| Wayne Knight | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character Grigor | ||
| Date of birth August 7, 1955 | ||
| Place of birth Cartersville, Georgia | ||
| IMDb profile |
Wayne Knight is an actor who guest-starred as Grigor in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Service".
Knight is likely best known for his recurring role on the TV show Seinfeld as Newman. He also starred on the sitcoms 3rd Rock from the Sun and The Exes (with David Alan Basche) as well as the films Basic Instinct (with Sharon Stone), Jurassic Park (with Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, and B.D. Wong), Space Jam, and Rat Race (with Dean Cain, Whoopi Goldberg, and Amy Smart). He also lent his voice to the animated film Tarzan (with Tony Goldwyn) and animated shows such as The Penguins of Madagascar (with Nicole Sullivan, Richard Kind, Gary Cole, Larry Miller, Clyde Kusatsu, Jennette McCurdy, Ariel Winter, Jerry Trainor, Michael-Leon Wooley, Kristen Schaal, Lewis Black, and Julie White) and Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (with Alfred Molina, Christopher McDonald, Malcolm McDowell, and Wallace Shawn) both of which aired on Nickelodeon, and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (with Nicole Sullivan and Larry Miller) as Emperor Zurg (a character played by James Brolin in the film Lightyear).