David Rasche

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-08-07 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri

David Rasche

Biography

David Rasche (born August 7, 1944) is an American theater, film, and television actor who is best known for his portrayal of the title character in the 1980s satirical police sitcom Sledge Hammer! Since then he has often played characters in positions of authority, in both serious and comical turns. In television he is known for his main role as Karl Muller in the HBO drama series Succession, as well as recurring and guest performances in L.A. Law, Monk, The West Wing, Veep, and Ugly Betty.

Acting

2006

1999

Pros & Cons

as Jack Stanford

2008

Burn After Reading

as CIA Officer

1999

1995

Dead Weekend

as Payne

1997

1986

Cobra

as Dan

2003

Exposed

as Warren Ward

2012

Men in Black 3

as Agent X

1989

Wicked Stepmother

as Steve Fisher

1989

An Innocent Man

as Detective Mike Parnell LBPD

2023

About My Father

as William 'Bill' Collins XII

1987

Made in Heaven

as Donald Summer

2005

Junior Pilot

as Gen. Perkins

1991

Bingo

as Hal Devlin

1981

Honky Tonk Freeway

as Eddie White

1990

Masters of Menace

as Buddy Wheeler

1983

Special Bulletin

as David McKeeson

2009

In the Loop

as Linton Barwick

2010

Blue Eyes

as Marshall

2013

The Big Wedding

as Barry O'Connor

1979

1982

Fighting Back

as Michael Taylor

2013

Petunia

as Percy Petunia

2023

Theater Camp

as Dr. Bill Rauch

2011

Remembrance

as Daniel Levine

1999

2012

Revenge for Jolly!

as Eichelberger

2001

Teddy Bears' Picnic

as Elliot Chevron

2006

United 93

as Donald Freeman Greene

1990

Silhouette

as Sheriff Kyle Lauder

1995

Lieberman in Love

as M.C. at Luau

2006

The Sentinel

as President Ballentine

2009

Crimes of the Past

as Thomas Sparrow

1999

Friends & Lovers

as Richard 'Richie' Wickham

1979

Manhattan

as Television Actor #3

2014

Freedom

as Jefferson Monroe

1984

1984

2014

1986

Native Son

as Buckley

1993

Partners

as "Grave Squad" Lawyer

1980

Just Tell Me What You Want

as Stopwatch Producer

1985

Code Name: Foxfire

as Sam Rawlings

1998

Tourist Trap

as Derek Early

1999

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

as Robert Sinclair

2003

Just Married

as Mr. McNerney

1991

Delirious

as Dr. Paul Kirkwood / Dennis

1979

Sanctuary of Fear

as Jack Collins

1993

Barbarians at the Gate

as Ted Forstmann

1993

Twenty Bucks

as Baker

2020

Swallow

as Michael Conrad

2022

2009

1995

Out There

as Emmett Davis

2019

Father Figurine

as Larry Berman

1995

Magic in the Water

as Phillip, Patient #4

1990

Wedding Band

as Sloane Vaughn

1983

Hellfire

as Rev Howard Woode

2004

Off the Lip

as Dr. Martin Shutte

2021

Paper Spiders

as Bill Hoffman

2014

The Discoverers

as Cyrus Marshall

1996

Pie in the Sky

as Amy's Dad

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