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Home/People/Wayne Knight
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Born
Aug 7, 1955
Age 70
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

58
Movies
62
TV Shows
Also Known As
Wayne Eliot Knight
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IMDb Profile

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).
GOAT poster

GOAT

as Frank (voice)
2026
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 poster

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

as Mr. Berg
2025
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie poster

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

as Mayor (voice)
2024
Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie! poster

Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!

as Mr. Hodges (voice)
2023
What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith poster

What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith

as Larry Cohen
2023
Darby and the Dead poster

Darby and the Dead

as Mel
2022
Back to the Outback poster

Back to the Outback

as Platypus (voice)
2021
12 Mighty Orphans poster

12 Mighty Orphans

as Frank Wynn
2021
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee poster

The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee

as Wayne
2020
Blindspotting poster

Blindspotting

as Patrick
2018
Panda Paws poster

Panda Paws

as Big Fun (voice)
2016
Hail, Caesar! poster

Hail, Caesar!

as Lurking Extra
2016
Kung Fu Panda 3 poster

Kung Fu Panda 3

as Big Fun / Hom-Lee (voice)
2016
Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon poster

Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon

as The Elf Elder (voice)
2014
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Good Croc, Bad Croc poster

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

as Jong / Jong's Son (voice)
2013
Excuse Me for Living poster

Excuse Me for Living

as Albert
2012
Woke Up Dead poster

Woke Up Dead

as Andrew Batten
2010
Punisher: War Zone poster

Punisher: War Zone

as Linus Lieberman / Micro
2008
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King poster

Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King

as The Amazing Krudsky (voice)
2008
Kung Fu Panda poster

Kung Fu Panda

as Gang Boss (voice)
2008