Wayne Knight

<html> <head> <title>Wayne Knight</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/432/000025357/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>Wayne Knight<img src="knight-en.jpg" height=221 width=180 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Wayne Knight">Born: <a href="/lists/737/000106419/" class=proflink>7-Aug</a>-<a href="/lists/954/000105639/" class=proflink>1955</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/233/000079993/" class=proflink>Cartersville, GA</a> Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: ActorNationality: United States Executive summary: Newman on SeinfeldWayne Knight began amusing friends with his celebrity impressions (including <a href="/people/113/000024041/">John F. Kennedy</a> and <a href="/people/244/000055079/">David Brinkley</a>) at the age of five. In high school, he became active in the drama club, and was selected for state-wide honors in the Georgia Governor's Honors Program, where academically advanced high school kids spend six weeks studying at college. During his stay on campus, Knight's group was taught by, among others, future President <a href="/people/386/000022320/">Jimmy Carter</a>, Vietnam war architect <a href="/people/527/000056359/">Dean Rusk</a>, and future NAACP head <a href="/people/142/000024070/">Julian Bond</a>. During his "struggling actor" phase, Knight worked as a fruitcake salesman and private investigator, and years before Seinfeld he was a regular on the British sketch comedy show Assaulted Nuts. While overseas, he was befriended by actor-comedian <a href="/people/627/000025552/">Emma Thompson</a>, and she still describes him as her best American friend in real life. The character of Seinfeld's nemesis Newman had been devised long before Knight got the part, and <a href="/people/193/000026115/">Larry David</a> supplied an unseen Newman's voice on early episodes of Seinfeld. When the corpulent, scheming mailman finally appeared on camera, Knight went back and redubbed the early episodes with his own voice. The character never had a first name. Knight also played the heavy in <a href="/people/734/000022668/">Spielberg</a>'s original Jurassic Park, and romanced <a href="/people/100/000026022/">Kristen Johnston</a> as the goofy Officer Don on Third Rock from the Sun. He is the voice of Mr. Blik the cat in Nickelodeon's Catscratch. Knight has lost a lot of weight since Seinfeld, dropping from 325 pounds to a svelte 215 after doctors warned of the health effects of obesity. In losing that weight, though, he has also lost a lot of work. After an unpleasant situation on a set, Knight now explains his weight loss on the phone before taking acting jobs, to be sure the thinner Knight is what producers want. Father: (d. 1992 stroke at the dinner table) Wife: Paula Sutor (make-up artist, m. 26-May-1996, div. 2003)     University: <a href="/edu/576/000068372/">University of Georgia (dropped out)</a>     Endorsement of <a href="/company/655/000119298/">GlaxoSmithKline</a> Relenza (2000)     Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/779/000064587/">Obesity</a>, <a href="/lists/778/000064586/">Smoking</a>     TELEVISION     <a href="/tv/823/000346782/">The Exes</a> Haskell Lutz (2011-)     <a href="/tv/759/000165264/">Torchwood</a> Brian Friedkin (2011)     <a href="/tv/224/000248477/">Hot in Cleveland</a> Rick (2010-11)     <a href="/tv/078/000085820/">Buzz Lightyear of Star Command</a> Emperor Zurg (2000)     <a href="/tv/725/000049578/">Third Rock from the Sun</a> Officer Donald Leslie Orville (1996-2001)     <a href="/tv/689/000044557/">Seinfeld</a> Newman (1992-98)     FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR     <a href="/films/733/000405515/">Blindspotting (18-Jan-2018)</a>     <a href="/films/858/000400655/">Hail, Caesar! 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