Wayne Knight
Actor
- Born
- August 7, 1955 (age 71) · New York City, New York, USA
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).
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Known for
Jurassic Park
June 11, 1993
Toy Story 2
October 30, 1999
Kung Fu Panda
June 4, 2008
Hercules
June 13, 1997
Tarzan
June 17, 1999
Kung Fu Panda 3
January 23, 2016
Dirty Dancing
August 21, 1987
Space Jam
November 15, 1996
Basic Instinct
March 20, 1992
Hail, Caesar!
February 5, 2016
Cheaper by the Dozen
December 24, 2003
JFK
December 20, 1991
Acting63
- 2026Hexed as (voice)
- 2026GOAT as Frank (voice)
- 2025Five Nights at Freddy's 2 as Mr. Berg
- 2024The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie as Mayor (voice)
- 2023Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie! as Mr. Hodges (voice)
- 2023What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith as Larry Cohen
- 2022Darby and the Dead as Mel
- 2021Back to the Outback as Platypus (voice)
- 202112 Mighty Orphans as Frank Wynn
- 2020