Wayne Knight
Actor
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
Toy Story 2
as Al McWhiggin (voice) 1999
Kung Fu Panda
as Gang Boss (voice) 2008
Hercules
as Demetrius the Pot Maker (voice) 1997
Tarzan
as Tantor (voice) 1999
Kung Fu Panda 3
as Big Fun / Hom-Lee (voice) 2016
Dirty Dancing
as Stan 1987
Space Jam
as Stan Podolak 1996
Basic Instinct
as John Correli 1992
Hail, Caesar!
as Lurking Extra 2016
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Electrician (uncredited) 2003
JFK
as Numa Bertel 1991
Rat Race
as Zack Mallozzi 2001
Born on the Fourth of July
as Official #2 - Democratic Convention 1989
Punisher: War Zone
as Linus Lieberman / Micro 2008
To Die For
as Ed Grant 1995
Back to the Outback
as Platypus (voice) 2021