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David Rasche

Born 1944-08-07

📍 St. Louis, Missouri

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.

Filmography 109

as Dr. Pankowitz

The Hunting Party

as Dr. Sidney Fairfax

as Monsignor Frank

as Dr. Bill Rauch

About My Father

as William 'Bill' Collins XII

as Bill Hoffman

as Michael Conrad

Father Figurine

as Larry Berman

as Alden Schmidt

Madam Secretary

as Ambassador Arlen Maxwell

as Jefferson Monroe

The Discoverers

as Cyrus Marshall

as Hunter Black

Kill Your Darlings

as Percy Petunia

Inside Amy Schumer

The Big Wedding

as Barry O'Connor

The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich

as Public Prosecutor Mr. Hills

Revenge for Jolly!

as Eichelberger

as Daniel Levine

as Linton Barwick

Peter and Vandy

Crimes of the Past

as Thomas Sparrow

Burn After Reading

The Girl in the Park

Flags of Our Fathers

as Calvin Hartley

as Donald Freeman Greene

as President Ballentine

The Book of Daniel

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

as Gen. Perkins

as Dr. Martin Shutte

as Tim Valentine

as Mr. McNerney

as Norton Andrews

as Nick Patterson

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

as Taylor Abbott

Teddy Bears' Picnic

as Elliot Chevron

as President Whitman

Malcolm in the Middle

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

as Robert Sinclair

as Carl Everett

Friends & Lovers

as Richard 'Richie' Wickham

as Jack Stanford

That Old Feeling

as Michael Tenzer

as Emmett Davis

as Peter Thomas

Magic in the Water

as Phillip, Patient #4

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

Signs and Wonders

as Brother Nahum

Lieberman in Love

as M.C. at Luau

A Million to Juan

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

as Alfred Raine

as Baron Von Dillweed (voice)

Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter

as Chaz Frederick

Barbarians at the Gate

as Ted Forstmann

as Jack Trenton

as Dr. Paul Kirkwood / Dennis

as Sheriff Kyle Lauder

Masters of Menace

as Buddy Wheeler

as Sloane Vaughn

An Innocent Man

as Detective Mike Parnell LBPD

Wicked Stepmother

as Steve Fisher

as Jack Trenton

Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall

as Cal McGinnis

as Donald Summer

as Sledge Hammer

Code Name: Foxfire

as Sam Rawlings

The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck

as Donald Catton

Special Bulletin

as David McKeeson

as Rev Howard Woode

as Michael Taylor

Honky Tonk Freeway

Just Tell Me What You Want

as Stopwatch Producer

Something Short of Paradise

as David Ritchie

as Television Actor #3

Sanctuary of Fear

as Jack Collins

An Unmarried Woman

as Man who says, "Hello" (uncredited)

The Andros Targets

as Patrick Kinsley