David Rasche

David Rasche

1944-08-07 St. Louis, Missouri 73 Credits

Biography

David Rasche (born August 7, 1944) is an American theater, film, and television actor who is best known for his portrayal of the title character in the 1980s satirical police sitcom Sledge Hammer! Since then he has often played characters in positions of authority, in both serious and comical turns. In television he is known for his main role as Karl Muller in the HBO drama series Succession, as well as recurring and guest performances in L.A. Law, Monk, The West Wing, Veep, and Ugly Betty.

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Theater Camp

Theater Camp

2023

as Dr. Bill Rauch

6.5
Acting

After the indomitable and beloved founder of a scrappy theater camp in upstate New York falls into a coma, the eccentric staff must band together with...

About My Father

About My Father

2023

as William 'Bill' Collins XII

6.1
Acting

Encouraged by his girlfriend Ellie, Sebastian and his Italian immigrant father, Salvo, spend the 4th of July weekend with her wealthy and exceedingly ...

The Good House

The Good House

2022

as Scott

6.3
Acting

Hildy Good, a wry New England realtor and descendant of the Salem witches who loves her wine and loves her secrets. Her compartmentalized life starts ...

Paper Spiders

Paper Spiders

2021

as Bill Hoffman

6.3
Acting

A bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness.

Swallow

Swallow

2020

as Michael Conrad

6.6
Acting

Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their con...

Father Figurine

Father Figurine

2019

as Larry Berman

7.2
Acting

When the wealthy patriarch of a family dies, they discover an unusual request in his will.

Freedom

Freedom

2014

as Jefferson Monroe

5.5
Acting

Two men separated by 100 years are united in their search for freedom. In 1856 a slave, Samuel Woodward and his family, escape from the Monroe Plantat...

Amira & Sam

Amira & Sam

2014

as Jack

6.0
Acting

Sam, a soldier who had served in Afghanistan and Iraq, meets Amira when he visits her uncle, Bassam, who had served as Sam's Iraqi translator. Bassam ...

The Discoverers

The Discoverers

2014

as Cyrus Marshall

4.9
Acting

Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip to a conference in hopes of jumpstarting his career...

Kill Your Darlings

Kill Your Darlings

2013

as Dean

7.0
Acting

A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.

Petunia

Petunia

2013

as Percy Petunia

4.9
Acting

Brothers Charlie, Adrian and Michael try to unlearn everything their psychoanalyst parents have taught them about life, as their family unit teeters o...

The Big Wedding

The Big Wedding

2013

as Barry O'Connor

5.8
Acting

To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long-divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are forced to play the happy couple for the sake of t...

Revenge for Jolly!

Revenge for Jolly!

2012

as Eichelberger

4.7
Acting

Harry is having a very, very bad day. He returns home from an all-night drinking binge with his cousin Cecil, to discover that his little dog Jolly......

Men in Black 3

Men in Black 3

2012

as Agent X

6.5
Acting

Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes ...

Remembrance

Remembrance

2011

as Daniel Levine

6.9
Acting

Hannah, a young Jewish girl, is rescued from a concentration camp by her Polish boyfriend, and believes he died after their perilous escape. More than...

Blue Eyes

Blue Eyes

2010

as Marshall

6.3
Acting

Before his compulsory retirement, on his last day of work, Marshall, JFK airport's chief Immigration officer, detains a group of Latin Americans and e...

In the Loop

In the Loop

2009

as Linton Barwick

7.0
Acting

The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers...

Peter and Vandy

Peter and Vandy

2009

as Alan

6.3
Acting

Flashbacks and flash-forwards illustrate the rise and fall of a love affair between two New Yorkers.

Crimes of the Past

Crimes of the Past

2009

as Thomas Sparrow

3.8
Acting

After Tommy Sparrow is severely wounded in a covert CIA operation, he comes home to discover his wife with another man. Tommy’s rage and wounds fright...

Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading

2008

as CIA Officer

6.7
Acting

When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money f...

The Girl in the Park

The Girl in the Park

2007

as Doug

6.0
Acting

A mother, enduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her three-year old daughter 15 years ago, has cut herself off from her ex-husband and son. Ho...

United 93: The Families and the Film

2006

6.8
Acting

A film interviewing the families of the heroes of United Flight 93, prior to the theatrical release of the feature film, United 93.

Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

2006

as Senator

6.9
Acting

There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the s...

United 93

United 93

2006

as Donald Freeman Greene

7.1
Acting

A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers ...

The Sentinel

The Sentinel

2006

as President Ballentine

6.1
Acting

Veteran Secret Service agent Pete Garrison investigates a colleague's murder and is subsequently framed as a mole in an assassination attempt on the P...

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

2005

2.6
Acting

The controversial satire The LA Riot Spectacular plays for mordent laughs the events that consumed L.A. in 1992, after the police officers on trial fo...

Junior Pilot

Junior Pilot

2005

as Gen. Perkins

4.6
Acting

Ricky is a ten-year-old daydreamer and expert on his computer flight simulator program. While on a cross-country flight for a school field trip, Ricky...

Off the Lip

Off the Lip

2004

as Dr. Martin Shutte

1.3
Acting

A young woman's life falls apart while filming a surfing documentary.

Exposed

Exposed

2003

as Warren Ward

5.0
Acting

As the presenter of tabloid news show 'Probe', Bob Smith stoops to new lows to expose stories at any cost. When covering the lives of three high-flyin...

Just Married

Just Married

2003

as Mr. McNerney

5.8
Acting

Although Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney come from different worlds, they are both unexpectedly swept off their feet after their first meeting. They qui...

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002

as Taylor Abbott

6.1
Acting

A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Teddy Bears' Picnic

2001

as Elliot Chevron

2.3
Acting

In Harry Shearer's tongue-in-cheek comedy, a waiter at Zanbesu Glen (a chi-chi Northern California resort) uses his movie camera to spy on the annual ...

The Big Tease

The Big Tease

1999

as Stig

5.7
Acting

Thinking he's competing in Los Angeles' hot Platinum Scissors contest, Scottish hairstylist Crawford leaves Glasgow with a film crew to capture the ev...

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

1999

as Robert Sinclair

6.7
Acting

A California congressman's wife and daughter are abducted and held hostage in a historic hotel. Logan McQueen is rushed to the scene to assist his for...

Friends & Lovers

Friends & Lovers

1999

as Richard 'Richie' Wickham

4.9
Acting

Friends for ten years, a group of twenty-somethings head for the ski slopes as guests of Ian's father. (Ian and dad are estranged because dad worked t...

Pros & Cons

Pros & Cons

1999

as Jack Stanford

3.0
Acting

Framed for crimes they didn't commit, two small-timers are headed up the river without a paddle. Now, the only thing that can bail them out is a case ...

The Settlement

The Settlement

1999

as Denny

5.0
Acting

Swaggering, womanizing Jerry and his hen-pecked buddy Pat are in a bind: their clients aren't dying fast enough! They buy insurance policies from the ...

Tourist Trap

Tourist Trap

1998

as Derek Early

5.8
Acting

George Piper, dissatisfied with his dead-end job and longing for adventure, embarks on an RV trip with his family. Guided by an old Civil War diary, t...

That Old Feeling

That Old Feeling

1997

as Alan

6.3
Acting

A bride's divorced parents find their old feelings for each other during the wedding reception and over the course of the next few days upsetting the ...

Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky

1996

as Amy's Dad

6.6
Acting

A young man obsessed with traffic patterns attempts to reunite with his first love.

Out There

Out There

1995

as Emmett Davis

4.8
Acting

A Pulitzer Prize winning photographer is fired from his job for not being sensationalistic enough. After he purchases an old camera at a yard sale, he...

Dead Weekend

Dead Weekend

1995

as Payne

2.4
Acting

In the midst of an evacuation effort, True World Forces agent Weed must secure an alien spacecraft suspected to have crashed somewhere in the city. Bu...

Magic in the Water

Magic in the Water

1995

as Phillip, Patient #4

5.3
Acting

Radio psychologist Jack Black takes his children Joshua and Ashley on a 'vacation' to a lake in British Columbia. While he grinds away at work the chi...

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

1995

as Ben Landry

7.5
Acting

Attorney Bill McKenzie takes the case when his niece is framed for the murder of a popular and demanding sitcom star.

Lieberman in Love

Lieberman in Love

1995

as M.C. at Luau

6.9
Acting

Joe Lieberman is attracted to Shaleen. They begin a professional relationship, which continues even after Joe develops a romantic interest in a woman ...

A Million to Juan

A Million to Juan

1994

as Jeff

5.4
Acting

Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls ...

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

1994

as Alfred Raine

6.5
Acting

The Harts find themselves in the middle of a dangerous murder plot, but it isn't clear if the plot it a famous author's fictional murder-mystery, or a...

Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter

Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter

1994

as Chaz Frederick

4.9
Acting

When Cody gets lost while exploring in the woods, he finds a friend in the legendary creature, Bigfoot.

Partners

1993

as "Grave Squad" Lawyer

4.2
Acting

A junior partner in a law firm, finds out that the wife of a very important client is a former college sweetheart.

Twenty Bucks

Twenty Bucks

1993

as Baker

5.8
Acting

A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people.

Barbarians at the Gate

Barbarians at the Gate

1993

as Ted Forstmann

6.8
Acting

F. Ross Johnson decides to buyout his own tobacco firm RJR Nabisco after the plans of the launch of his new product, a smokeless cigarette Premier, fa...

Bingo

Bingo

1991

as Hal Devlin

5.0
Acting

Bingo, the runaway circus dog, is off the leash and saving Chuckie's life! Bingo and the boy become the best of friends in this canine comedy featurin...

Delirious

Delirious

1991

as Dr. Paul Kirkwood / Dennis

5.6
Acting

A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.

Silhouette

Silhouette

1990

as Sheriff Kyle Lauder

7.0
Acting

An architect witnesses a brutal murder in a small Texas town.

Masters of Menace

Masters of Menace

1990

as Buddy Wheeler

5.6
Acting

The Masters of Menace are actually a motorcycle gang. When one of their own dies while performing a dangerous bike stunt, they decide to cross the cou...

Wedding Band

Wedding Band

1990

as Sloane Vaughn

4.3
Acting

A couple who both work at wedding receptions encounter complications when they decide to marry.

An Innocent Man

An Innocent Man

1989

as Detective Mike Parnell LBPD

6.1
Acting

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a maj...

Wicked Stepmother

Wicked Stepmother

1989

as Steve Fisher

4.5
Acting

A mother/daughter pair of witches descend on a yuppie family's home and cause havoc, one at a time since they share one body & the other must live in ...

Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall

Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall

1987

as Cal McGinnis

6.4
Acting

In this short film, our unemployed hero finds that getting that great job depends a lot on whom you choose to dance with at Ray's Male Heterosexual Da...

Made in Heaven

Made in Heaven

1987

as Donald Summer

6.6
Acting

Deceased drifter Mike arrives in Heaven and quickly falls for newborn soul Annie, soon to start her assignment on Earth. When Annie leaves, Mike follo...

Native Son

Native Son

1986

as Buckley

5.2
Acting

In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teen...

Cobra

Cobra

1986

as Dan

6.1
Acting

A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.

Code Name: Foxfire

Code Name: Foxfire

1985

as Sam Rawlings

Acting

Pilot for TV series released on home video.

Best Defense

Best Defense

1984

as Jeff

4.3
Acting

An engineer fails to get the bugs out of a tank before an Army officer has to use it in Kuwait.

The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck

The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck

1984

as Donald Catton

4.0
Acting

A shopkeeper is condemned by the police and the press for sleeping with a suspected terrorist.

Special Bulletin

Special Bulletin

1983

as David McKeeson

7.0
Acting

An evening of TV programming is interrupted by breaking news: in Charleston, South Carolina, two Coast Guard personnel and two members of a local news...

Hellfire

Hellfire

1983

as Rev Howard Woode

4.0
Acting

Following his performance, a televangelist returns to his dressing room to a visit from God; and she is a beautiful and very angry woman!

Fighting Back

Fighting Back

1982

as Michael Taylor

5.7
Acting

An Italian deli owner forms a vigilante group to rid his Philadelphia neighborhood of street punks.

Honky Tonk Freeway

Honky Tonk Freeway

1981

as Eddie White

5.2
Acting

Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not ...

Just Tell Me What You Want

Just Tell Me What You Want

1980

as Stopwatch Producer

4.5
Acting

A television producer woman tries to let down her overbearing boyfriend who is her boss. She wants to marry with a young writer.

Something Short of Paradise

Something Short of Paradise

1979

as David Ritchie

3.0
Acting

A young couple in New York are having problems with their relationship.

Manhattan

Manhattan

1979

as Television Actor #3

7.7
Acting

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best fr...

Sanctuary of Fear

Sanctuary of Fear

1979

as Jack Collins

6.0
Acting

A Manhattan priest with a penchant for solving crimes goes to the aid of a young actress. She is becoming enmeshed in a series of bizarre incidents sh...