Acting credits
29
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
David Knell
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.5
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Movies: 19Series: 10
TMDB ID: 41253
IMDb ID: nm0460671
Known for: Acting
Born: September 8, 1961
Age: 64
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 2025
Years active: 55
Average TMDB rating: 6.4
Biography
Best known for his roles as a goofy, callow youth in films like Spring Break, Splash, Total Recall, and Turner and Hooch, David is a veteran in the industry with a career that spans over four decades.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with David Knell.
Sitra Achra
as Freddy Nord
2025 Movie
7.5
To Kill a Wolf
as The Rancher
2024 Movie
6.6
Pig
as Finway
2021 Movie
6.3
Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol
as (voice)
1992 Movie
8.0
Jailbirds
as Baxter
1991 Movie
6.1
My Blue Heaven
as Checker
1990 Movie
7.3
Total Recall
as Ernie
1990 Movie
6.3
Turner & Hooch
as Ernie
1989 Movie
4.3
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
as Booge
1989 Movie
6.0
Gidget's Summer Reunion
as Albert Winslow
1985 Movie
6.3
Splash
as Claude
1984 Movie
5.3
September Gun
as Jason, Ben's Nephew
1983 Movie
4.8
Spring Break
as Nelson
1983 Movie
6.8
Making Love
as Michael
1982 Movie
1.0
Bitter Harvest
as Brandon
1981 Movie
5.8
The Devil and Max Devlin
as Nerve Nordlinger
1981 Movie
5.6
A Christmas Without Snow
as Terry
1980 Movie
9.0
Life on the Mississippi
1980 Movie
4.8
Belle Starr
as Ed Reed
1980 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with David Knell.
8.3
Grimm
as Stan's Father • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
as Clerk • 1 eps
1993 Series
6.4
Murphy Brown
as Pizza Kid • 1 eps
1988 Series
7.7
ALF
as Dudley • 2 eps
1986 Series
6.5
Shadow Chasers
1 eps
1985 Series
6.1
Charles in Charge
as Duane • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Acting Police Chief Wylie Ledbetter • 1 eps
1984 Series
5.6
St. Elsewhere
as Matthew Brody • 1 eps
1982 Series
5.0
Bret Maverick
as Rodney Catlow • 18 eps
1981 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Sam Clemens • 1 eps
1971 Series