Wayne Knight
58 movies · 54 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 7, 1955 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Wayne Eliot Knight · وین نایت
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
Wayne Knight: movies and TV shows
Acting (112)
- Upcoming
- 2026
- 2026 GOAT
as Frank (voice)
- 2025 Five Nights at Freddy's 2
as Mr. Berg
- 2024
- 2024 The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
as Mayor (voice)
- 2023
- 2023 Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!
as Mr. Hodges (voice)
- 2023 What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith
as Larry Cohen
- 2023
- 2022 Darby and the Dead
as Mel
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021 Back to the Outback
as Platypus (voice)
- 2021 12 Mighty Orphans
as Frank Wynn
- 2021
- 2020 The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
as Wayne
- 2020
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018
- 2018 Blindspotting
as Patrick
- 2016
- 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
- 2014
- 2013 Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Good Croc, Bad Croc
as Jong / Jong's Son (voice)
- 2012 Excuse Me for Living
as Albert
- 2012
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010 Woke Up Dead
as Andrew Batten
- 2010
- 2010 Regular Show · TV
as Guardian of the Friend Zone (voice) / God of Street Performing (voice) · 2 episodes
- 2010
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008 Punisher: War Zone
as Linus Lieberman / Micro
- 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
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone
as Thudd (voice)
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004 Black Cloud
as Mr. Tipping
- 2003 Cheaper by the Dozen
as Electrician (uncredited)
- 2003
- 2003 Billy & Mandy's Jacked-Up Halloween
as Jack (voice)
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002 Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
as Walter Ballou
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001 Bleacher Bums
as Zig
- 2001
- 2001 Rat Race
as Zack Mallozzi
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
as Evil Emperor Zurg (voice)
- 1999 Toy Story 2
as Al McWhiggin (voice)
- 1999
- 1999 Hercules: Zero to Hero
as Cyclops Head #2 (voice) (archive sound)
- 1999 Tarzan
as Tantor (voice)
- 1999 My Favorite Martian
as Zoot (uncredited)
- 1999
- 1999 Pros & Cons
as Wayne the Guard
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998 The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
as Microwave (voice)
- 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
- 1995 To Die For
as Ed Grant
- 1995
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993 Jurassic Park
as Nedry
- 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 Piccolo Pete
- 1991 V.I. Warshawski
as Smeissen
- 1989 Born on the Fourth of July
as Official #2 - Democratic Convention
- 1989
- 1988 Everybody's All-American
as Fraternity Pisser
- 1987 Dirty Dancing
as Stan
- 1986 Forever, Lulu
as Stevie
- 1985 The Sex O'Clock News
as Bill Wright
- 1985 Double Negative
as Max
- 1984 The Burning Bed
as Juror (uncredited)
- 1982 For Lovers Only
as Video Game Fanatic (uncredited)
- 1979 The Wanderers
as Waiter (uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (11)
- 2023 Battle of the Decades
1 episode
- 2020 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
1 episode
- 2016 The $100,000 Pyramid
1 episode
- 2008 Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
1 episode
- 2007 Thank God You're Here
2 episodes
- 2004
- 2002 Pet Star
1 episode
- 2002
- 1999
- 1995
- 1992 The Edge
19 episodes