
Actor Wayne Knight achieved television immortality assaying the role of the frenetic mailman "Newman", nemesis of the eponymous lead character in the classic TV series Seinfeld (1989). He also appeared in Jurassic Park (1993) as "Dennis Nedry" and in one of the most notorious scenes in American cinema as one of the detectives interrogating Sharon Stone during her leg crossing in Basic Instinct (1992).Wayne Eliot Knight was born in New York on August 7, 1955, to Grace (Monti) and William Edward Knight. He is of Italian and English descent. Knight moved, as an infant, to Cartersville, Georgia, where he was raised and lived until attending the University of Georgia in 1972. Despite being an honor student, Knight left school to join the Barter Theatre company in Abingdon, Virginia, before graduating. (He finally secured a BFA degree in 2008.) Following an internship of two years, Wayne was hired for the professional company and earned his Equity card. Now a professional actor, Knight moved back to New York, where he made his Broadway debut, at 23, in the long-running comedy "Gemini" in 1979. Through the years, he has established himself as a leading character actor in television as a regular or recurring character in seven series, in film (ranging from Dirty Dancing (1987) to JFK (1991)), on the stage, and as a voice artist in animation.In TV Land's original sitcom The Exes (2011), Knight plays homebody "Haskell Lutz", who lives in an apartment with "Phil" (Donald Faison) and "Stuart" (David Alan Basche), right across the hall from his divorce attorney, "Holly" (Kristen Johnston).
6 nominations.
Sirens | Unknown | 2014 |
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Unknown | 2012-07-19 |
Unforgettable | Unknown | 2011-09-20 |
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness | Unknown | 2011-09-19 |
Green Lantern: The Animated Series | Unknown | 2011-11-11 |
The Exes | Haskell Lutz 64 episodes, 2011-2015 | 2011-11-30 |
The Good Guys | Unknown | 2010-05-19 |
Hot in Cleveland | Unknown | 2010-06-16 |
The Whole Truth | Unknown | 2010-09-22 |
Regular Show | Unknown | 2009-08-14 |
The Super Hero Squad Show | Unknown | 2009-09-14 |
The Penguins of Madagascar | Unknown | 2008-11-29 |
Torchwood | Unknown | 2006-10-22 |
Ergo Proxy | Unknown | 2006-02-25 |
Bones | Unknown | 2005-09-13 |
How I Met Your Mother | Unknown | 2005-09-19 |
CSI: NY | Unknown | 2004-09-22 |
Nip/Tuck | Unknown | 2003-07-22 |
Xiaolin Showdown | Dojo Kanojo Cho 52 episodes, 2003-2006 | 2003-11-01 |
The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 2002-09-18 |
Justice League | Unknown | 2001-11-17 |
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Unknown | 2001-08-24 |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | Unknown | 2000-10-02 |
Curb Your Enthusiasm | Unknown | 2000-10-15 |
Dilbert | Unknown | 1999-01-25 |
Hercules | Unknown | 1998-08-31 |
That '70s Show | Unknown | 1998-08-23 |
Becker | Unknown | 1998-11-02 |
3rd Rock from the Sun | Officer Don 101 episodes, 1996-2001 | 1996-01-09 |
The Drew Carey Show | Unknown | 1995-09-13 |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Seinfeld | Newman 43 episodes, 1991-1998 | 1989-07-05 |