
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).
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Acting History
2026
GOAT as Frank (voice)
2025Five Nights at Freddy's 2 as Mr. Berg
2024The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie as Mayor (voice)
2023Bookie as The Cowboy
2023Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie! as Mr. Hodges (voice)
2023Battle of the Decades as Self - Judge
2023What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith as Larry Cohen
2023That '90s Show as Bruce
2022Darby and the Dead as Mel
2022Batwheels as King Tut (voice)
2022Monster High as Ralph (voice)
2021Back to the Outback as Platypus (voice)
202112 Mighty Orphans as Frank Wynn
2021Them as Lieutenant Schiff
2020The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee as Wayne
20209-1-1: Lone Star as Milton
2019Harley Quinn as The Penguin (voice)
2019Infinity Train as Marcel (voice)
2018The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair as Benjamin Roth
2018Blindspotting as Patrick
2018Legend of the Three Caballeros as Baron Von Sheldgoose (voice)
2016StartUp as Benedict "Benny" Blush
2016The $100,000 Pyramid as Self
2016Panda Paws as Big Fun (voice)
2016Hail, Caesar! as Lurking Extra
2016Kung Fu Panda 3 as Big Fun / Hom-Lee (voice)
2014Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon as The Elf Elder (voice)
2014Sirens as Richard
2013Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Good Croc, Bad Croc as Jong / Jong's Son (voice)
2012Excuse Me for Living as Albert
2012Doc McStuffins as Viewy Stewie (voice)
2011The Exes as Haskell Lutz
2011Green Lantern: The Animated Series as Captain Goray (voice)
2011Unforgettable as Theodore Blumer
2010Woke Up Dead as Andrew Batten
2010Pound Puppies as Ralphie / Construction Worker #1 (voice)
2010Regular Show as Guardian of the Friend Zone (voice)
2010Regular Show as God of Street Performing (voice)
2010Hot in Cleveland as Rick
2010The Good Guys as Perry Black
2009Woke Up Dead as Andrew Batten
2008Punisher: War Zone as Micro
2008The Penguins of Madagascar as Max (voice)
2008The Penguins of Madagascar as Max
2008Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King as The Amazing Krudsky (voice)
2008Kung Fu Panda as Gang Boss (voice)
2008Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis as Self
2007Who's Your Monkey? as Officer Brooks
2007Thank God You're Here as Self
2006Torchwood as Brian Friedkin
2005Bones as Jimmy Walpert III
2005Catscratch
2005Catscratch as Mr. Blik (voice)
2005Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone as Thudd (voice)
2005Robot Chicken as Nutsy Goldberg (voice)
2004Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo as Self
2004Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
2004CSI: NY as Truman Bosch
2004Listen Up! as Buddy
2004Brandy & Mr. Whiskers as Mr. Cantarious (voice)
2004Justice League Unlimited as Abnegazar (voice)
2003Cheaper by the Dozen as Electrician (uncredited)
2003Xiaolin Showdown as Dojo Kanojo Cho (voice)
2003Billy & Mandy's Jacked-Up Halloween as Jack (voice)
2003I'm with Her
2003Nip/Tuck as Jason Blum
2002Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story as Walter Ballou
2002The Twilight Zone as Nick Dark
2002Pet Star as Self - Judge
2002Making Rat Race as Himself
2001Bleacher Bums as Zig
2001The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as Jack O'Lantern
2001Rat Race as Zack Mallozzi
2000Curb Your Enthusiasm as Wayne Knight
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Terrence Lombard
2000Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Emperor Zurg (voice)
2000Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins as Evil Emperor Zurg (voice)
1999Toy Story 2 as Al McWhiggin (voice)
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Grigor
1999Hercules: Zero to Hero as Cyclops Head #2 (voice) (archive sound)
1999Tarzan as Tantor (voice)
1999Dilbert as The Security Guard (voice)
1999Pros & Cons as Wayne the Guard
1998Hercules as Cyclops Head #2 (voice)
1998That '70s Show as Angel
1998The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars as Microwave (voice)
1998Toonsylvania as Igor
1997For Richer or Poorer as Bob Lachman
1997Hercules as Demetrius the Pot Maker (voice)
1996Space Jam as Stan Podolak
1996Chameleon as Stuart Langston
19963rd Rock from the Sun as Don Orville
1995To Die For as Ed Grant
1995The Drew Carey Show as Owen
1995The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self / Dennis Nedry
1993Against the Grain as Froggy Wilson
1993The Second Half as Robert Piccolo
1993Fallen Angels as Leo Cunningham
1993Jurassic Park as Nedry
1992T Bone N Weasel as Roy Kramp
1992The Edge
1992Double Edge as Tommy White
1992Basic Instinct as John Correli
1991JFK as Numa Bertel
1991Dead Again as Pete Dugan
1991V.I. Warshawski as Smeissen
1989Born on the Fourth of July as Official #2 - Democratic Convention
1989Seinfeld as Newman
1988Everybody's All-American as Fraternity Pisser
1987Dirty Dancing as Stan
1986Forever, Lulu as Stevie
1985The Sex O'Clock News as Bill Wright
1985Double Negative as Max
1984The Burning Bed as Juror (uncredited)
1982For Lovers Only as Video Game Fanatic (uncredited)
1979The Wanderers as Waiter (uncredited)
—Among Us as Lime (voice)








