as Dennis Nedry
1992
T Bone N Weasel as Roy Kramp
1992
The Edge
1992
Double Edge as Tommy White
1992
Basic Instinct as John Correli
1991
JFK as Numa Bertel
1991
Dead Again as Pete Dugan
1991
V.I. Warshawski as Smeissen
1989
Born on the Fourth of July as Official #2 - Democratic Convention
1989
Seinfeld as Newman
1988
Everybody's All-American as Fraternity Pisser
1987
Dirty Dancing as Stan
1986
Forever, Lulu as Stevie
1985
The Sex O'Clock News as Bill Wright
1985
Double Negative as Max
1984
The Burning Bed as Juror (uncredited)
1982
For Lovers Only as Video Game Fanatic (uncredited)
1979
The Wanderers as Waiter (uncredited)
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