Wayne Knight
Birthday: 1955-08-07
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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).
Credits
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2024-02-28 | The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie | Mayor (voice) |
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2023-11-21 | Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie! | Mr. Hodges (voice) |
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2023-07-20 | What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith | Larry Cohen |
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2022-12-02 | Darby and the Dead | Mel |
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2021-12-03 | Back to the Outback | Platypus (voice) |
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2021-06-18 | 12 Mighty Orphans | Frank Wynn |
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2020-12-10 | The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee | Wayne |
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2018-07-20 | Blindspotting | Patrick |
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2016-05-13 | Kung Fu Panda: Panda Paws | Big Fun (voice) |
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2016-02-05 | Hail, Caesar! | Lurking Extra |
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2016-01-23 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Big Fun / Hom-Lee (voice) |
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2014-07-27 | Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon | The Elf Elder (voice) |
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2013-06-18 | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Good Croc, Bad Croc | Jong / Jong's Son (voice) |
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2012-10-12 | Excuse Me for Living | Albert |
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2010-11-05 | Woke Up Dead | Andrew Batten |
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2008-12-05 | Punisher: War Zone | Micro |
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2008-09-23 | Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King | The Amazing Krudsky (voice) |
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2008-06-04 | Kung Fu Panda | Gang Boss (voice) |
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2007-06-10 | Who's Your Monkey? | Officer Brooks |
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2005-05-17 | Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone | Thudd (voice) |
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2003-12-24 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Electrician (uncredited) |
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2003-10-31 | Billy & Mandy's Jacked-Up Halloween | Jack (voice) |
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2002-11-10 | Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story | Walter Ballou |
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2001-10-18 | Bleacher Bums | Zig |
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2001-08-17 | Rat Race | Zack Mallozzi |
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2000-08-08 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins | Evil Emperor Zurg (voice) |
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1999-10-30 | Toy Story 2 | Al McWhiggin (voice) |
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1999-08-17 | Hercules: Zero to Hero | Cyclops Head #2 (voice) (archive sound) |
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1999-06-18 | Tarzan | Tantor (voice) |
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1999-01-01 | Pros & Cons | Wayne the Guard |
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1998-05-19 | The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars | Microwave (voice) |
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1997-12-11 | For Richer or Poorer | Bob Lachman |
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1997-06-13 | Hercules | Demetrius the Pot Maker (voice) |
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1996-11-15 | Space Jam | Stan Podolak |
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1996-03-26 | Chameleon | Stuart Langston |
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1995-09-22 | To Die For | Ed Grant |
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1993-06-11 | Jurassic Park | Nedry |
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1992-11-02 | T Bone N Weasel | Roy Kramp |
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1992-03-22 | Double Edge | Tommy White |
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1992-03-20 | Basic Instinct | John Correli |
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1991-12-20 | JFK | Numa Bertel |
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1991-08-23 | Dead Again | Pete Dugan |
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1991-07-26 | V.I. Warshawski | Smeissen |
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1989-12-20 | Born on the Fourth of July | Official #2 - Democratic Convention |
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1988-11-04 | Everybody's All-American | Fraternity Pisser |
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1987-08-21 | Dirty Dancing | Stan |
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1986-11-13 | Forever, Lulu | Stevie |
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1985-08-09 | The Sex O'Clock News | Bill Wright |
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1985-01-01 | Double Negative | Max |
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1984-10-08 | The Burning Bed | Juror (uncredited) |
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1982-10-15 | For Lovers Only | Video Game Fanatic (uncredited) |
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1979-07-13 | The Wanderers | Waiter (uncredited) |