Wayne Knight

Wayne Knight

Known for
Acting
Born
August 7, 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
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).

Known For

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Filmography

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One in a Million

One in a Million

Movie

2026
GOAT poster

GOAT

Movie · as Frank (voice)

2026
Hexed poster

Hexed

Movie · as Microwave (voice)

2026
Dinosaur Drive-In poster

Dinosaur Drive-In

Movie · as Self - (archive footage)

2026
Among Us poster

Among Us

TV · as Lime (voice) · 10 eps

2026
Bass X Machina poster

Bass X Machina

TV · as Judge Parker (voice) · 1 ep

2025
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 poster

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Movie · as Mr. Berg

2024
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie poster

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

Movie · as Mayor (voice)

2024
St. Denis Medical poster

St. Denis Medical

TV · as Dr. Axler · 1 ep

2023
Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie! poster

Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!

Movie · as Mr. Hodges (voice)

2023
What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith poster

What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith

Movie · as Larry Cohen

2023
Battle of the Decades poster

Battle of the Decades

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

2023
Bookie poster

Bookie

TV · as The Cowboy · 3 eps

2023
That '90s Show poster

That '90s Show

TV · as Bruce · 1 ep

2022
Darby and the Dead poster

Darby and the Dead

Movie · as Mel

2022
Monster High poster

Monster High

TV · as Ralph (voice) · 1 ep

2022
Batwheels poster

Batwheels

TV · as King Tut (voice) · 2 eps

2021
12 Mighty Orphans poster

12 Mighty Orphans

Movie · as Frank Wynn

2021
Back to the Outback poster

Back to the Outback

Movie · as Platypus (voice)

2021
Them poster

Them

TV · as Lieutenant Schiff · 5 eps

2020
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee poster

The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee

Movie · as Wayne

2020
9-1-1: Lone Star poster

9-1-1: Lone Star

TV · as Milton · 1 ep

2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire poster

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2019
Harley Quinn poster

Harley Quinn

TV · as The Penguin (voice) · 2 eps

2019
Infinity Train poster

Infinity Train

TV · as Marcel (voice) · 1 ep

2019
Legend of the Three Caballeros poster

Legend of the Three Caballeros

TV · as Baron Von Sheldgoose (voice) · 13 eps

2018
Blindspotting poster

Blindspotting

Movie · as Patrick

2018
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair poster

The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair

TV · as Benjamin Roth · 10 eps

2016
Hail, Caesar! poster

Hail, Caesar!

Movie · as Lurking Extra

2016
Kung Fu Panda 3 poster

Kung Fu Panda 3

Movie · as Big Fun / Hom-Lee (voice)

2016
Panda Paws poster

Panda Paws

Movie · as Big Fun (voice)

2016
StartUp poster

StartUp

TV · as Benedict "Benny" Blush · 3 eps

2016
The $100,000 Pyramid poster

The $100,000 Pyramid

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2014
Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon poster

Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon

Movie · as The Elf Elder (voice)

2014
New Partner poster

New Partner

Movie

2014
Sirens poster

Sirens

TV · as Richard · 1 ep

2013
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Good Croc, Bad Croc poster

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Good Croc, Bad Croc

Movie · as Jong / Jong's Son (voice)

2012
Excuse Me for Living poster

Excuse Me for Living

Movie · as Albert

2012
Doc McStuffins poster

Doc McStuffins

TV · as Viewy Stewie (voice) · 1 ep

2011
The Exes poster

The Exes

TV · as Haskell Lutz · 64 eps

2011
Unforgettable poster

Unforgettable

TV · as Theodore Blumer · 1 ep

2011
Green Lantern: The Animated Series poster

Green Lantern: The Animated Series

TV · as Captain Goray (voice) · 1 ep

2011
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness poster

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

TV · as Jong / Jong's Son (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Woke Up Dead poster

Woke Up Dead

Movie · as Andrew Batten

2010
Pound Puppies poster

Pound Puppies

TV · as Ralphie / Construction Worker #1 (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Regular Show poster

Regular Show

TV · as Guardian of the Friend Zone (voice), God of Street Performing (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland

TV · as Rick · 5 eps

2010
The Good Guys poster

The Good Guys

TV · as Perry Black · 1 ep

2009
Woke Up Dead poster

Woke Up Dead

TV · as Andrew Batten · 22 eps

2008
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King poster

Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King

Movie · as The Amazing Krudsky (voice)

2008
Punisher: War Zone poster

Punisher: War Zone

Movie · as Linus Lieberman / Micro

2008
Kung Fu Panda poster

Kung Fu Panda

Movie · as Gang Boss (voice)

2008
The Penguins of Madagascar poster

The Penguins of Madagascar

TV · as Max (voice) · 1 ep

2008
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis poster

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Who's Your Monkey? poster

Who's Your Monkey?

Movie · as Officer Brooks

2007
Thank God You're Here poster

Thank God You're Here

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2006
Torchwood poster

Torchwood

TV · as Brian Friedkin · 3 eps

2005
Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone poster

Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone

Movie · as Thudd (voice)

2005
Catscratch poster

Catscratch

TV · as Mr. Blik (voice) · 40 eps

2005
Bones poster

Bones

TV · as Jimmy Walpert III · 1 ep

2005
Robot Chicken poster

Robot Chicken

TV · as Nutsy Goldberg (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo poster

Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo

Movie · as Self

2004
Black Cloud poster

Black Cloud

Movie · as Mr. Tipping

2004
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi poster

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi

TV

2004
Brandy & Mr. Whiskers poster

Brandy & Mr. Whiskers

TV · as Mr. Cantarious (voice) · 77 eps

2004
CSI: NY poster

CSI: NY

TV · as Truman Bosch · 1 ep

2004
Listen Up! poster

Listen Up!

TV · as Buddy · 1 ep

2004
Justice League Unlimited poster

Justice League Unlimited

TV · as Abnegazar (voice) · 1 ep

2003
Billy & Mandy's Jacked-Up Halloween poster

Billy & Mandy's Jacked-Up Halloween

Movie · as Jack (voice)

2003
Cheaper by the Dozen poster

Cheaper by the Dozen

Movie · as Electrician (uncredited)

2003
Xiaolin Showdown poster

Xiaolin Showdown

TV · as Dojo Kanojo Cho (voice) · 52 eps

2003
I'm with Her poster

I'm with Her

TV · as Kevin · 1 ep

2003
Nip/Tuck poster

Nip/Tuck

TV · as Jason Blum · 1 ep

2002
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story poster

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story

Movie · as Walter Ballou

2002
Making Rat Race poster

Making Rat Race

Movie · as Himself

2002
Pet Star poster

Pet Star

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

2002
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Nick Dark · 1 ep

2002
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story poster

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story

TV · as Walter Ballou · 2 eps

2001
Bleacher Bums poster

Bleacher Bums

Movie · as Zig

2001
Rat Race poster

Rat Race

Movie · as Zack Mallozzi

2001
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy poster

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

TV · as Jack O'Lantern · 1 ep

2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins poster

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins

Movie · as Evil Emperor Zurg (voice)

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Terrence Lombard · 1 ep

2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command poster

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

TV · as Emperor Zurg (voice) · 21 eps

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm

TV · as Wayne Knight · 1 ep

1999
Toy Story 2 poster

Toy Story 2

Movie · as Al McWhiggin (voice)

1999
Tarzan poster

Tarzan

Movie · as Tantor (voice)

1999
Pros & Cons poster

Pros & Cons

Movie · as Wayne the Guard

1999
Hercules: Zero to Hero poster

Hercules: Zero to Hero

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

1999
Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins poster

Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins

Movie · as Self

1999
My Favorite Martian poster

My Favorite Martian

Movie · as Zoot (uncredited)

1999
Dilbert poster

Dilbert

TV · as The Security Guard (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Grigor · 1 ep

1998
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars poster

The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

Movie · as Microwave (voice)

1998
That '70s Show poster

That '70s Show

TV · as Angel · 1 ep

1998
Toonsylvania poster

Toonsylvania

TV · as Igor · 21 eps

1998
Hercules poster

Hercules

TV · as Cyclops Head #2 (voice) · 1 ep

1997
For Richer or Poorer poster

For Richer or Poorer

Movie · as Bob Lachman

1997
Hercules poster

Hercules

Movie · as Demetrius the Pot Maker (voice)

1996
Space Jam poster

Space Jam

Movie · as Stan Podolak

1996
Chameleon poster

Chameleon

Movie · as Stuart Langston

1996
3rd Rock from the Sun poster

3rd Rock from the Sun

TV · as Don Orville · 101 eps

1995
To Die For poster

To Die For

Movie · as Ed Grant

1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' poster

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

Movie · as Self / Dennis Nedry

1995
The Drew Carey Show poster

The Drew Carey Show

TV · as Owen · 1 ep

1993
Jurassic Park poster

Jurassic Park

Movie · as Nedry

1993
The Second Half

The Second Half

TV · as Robert Piccolo · 15 eps

1993
Fallen Angels poster

Fallen Angels

TV · as Leo Cunningham · 1 ep

1993
Against the Grain poster

Against the Grain

TV · as Froggy Wilson · 1 ep

1992
Basic Instinct poster

Basic Instinct

Movie · as John Correli

1992
Double Edge poster

Double Edge

Movie · as Tommy White

1992
T Bone N Weasel poster

T Bone N Weasel

Movie · as Roy Kramp

1992
The Edge poster

The Edge

TV · 19 eps

1991
JFK poster

JFK

Movie · as Numa Bertel

1991
Dead Again poster

Dead Again

Movie · as Piccolo Pete

1991
V.I. Warshawski poster

V.I. Warshawski

Movie · as Smeissen

1989
Born on the Fourth of July poster

Born on the Fourth of July

Movie · as Official #2 - Democratic Convention

1989
Seinfeld poster

Seinfeld

TV · as Newman · 49 eps

1988
Everybody's All-American poster

Everybody's All-American

Movie · as Fraternity Pisser

1987
Dirty Dancing poster

Dirty Dancing

Movie · as Stan

1986
Forever, Lulu poster

Forever, Lulu

Movie · as Stevie

1985
The Sex O'Clock News poster

The Sex O'Clock News

Movie · as Bill Wright

1985
Double Negative poster

Double Negative

Movie · as Max

1984
The Burning Bed poster

The Burning Bed

Movie · as Juror (uncredited)

1982
For Lovers Only poster

For Lovers Only

Movie · as Video Game Fanatic (uncredited)

1979
The Wanderers poster

The Wanderers

Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)