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Wayne Knight

07 Aug, 1955 in New York City, New York, USA

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).

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Wayne Eliot Knight

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JFK
76% (1991)
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Chameleon
54% (1996)
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The Wanderers
70% (1979)
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Seinfeld
83% (1989)
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CSI: NY
74% (2004)
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The Edge
87% (1992)
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I'm with Her
66% (2003)
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Listen Up!
63% (2004)
The Second Half
0% (1993)
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Woke Up Dead
46% (2009)
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The Exes
67% (2011)
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StartUp
71% (2016)
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Bookie
70% (2023)
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Bones
83% (2005)
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Among Us
0% (1970)
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Sirens
71% (2014)
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Them
76% (2021)