Wayne Knight
American actor (born 1955) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wayne Elliot Knight (born August 7, 1955) is an American actor. In television, he played recurring roles such as Newman on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1992–1998) and Officer Don Orville on the NBC sitcom 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).
Wayne Knight | |
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Born | Wayne Elliot Knight (1955-08-07) August 7, 1955 (age 68) New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Georgia |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1977–present |
Spouses | Paula Sutor
(m. 1996; div. 2003)Clare de Chenu (m. 2006) |
Children | 1 |
In film, he played Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park (1993), which earned him a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. He also acted in the films Dead Again (1991), JFK (1991), Basic Instinct (1992), Space Jam (1996), For Richer or Poorer (1997), and Rat Race (2001). He 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).