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).
Known For
Top 40 Movies
GOAT
2026
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
2025
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
2000
Toy Story 2
1999
Tarzan
1999
Hercules
1997
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
1998
Kung Fu Panda
2008
Jurassic Park
1993
Basic Instinct
1992
Hail, Caesar!
2016
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
Dirty Dancing
1987
Space Jam
1996
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
2024
JFK
1991
Punisher: War Zone
2008
Cheaper by the Dozen
2003
Blindspotting
2018
Rat Race
2001
Darby and the Dead
2022
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
2008
Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon
2014
Back to the Outback
2021
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
Dead Again
1991
12 Mighty Orphans
2021
To Die For
1995
The Wanderers
1979
Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone
2005
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
The Burning Bed
1984
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
V.I. Warshawski
1991
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
2020
For Richer or Poorer
1997
Who's Your Monkey?
2007
Double Edge
1992
Making Rat Race
2002