David Rasche
Biography
David Rasche is an American actor whose work spans theater, film, and television. After training under Sanford Meisner and performing with Chicago's Second City, he starred in the Organic Theater's 1974 staging of David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago. He began appearing on screen in the late 1970s, making his film debut in An Unmarried Woman and playing a small part in Woody Allen's Manhattan (1979). His widest exposure came with the title role in Sledge Hammer!, the satirical police sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1988, and he has often played authority figures in both serious and comic turns. On film, he played a photographer in Cobra (1986) and a corrupt narcotics officer in An Innocent Man (1989). He later portrayed a passenger in United 93 and a US official in In the Loop (2009). On television he was Karl Muller on Succession from 2018 to 2023, and he played Alden Schmidt on Impastor.
82years old
Turns 83 on August 7in 308 days
- Born Belleville
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 35
- Career span
- 44 years1979 to 2023
First and latest
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A change of course
Before acting took over, Rasche worked as a writer and teacher, spending two years teaching English at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota.
Early training
Rasche studied at Chicago's Second City improvisation group and then performed there for two years. He also helped fund Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago.
Beyond film
Rasche appeared in Organic Theater's 1974 staging of David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago after his time at Second City. That production helped establish the playwright's signature mix of earthy, sometimes brutal dialogue.
Beyond film
Rasche has done voice work in addition to his screen acting. He played Captain Piett in NPR's radio version of The Empire Strikes Back.
Beyond film
After Sledge Hammer! finished, Rasche earned praise on Broadway in Mamet's Speed-the-Plow, and afterward he was in an Off-Broadway revival of Mamet's Edmond.
David Rasche movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Sixteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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- Peter RiegertPie in the Sky (1995) and Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
- Blu MankumaThat Old Feeling (1997) and Bingo (1991)
- Christine LahtiPetunia (2012) and Pie in the Sky (1995)
- Mariel HemingwayDelirious (1991) and Manhattan (1979)
- Gina McKeeIn the Loop (2009) and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
- Christine EbersoleThe Big Wedding (2013) and Pie in the Sky (1995)
- Elizabeth MarvelSwallow (2020) and Burn After Reading (2008)
- Danny NucciFriends & Lovers (1999) and That Old Feeling (1997)
- Laith NakliSwallow (2020) and Amira & Sam (2014)
- Tamsin KelseyMagic in the Water (1995) and Bingo (1991)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What David Rasche's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.3 billion
20 of the 35 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 35 films: 20 worldwide figure; 6 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found.
- 20Worldwide figure
- 6US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 8Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 93% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$654M51.4% of the total
- 2$164M12.9% of the total
- 3$102M8.0% of the total
- 4$79M6.2% of the total
- 5$74M5.8% of the total
- 6$49M3.9% of the total
- 7$40M3.2% of the total
- 8$22M1.7% of the total
$89.7 millionfrom the other 12 films with a worldwide figure, 7% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.