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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Five Nights at Freddy's 2
2025
Anyone can survive five nights. This time, there will be no second chances.

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
2024
as Mayor (voice)
Porky and Daffy, the classic animated odd couple, turn into unlikely heroes when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien m...

Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!
2023
as Mr. Hodges (voice)
The holiday season has arrived, and brilliant but accident-prone Steve Urkel has already ruined his local celebration by publicly humiliating a shoppi...
What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith
2023
as Larry Cohen
A famous country singer, who disappeared at the height of his career 30 years ago, tries to make things right with his son before it is too late.

Darby and the Dead
2022
as Mel
After Darby Harper suffered a near-death experience as a child, she gained the ability to see ghosts. To combat the existential boredom of high school...

Back to the Outback
2021
as Platypus (voice)
Tired of being locked in a reptile house where humans gawk at them like they are monsters, a ragtag group of Australia’s deadliest creatures plot an e...

12 Mighty Orphans
2021
as Frank Wynn
Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depres...

The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
2020
as Wayne
Paul Hogan is reluctantly thrust back into the spotlight as he desperately attempts to restore his sullied reputation on the eve of being knighted.

Blindspotting
2018
as Patrick
Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, ...

Panda Paws
2016
as Big Fun (voice)
A short film which serves as a prequel to Kung Fu Panda 3 in which Mei Mei and Bao compete with one another at the Spring Festival.

Hail, Caesar!
2016
as Lurking Extra
When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
as Big Fun / Hom-Lee (voice)
While Po and his father are visiting a secret panda village, an evil spirit threatens all of China, forcing Po to form a ragtag army to fight back.

Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon
2014
as The Elf Elder (voice)
Tom and Jerry find a dragon egg, and help the baby dragon find its mother.

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Good Croc, Bad Croc
2013
as Jong / Jong's Son (voice)
Po gets suckered by Fung to break into a castle.

Excuse Me for Living
2012
as Albert
A charming, suicidal druggie must obey his rehab-clinic's demand to lead a seniors men's group or face incarceration and lose the love of his psychiat...

Woke Up Dead
2010
as Andrew Batten
Drex Greene (Jon Heder), a confused zombie who can’t be any deader, tries to solve the case of the mystery pill that left him drowned in a bathtub. Wi...

Punisher: War Zone
2008
as Micro
Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti. Afte...

Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
2008
as The Amazing Krudsky (voice)
Scooby-Doo and Shaggy must go into the underworld ruled by The Goblin King in order to stop a mortal named The Amazing Krudsky who wants power and is ...

Kung Fu Panda
2008
as Gang Boss (voice)
When the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the "chosen one" and trains to become a kung fu hero, but transform...

Who's Your Monkey?
2007
as Officer Brooks
In Jacksonville, Florida, four friends since grade school who are now in their early 30s face the challenges of adulthood: Hutto is about to become a ...

Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone
2005
as Thudd (voice)
An Orphaned Boy sets out in search of adventure, but when a shipwreck lands him on an island where Dinosaurs and Humans coexist, he finds not only adv...

Cheaper by the Dozen
2003
as Electrician (uncredited)
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the c...
Billy & Mandy's Jacked-Up Halloween
2003
as Jack (voice)
Jack, a headless prankster from Grim's past, uses Billy to steal Grim's scythe so he can destroy Grim and take over the world with demons from the Net...

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
2002
as Walter Ballou
True story about the cat and mouse game between the FBI trying to find a Soviet mole in their ranks and Robert Hanssen, one of the top FBI agents and ...

Making Rat Race
2002
as Himself

Bleacher Bums
2001
as Zig
They're known as the Bleacher Bums, a loud and proud group of fans who watch their team's games from the stadium's cheap seats. Most of them have been...

Rat Race
2001
as Zack Mallozzi
In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group...

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
2000
as Evil Emperor Zurg (voice)
Buzz Lightyear must battle Emperor Zurg with the help of three hopefuls who insist on being his partners.

Toy Story 2
1999
as Al McWhiggin (voice)
Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, ...

Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999
as Cyclops Head #2 (voice) (archive sound)
After defeating Hades for good, Hercules marries Meg and revisits his teenage years. In particular, it shows an adolescent Hercules's enrollment and t...

Tarzan
1999
as Tantor (voice)
Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Po...

Pros & Cons
1999
as Wayne the Guard
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 Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
1998
as Microwave (voice)
Based on the book by Thomas M. Disch and intended as the third film in the series, this sequel was finished and released prior to 'The Brave Little To...

For Richer or Poorer
1997
as Bob Lachman
Brad Sexton and his wife, Caroline, are wealthy New Yorkers with both marital and financial problems. The latter issue becomes a pressing matter when ...

Hercules
1997
as Demetrius the Pot Maker (voice)
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along...

Space Jam
1996
as Stan Podolak
With their freedom on the line, the Looney Tunes seek the help of NBA superstar Michael Jordan to win a basketball game against a team of moronic alie...

Chameleon
1996
as Stuart Langston
An undercover agent uses his rare personality disorder in pursuing the drug-cartel leader responsible for the deaths of his wife and kids.

To Die For
1995
as Ed Grant
Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she make...

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
as Self / Dennis Nedry
This documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Jurassic Park," one of the 90's biggest hits and a milestone in specia...

Jurassic Park
1993
as Nedry
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of e...

T Bone N Weasel
1992
as Roy Kramp
An ex-con and a crazy man are an unlikely duo on the road looking for a better life. All they have is an old gun and a stolen car to aid them in findi...

Double Edge
1992
as Tommy White
In this fast paced action-thriller, daytime's top star Susan Lucci plays two roles: both a crack FBI agent and the elusive killer-for-hire who she sta...

Basic Instinct
1992
as John Correli
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described...

JFK
1991
as Numa Bertel
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

Dead Again
1991
as Pete Dugan
In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is so...

V.I. Warshawski
1991
as Smeissen
Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective t...

Born on the Fourth of July
1989
as Official #2 - Democratic Convention
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought fo...

Everybody's All-American
1988
as Fraternity Pisser
Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, a...

Dirty Dancing
1987
as Stan
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find hersel...

Forever, Lulu
1986
as Stevie
When Elaine, an adventurous young woman from Germany, arrives in New York City, she sets out to be a famous writer. After a brief stint at a mundane j...

The Sex O'Clock News
1985
as Bill Wright
Director and co-writer Romano Vanderbes attempts to satirize middle America's standard news broadcasts with as many jokes about sex as possible. The f...

Double Negative
1985
as Max
Horror film director must plot to steal the negative of his film in order to save it from being destroyed in an insurance scam cooked up by his sleazy...

The Burning Bed
1984
as Juror (uncredited)
An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes he...

For Lovers Only
1982
as Video Game Fanatic (uncredited)
A man, his daughter, and son-in-law run a honeymoon resort in the Poconos.

The Wanderers
1979
as Waiter (uncredited)
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by R...