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Wayne Knight

Wayne Knight

Birthday: 1955-08-07 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Five Nights at Freddy's 2

as    Mr. Berg

2024
Them: The Scare

as    Lieutenant Schiff

2023
Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!

as    Mr. Hodges (voice)

2022
Darby and the Dead

as    Mel

2021
12 Mighty Orphans

as    Frank Wynn

2020
Infinity Train : Cracked Reflection

as    Marcel (voice)

2018
Legend of the Three Caballeros

as    Baron Von Sheldgoose (voice)

2018
2016
Panda Paws

as    Big Fun (voice)

2014
Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon

as    The Elf Elder (voice)

2013
2012
Excuse Me for Living

as    Albert

2011
The Exes

as    Haskell Lutz

2010
Woke Up Dead

as    Andrew Batten

2009
Woke Up Dead

as    Andrew Batten

2009
Woke Up Dead

as    Andrew Batten

2008
Punisher: War Zone

as    Linus Lieberman / Micro

2008
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King

as    The Amazing Krudsky (voice)

2007
Who's Your Monkey?

as    Officer Brooks

2005
Catscratch

as    Mr. Blik (voice)

2005
Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone

as    Thudd (voice)

2004
Brandy & Mr. Whiskers

as    Mr. Cantarious (voice)