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).
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-08-07
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
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Cast
Dirty Dancing
1987
7.33
Toy Story 2
1999
7.60
Basic Instinct
1992
6.93
To Die For
1995
6.60
JFK
1991
7.60
Space Jam
1996
6.81
For Richer or Poorer
1997
5.98
Dead Again
1991
6.41
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
2008
7.67
Punisher: War Zone
2008
5.80
Rat Race
2001
6.27
Tarzan
1999
7.40
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
7.20
Chameleon
1996
5.40
Darby and the Dead
2022
5.80
Excuse Me for Living
2012
4.80
The Sex O'Clock News
1985
1.00
Pros & Cons
1999
3.00
Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!
2023
5.50
The Wanderers
1979
6.97
Who's Your Monkey?
2007
4.80
Kung Fu Panda
2008
7.30
Bleacher Bums
2001
6.50
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
7.02
Jurassic Park
1993
7.95
Hail, Caesar!
2016
5.92
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
6.91
Hercules
1997
7.50
Forever, Lulu
1986
4.30
Kung Fu Panda: Panda Paws
2016
5.90
Double Negative
1985
7.00
V.I. Warshawski
1991
4.70
Blindspotting
2018
7.35
Double Edge
1992
5.00
12 Mighty Orphans
2021
7.20
For Lovers Only
1982
0.00
T Bone N Weasel
1992
3.00
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
6.50
Woke Up Dead
2010
4.30
Back to the Outback
2021
7.70
Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon
2014
6.00
Everybody's All-American
1988
5.50
Cheaper by the Dozen
2003
6.28
The Burning Bed
1984
6.90
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
2020
5.10
Making Rat Race
2002
0.00
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
2025
0.00