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).
Filmography
GOAT
2026
as Frank (voice)
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
2025
as Mr. Berg
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
2024
as Mayor (voice)
Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!
2023
as Mr. Hodges (voice)
What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith
2023
as Larry Cohen
Darby and the Dead
2022
as Mel
Back to the Outback
2021
as Platypus (voice)
12 Mighty Orphans
2021
as Frank Wynn
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
2020
as Wayne
Blindspotting
2018
as Patrick
Panda Paws
2016
as Big Fun (voice)
Hail, Caesar!
2016
as Lurking Extra
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
as Big Fun / Hom-Lee (voice)
Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon
2014
as The Elf Elder (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Good Croc, Bad Croc
2013
as Jong / Jong's Son (voice)
Excuse Me for Living
2012
as Albert
Woke Up Dead
2010
as Andrew Batten
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The Making of 'Punisher: War Zone'
2009
as Self
Punisher: War Zone
2008
as Linus Lieberman / Micro
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
2008
as The Amazing Krudsky (voice)
Kung Fu Panda
2008
as Gang Boss (voice)
Who's Your Monkey?
2007
as Officer Brooks
Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone
2005
as Thudd (voice)
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
2004
as Self