Wayne Knight (born August 7, 1955) is an American actor, known for his roles as Newman in the TV sitcom Seinfeld, Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park, and as police officer Don Orville in the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. Bespectacled, husky-voiced and heavily built (though he has lost weight in recent years), Knight has been one of Hollywood's busiest and most recognizable character actors since the early-1990s. August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cartersville is a city in Bartow County, Georgia, in the United States. ... Seinfeld is an Emmy Award-winning United States based television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, running a total of nine seasons. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The following is a list of characters from Michael Crichtons novels Jurassic Park and The Lost World. ... Jurassic Park is a 1993 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, based upon the novel of the same name written by Michael Crichton. ... Xiaolin Showdown was an American animated television series about Omi, a young orphaned monk-in-training from the Xiaolin Temple (a name based on the real-life Shaolin Temple), street-smart Raimundo Pedrosa from Brazil, high-tech focused Kimiko Tohomiko from Japan, and cowboy Clay Bailey from Texas who have... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... Newman is a recurring character on the television show Seinfeld, played by Wayne Knight. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Seinfeld is an Emmy Award-winning United States based television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, running a total of nine seasons. ... The following is a list of characters from Michael Crichtons novels Jurassic Park and The Lost World. ... Jurassic Park is a 1993 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, based upon the novel of the same name written by Michael Crichton. ... 3rd Rock from the Sun is a popular American television sitcom that ran from 1996 until 2001. ... ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

Biography

Early life

Knight was born in Cartersville, Georgia, where he grew up, and was an undergraduate at the University of Georgia where a professor once told him that if he loved the theatre, he should stay fat. He left the college as an honor student but one credit shy of a degree to pursue his career at the Barter Theatre in Virginia. After an internship there, he joined the company and left with Equity card in hand to take on New York City. Two years later he had his first role on Broadway. Cartersville is a city in Bartow County, Georgia, in the United States. ... The University of Georgia (UGA) is the largest institution of higher learning in the state of Georgia. ... The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... Barter Theatre The Barter Theatre, located in Abingdon, Virginia, opened on June 10, 1933. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ...

Career

Knight has had prominent film roles, such as in JFK by Oliver Stone and in the infamous interrogation scene in Basic Instinct. Also, due to the latter, he was the first person to be cast in Jurassic Park after director Steven Spielberg saw him in the scene. Knight was cast as the bumbling InGen Corporation's chief programmer for the park and spy for Biosyn, Dennis Nedry. He also appeared in Dead Again, To Die For, Space Jam, and Dirty Dancing. JFK is a film, first released in Canada and the United States on December 20, 1991, which purports to tell the history of the President of the United States John F. Kennedys assassination. ... William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known simply as Oliver Stone, is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter. ... Basic Instinct (released March 20, 1992) is an American erotic mystery film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. ... Jurassic Park is a 1993 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, based upon the novel of the same name written by Michael Crichton. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946), commonly referred to as Steven Spielberg, is a highly famous, enormously influential, three-time Academy Award winning American film director and producer who is one of the most prominent figures from the world of cinema and whose very name has become synonymous with... The InGen logo InGen (or International Genetics Technologies) is a fictional genetic engineering company in the book and movie Jurassic Park and its sequels. ... Biosyn is a fictional genetics company from the novels Jurassic Park and its sequel The Lost World. ... The following is a list of characters from Michael Crichtons novels Jurassic Park and The Lost World. ... Promotional poster for Dead Again Dead Again is a 1991 thriller film directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Branagh and his then-wife Emma Thompson. ... To Die For is a 1995 film written by Buck Henry, based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Maynard (ISBN 0595269397), and directed by Gus Van Sant. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Dirty Dancing is a 1987 musical and romance film directed by Emile Ardolino. ...

During the mid-to-late 1990s he simultaneously played prominent supporting roles on three different TV series on NBC (Seinfeld, 3rd Rock and Against the Grain, featuring the then unknown Ben Affleck), an unusual hat trick for television. He also appeared as a regular on two sketch comedy series, The Edge for Fox and Assaulted Nuts for Cinemax and Channel 4 in the UK. NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American film actor, director, and Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-winning screenwriter. ... The Edge was an American sketch comedy television series created by David Mirkin which ran on the FOX Network from 1992 to 1993. ... This article is about the animal. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that Channel Four Television Corporation be merged into this article or section. ...

Knight has appeared on Broadway in the plays Gemini, Mastergate, Art, and most recently in Sweet Charity with Christina Applegate. During filming of an episode of Seinfeld, Knight felt what he thought to be angina pains and sought the help of a cardiologist who told him that he was morbidly obese, had high blood pressure and was near diabetic. The actor then took on a serious program involving diet, exercise and outside support. He eventually lost 117 lbs (53 kg). Currently, he maintains about 75-80 lbs (34-36 kg) of that loss. 1980 film poster Gemini is a play by Albert Innaurato. ... Larry Gelbart (b. ... Art is a comedic play by Yasmina Reza. ... Sweet Charity, based on Federico Fellinis screenplay for Nights of Cabiria, is a musical directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and book by Neil Simon. ... Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress, particularly well-known for playing Kelly Bundy on the sitcom Married. ... Obesity is a condition in which the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans and other mammals, is increased to a point where it is associated with certain health conditions or increased mortality. ...

In Cheaper by the Dozen, he made his first film appearance in his new, slim self. Knight is now currently voicing the cat Mister Blik on the Nickelodeon cartoon Catscratch. He also voices the dragon Dojo Kanojo Cho in the Kids' WB! animated series Xiaolin Showdown. He also voiced the Evil Emperor Zurg on Buzz Lightyear of Star Command on Toon Disney and Disney Channel, Al McWhiggin, the toy store manager of Al's Toy Barn, in Toy Story 2. Tantor in Tarzan, and Demetrius in Hercules and also made guest appearances on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as Jack-O-Lantern and Brandy and Mr. Whiskers as Mr. Cantarious the snail. Cheaper by the Dozen is a 2003 American comedy film about a family with twelve children (seven boys and five girls). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the TV channel. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Dojos full-sized form speaking to Raimundo Pedrosa in the first episode. ... Kids WB! is the Saturday morning cartoon portion of the WB Television Networks programming. ... Xiaolin Showdown was an American animated television series about Omi, a young orphaned monk-in-training from the Xiaolin Temple (a name based on the real-life Shaolin Temple), street-smart Raimundo Pedrosa from Brazil, high-tech focused Kimiko Tohomiko from Japan, and cowboy Clay Bailey from Texas who have... Emperor Zurg Evil Emperor Zurg is a minor antagonist in the Disney-Pixar film Toy Story 2 and the main enemy in the TV series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. ... Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is a name of a Disney animated science fiction adventure show. ... For Toon Disney in United Kingdom, see British Toon Disney. ... For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel around the world. ... Al of Als Toy Barn from Toy Story 2 Al McWhiggin is a fictional character in the film Toy Story 2. ... Toy Story 2 is a CGI animation film and the sequel to Toy Story, and the third Disney/Pixar feature film, which featured the adventures of a group of toys that come to life when humans are not around to see them. ... Tarzan is a 1999 Academy Award-winning animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 18, 1999. ... Hercules is a 1997 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 14, 1997. ... The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, created by Maxwell Atoms, is an American animated television series that currently airs on Cartoon Network and Teletoon. ... Brandy & Mr. ...

Knight recently completed a pilot for the improv comedy series Thank God You're Here for NBC. Thank God Youre Here is an Australian partially improvised comedy television program created by Working Dog Productions, which premiered on Network Ten on the 5 April 2006 and concluded its first series on 7 June 2006. ... NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...

Selected filmography

• Seinfeld (1992-1998)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• Space Jam (1996)
• 3rd Rock From The Sun (1996)
• For Richer or Poorer (1997)
• My Favorite Martian (1999)
• Toy Story 2 (1999)
• Rat Race (2001)
• Cheaper By The Dozen (2003)
• Catscratch (2005-????)
• Extras (2007-????)

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External links

• Wayne Knight at the Internet Movie Database
• Wayne Knight at the Voice Chasers Database