Wayne Knight
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 7 August 1955 · 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).
Known for
Acting 65
- 2026One in a Million
- 2026GOAT 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)
- 2023Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie! as Mr. Hodges (voice)
- 2023What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith as Larry Cohen
- 2022Darby and the Dead as Mel
- 2021Back to the Outback as Platypus (voice)
- 202112 Mighty Orphans as Frank Wynn
- 2020The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee as Wayne
- 2018Blindspotting as Patrick
- 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)
- 2014New Partner
- 2013Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Good Croc, Bad Croc as Jong / Jong's Son (voice)
- 2012Excuse Me for Living as Albert
- 2010Woke Up Dead as Andrew Batten
- 2009The Making of 'Punisher: War Zone' as Self
- 2008Punisher: War Zone as Linus Lieberman / Micro
- 2008Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King as The Amazing Krudsky (voice)
- 2008Kung Fu Panda as Gang Boss (voice)
- 2007Who's Your Monkey? as Officer Brooks
- 2005Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone as Thudd (voice)
- 2004Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo as Self
- 2004Black Cloud as Mr. Tipping
- 2003Cheaper by the Dozen as Electrician (uncredited)
- 2003Billy & Mandy's Jacked-Up Halloween as Jack (voice)
- 2002Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story as Walter Ballou
- 2002Making Rat Race as Himself
- 2001Bleacher Bums as Zig
- 2001Rat Race as Zack Mallozzi
- 2000Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins as Evil Emperor Zurg (voice)
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Terrence Lombard · 1 episode
- 1999Toy Story 2 as Al McWhiggin (voice)
- 1999Hercules: Zero to Hero as Cyclops Head #2 (voice) (archive sound)
- 1999Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins as Self
- 1999Tarzan as Tantor (voice)
- 1999My Favorite Martian as Zoot (uncredited)
- 1999Pros & Cons as Wayne the Guard
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Grigor · 1 episode
- 1998The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars as Microwave (voice)
- 1997For Richer or Poorer as Bob Lachman
- 1997Hercules as Demetrius the Pot Maker (voice)
- 1996Space Jam as Stan Podolak
- 1996Chameleon as Stuart Langston
- 1995To Die For as Ed Grant
- 1995The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self / Dennis Nedry
- 1993Jurassic Park as Nedry
- 1992T Bone N Weasel as Roy Kramp
- 1992Double Edge as Tommy White
- 1992Basic Instinct as John Correli
- 1991JFK as Numa Bertel
- 1991Dead Again as Piccolo Pete
- 1991V.I. Warshawski as Smeissen
- 1989Born on the Fourth of July as Official #2 - Democratic Convention
- 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)