David Rasche
Birthday
1944/08/07 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri
Also know as
Ντέιβιντ Ράζέ
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) Flags of Our Fathers
as Senator
(1999) Pros & Cons
as Jack Stanford
(2008) Burn After Reading
as CIA Officer
(1999) The Big Tease
as Stig
(1995) Dead Weekend
as Payne
(1997) That Old Feeling
as Alan
(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
(2007) The Girl in the Park
as Doug
(1991) Bingo
as Hal Devlin
(1981) Honky Tonk Freeway
as Eddie White
(1990) Masters of Menace
as Buddy Wheeler
(1983) Special Bulletin
as Dr. David McKeeson
(2005) The L.A. Riot Spectacular
as ---
(2009) In the Loop
as Linton Barwick
(2010) Blue Eyes
as Marshall
(2013) The Big Wedding
as Barry O'Connor
(1979) Something Short of Paradise
as David Ritchie
(1982) Fighting Back
as Michael Taylor
(2013) Petunia
as Percy Petunia
(2023) Theater Camp
as Dr. Bill Rauch
(2011) Remembrance
as Daniel Levine
(1999) The Settlement
as Denny
(2013) Kill Your Darlings
as Dean
(2012) Revenge for Jolly!
as Eichelberger
(2002) Teddy Bears' Picnic
as Elliot Chevron
(2006) United 93
as Donald Freeman Greene
(1990) Silhouette
as Sheriff Kyle Lauder
(1995) Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
as Ben Landry
(1995) Lieberman in Love
as M.C. at Luau
(2002) Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Taylor Abbott
(2006) The Sentinel
as President Ballentine
(2009) Crimes of the Past
as Thomas Sparrow
(1999) Friends & Lovers
as Richard 'Richie' Wickham
(1994) Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
as Alfred Raine
(1979) Manhattan
as Television Actor #3
(1994) A Million to Juan
as Jeff
(2014) Freedom
as Jefferson Monroe
(1984) Best Defense
as Jeff
(1984) The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
as Donald Catton
(2014) Amira & Sam
as Jack
(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
(2006) United 93: The Families and the Film
as ---
(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
(1994) Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter
as Chaz Frederick
(2022) The Good House
as Scott
(2009) Peter and Vandy
as Alan
(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
(1987) Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
as Cal McGinnis
(2021) Paper Spiders
as Bill Hoffman
(2014) The Discoverers
as Cyrus Marshall
(1996) Pie in the Sky
as Amy's Dad
(1986) Sledge Hammer!
as Sledge Hammer
(1984) Kate & Allie
as ---
(1979) Mrs. Columbo
as ---
(1986) L.A. Law
as David McCoy
(1999) Providence
as Doc Croc
(2002) Monk
as Nick Patterson
(1984) Miami Vice
as ---
(2003) Las Vegas
as ---
(1999) Grown Ups
as ---
(2000) Malcolm in the Middle
as Lawyer
(2006) The Book of Daniel
as ---
(1991) Nurses
as Jack Trenton
(2006) Ugly Betty
as Calvin Hartley
(1997) Just Shoot Me!
as Michael Tenzer
(2000) DAG
as President Whitman
(1995) High Society
as Peter Thomas
(1977) The Andros Targets
as Smitty
Roker on the Road
as ---
(1990) Law & Order
as Joe Delaney
(2015) Impastor
as Alden Schmidt
(1999) The West Wing
as Carl Everett
(1988) Empty Nest
as Jack Trenton
(2018) Succession
as Karl Muller
(1995) Signs and Wonders
as Brother Nahum
(1994) Burke's Law
as John Ramsey
(2012) Veep
as Jim Marwood
(1977) On Our Own
as Doug
(2014) Black Box
as Hunter Black
(1985) Sara
as ---
(2002) She Spies
as Norton Andrews
(1996) Suddenly Susan
as Evan
(1971) Columbo
as Patrick Kinsley