Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1955-01-01
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Early to Rise Late to Bed
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Film & TV
Acting · 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…
Known for
- GOAT — Frank (voice)2026
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2 — Mr. Berg2025
- The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie — Mayor (voice)2024
- St. Denis Medical — Dr. Axler2024
- Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie! — Mr. Hodges (voice)2023
- What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith — Larry Cohen2023
- Battle of the Decades — Self - Judge2023
- Bookie — The Cowboy2023
- That '90s Show — Bruce2023
- Darby and the Dead — Mel2022
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 99
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis
· 2012 · cited 58,976x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,722x
- Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology
· 2015 · cited 28,134x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,960x
- UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detection
· 2011 · cited 13,424x
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Key facts
- Born
- Wayne Elliot Knight , ( 1955-08-07 ) August 7, 1955 (age 70) , New York City , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of Georgia
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1977–present
- Spouses
- Paula Sutor ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1996 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2003 ) Clare de Chenu ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2006 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1955
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wayne
- Family name
- Knight
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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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). Knight also voiced Igor on Toonsylvania (1998–1999), Dojo Kanojo Cho in Xiaolin Showdown (2003–2006), 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. Knight additionally acted in the films Dead Again (1991), JFK (1991), Basic Instinct (1992), To Die For (1995), Space Jam (1996), For Richer or Poorer (1997), Rat Race (2001), Punisher: War Zone (2008), and Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025). He provided the voices of Tantor in Tarzan (1999) and Al McWhiggin in Toy Story 2 (1999).
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