Portrait of Wayne Knight

Wayne Knight

Acting

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).

Born: August 7, 1955

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2026
GOAT

as Frank (voice)

2023
Bookie

as The Cowboy

2023
Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!

as Mr. Hodges (voice)

2023
Battle of the Decades

as Self - Judge

2023
2022
Batwheels

as King Tut (voice)

2022
Monster High

as Ralph (voice)

2021
Back to the Outback

as Platypus (voice)

2021
12 Mighty Orphans

as Frank Wynn

2021
Them

as Lieutenant Schiff

2020
2019
Harley Quinn

as The Penguin (voice)

2019
Infinity Train

as Marcel (voice)

2018
Blindspotting

as Patrick

2018
Legend of the Three Caballeros

as Baron Von Sheldgoose (voice)

2016
StartUp

as Benedict "Benny" Blush

2016
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
Doc McStuffins

as Viewy Stewie (voice)

2011
The Exes

as Haskell Lutz

2011
Green Lantern: The Animated Series

as Captain Goray (voice)

2011
Unforgettable

as 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
2010
The Good Guys

as Perry Black

2009
Woke Up Dead

as Andrew Batten

2008
2008
2008
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King

as The Amazing Krudsky (voice)

2008
Kung Fu Panda

as Gang Boss (voice)

2007
Who's Your Monkey?

as Officer Brooks

2006
Torchwood

as Brian Friedkin

2005
Bones

as Jimmy Walpert III

2005
Catscratch

as Mr. Blik (voice)

2005
Robot Chicken

as Nutsy Goldberg (voice)

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
Nip/Tuck

as Jason Blum

2002
The Twilight Zone

as Nick Dark

2002
Pet Star

as Self - Judge

2002
Making Rat Race

as Himself

2001
2001
Rat Race

as Zack Mallozzi

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Wayne Knight

2000
2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

as Emperor Zurg (voice)

1999
Toy Story 2

as Al McWhiggin (voice)

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
1998
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
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

as Self / Dennis Nedry

1993
Against the Grain

as Froggy Wilson

1993
Fallen Angels

as Leo Cunningham

1993
1992
T Bone N Weasel

as Roy Kramp

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
1986
Forever, Lulu

as Stevie

1985
The Sex O'Clock News

as Bill Wright

1985
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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Among Us

as Lime (voice)