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

• Among Us — Lime (voice)
• 2026GOAT — Frank (voice)
• 2025Five Nights at Freddy's 2 — Mr. Berg
• St. Denis Medical — Dr. Axler
• 2024The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie — Mayor (voice)
• Bookie — The Cowboy
• That '90s Show — Bruce
• 2023Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie! — Mr. Hodges (voice)
• 2023What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith — Larry Cohen
• Batwheels — King Tut (voice)
• 2022Darby and the Dead — Mel
• Monster High — Ralph (voice)
• 202112 Mighty Orphans — Frank Wynn
• 2021Back to the Outback — Platypus (voice)
• Them — Lieutenant Schiff
• 9-1-1: Lone Star — Milton
• 2020The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee — Wayne
• Harley Quinn — The Penguin (voice)
• Infinity Train — Marcel (voice)
• Legend of the Three Caballeros — Baron Von Sheldgoose (voice)
• 2018Blindspotting — Patrick
• The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair — Benjamin Roth
• 2016Hail, Caesar! — Lurking Extra
• 2016Kung Fu Panda 3 — Big Fun / Hom-Lee (voice)
• 2016Panda Paws — Big Fun (voice)
• StartUp — Benedict "Benny" Blush
• 2014New Partner
• Sirens — Richard
• 2014Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon — The Elf Elder (voice)
• 2013Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Good Croc, Bad Croc — Jong / Jong's Son (voice)
• Doc McStuffins — Viewy Stewie (voice)
• 2012Excuse Me for Living — Albert
• Green Lantern: The Animated Series — Captain Goray (voice)
• Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness — Jong / Jong's Son (voice)
• The Exes — Haskell Lutz
• Unforgettable — Theodore Blumer
• Hot in Cleveland — Rick
• Pound Puppies — Ralphie / Construction Worker #1 (voice)
• Regular Show — Guardian of the Friend Zone (voice), God of Street Performing (voice)
• The Good Guys — Perry Black
• 2010Woke Up Dead — Andrew Batten
• Woke Up Dead — Andrew Batten
• 2008Kung Fu Panda — Gang Boss (voice)
• 2008Punisher: War Zone — Linus Lieberman / Micro
• 2008Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King — The Amazing Krudsky (voice)
• The Penguins of Madagascar — Max (voice)
• 2007Who's Your Monkey? — Officer Brooks
• Torchwood — Brian Friedkin
• Bones — Jimmy Walpert III
• Catscratch — Mr. Blik (voice)
• 2005Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone — Thudd (voice)
• Robot Chicken — Nutsy Goldberg (voice)
• 2004Black Cloud — Mr. Tipping
• Brandy & Mr. Whiskers — Mr. Cantarious (voice)
• CSI: NY — Truman Bosch
• Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
• Justice League Unlimited — Abnegazar (voice)
• Listen Up! — Buddy
• 2003Billy & Mandy's Jacked-Up Halloween — Jack (voice)
• 2003Cheaper by the Dozen — Electrician (uncredited)
• I'm with Her — Kevin
• Nip/Tuck — Jason Blum
• Xiaolin Showdown — Dojo Kanojo Cho (voice)
• 2002Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story — Walter Ballou
• Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story — Walter Ballou
• The Twilight Zone — Nick Dark
• 2001Bleacher Bums — Zig
• 2001Rat Race — Zack Mallozzi
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy — Jack O'Lantern
• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command — Emperor Zurg (voice)
• 2000Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins — Evil Emperor Zurg (voice)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Terrence Lombard
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Wayne Knight
• Dilbert — The Security Guard (voice)
• 1999Hercules: Zero to Hero — Cyclops Head #2 (voice) (archive sound)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Grigor
• 1999My Favorite Martian — Zoot (uncredited)
• 1999Pros & Cons — Wayne the Guard
• 1999Tarzan — Tantor (voice)
• 1999Toy Story 2 — Al McWhiggin (voice)
• Hercules — Cyclops Head #2 (voice)
• That '70s Show — Angel
• 1998The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars — Microwave (voice)
• Toonsylvania — Igor
• 1997For Richer or Poorer — Bob Lachman
• 1997Hercules — Demetrius the Pot Maker (voice)
• 3rd Rock from the Sun — Don Orville
• 1996Chameleon — Stuart Langston
• 1996Space Jam — Stan Podolak
• The Drew Carey Show — Owen
• 1995To Die For — Ed Grant
• Against the Grain — Froggy Wilson
• Fallen Angels — Leo Cunningham
• 1993Jurassic Park — Nedry
• The Second Half — Robert Piccolo
• 1992Basic Instinct — John Correli
• 1992Double Edge — Tommy White
• 1992T Bone N Weasel — Roy Kramp
• The Edge
• 1991Dead Again — Piccolo Pete
• 1991JFK — Numa Bertel
• 1991V.I. Warshawski — Smeissen
• 1989Born on the Fourth of July — Official #2 - Democratic Convention
• Seinfeld — Newman
• 1988Everybody's All-American — Fraternity Pisser
• 1987Dirty Dancing — Stan
• 1986Forever, Lulu — Stevie
• 1985Double Negative — Max
• 1985The Sex O'Clock News — Bill Wright
• 1984The Burning Bed — Juror (uncredited)
• 1982For Lovers Only — Video Game Fanatic (uncredited)
• 1979The Wanderers — Waiter (uncredited)
• One in a Million

Appearances as themselves (11)

• 2025Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 - Behind the Scenes — Self
• Battle of the Decades — Self - Judge
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire — Self - Contestant
• The $100,000 Pyramid — Self
• Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis — Self
• Thank God You're Here — Self
• 2004Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo — Self
• 2002Making Rat Race — Himself
• Pet Star — Self - Judge
• 1999Tarzan in Concert with Phil Collins — Self
• 1995The Making of 'Jurassic Park' — Self / Dennis Nedry