David Rasche
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Flags of Our Fathers
2006
Pros & Cons
1999
Burn After Reading
2008
The Big Tease
1999
Dead Weekend
1995
That Old Feeling
1997
Cobra
1986
Exposed
2003
Men in Black 3
2012
Wicked Stepmother
1989
An Innocent Man
1989
About My Father
2023
Made in Heaven
1987
Final Approach
2005
The Girl in the Park
2007
Bingo
1991
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
Masters of Menace
1990
Special Bulletin
1983
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
2005
In the Loop
2009
Blue Eyes
2010
The Big Wedding
2013
Something Short of Paradise
1979
Fighting Back
1982
Petunia
2013
Theater Camp
2023
Remembrance
2011
The Settlement
1999
Kill Your Darlings
2013
Revenge for Jolly!
2012
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001
United 93
2006
Silhouette
1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995
Lieberman in Love
1995
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
The Sentinel
2006
Crimes of the Past
2009
Friends & Lovers
1999
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
1994
Manhattan
1979
A Million to Juan
1994
Freedom
2014
Best Defense
1984
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
1984
Amira & Sam
2014
Native Son
1986
Partners
1993
Just Tell Me What You Want
1980
Code Name: Foxfire
1985
Tourist Trap
1998
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
1999
Just Married
2003
United 93: The Families and the Film
2006
Delirious
1991
Sanctuary of Fear
1979
Barbarians at the Gate
1993
Twenty Bucks
1993
Swallow
2020
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter
1994
The Good House
2021
Peter and Vandy
2009
Out There
1995
Father Figurine
2019
Magic in the Water
1995
Wedding Band
1990
Hellfire
1983
Off the Lip
2004
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
1987
Paper Spiders
2021
The Discoverers
2014
Pie in the Sky
1996
An Unmarried Woman
1978
Finding the Burn
2008
Secret Witness
1988
The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich
2013
Sledge Hammer!
1986
Kate & Allie
1984
Mrs. Columbo
1979
L.A. Law
1986
Providence
1999
Monk
2002
Miami Vice
1984
Las Vegas
2003
Grown Ups
1999
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
The Book of Daniel
2006
Nurses
1991
Ugly Betty
2006
Just Shoot Me!
1997
DAG
2000
High Society
1995
The Andros Targets
1977
Roker on the Road
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Law & Order
1990
Impastor
2015
The West Wing
1999
Empty Nest
1988
Signs and Wonders
1995
Succession
2018
Burke's Law
1994
Veep
2012
Black Box
2014
Sara
1985
She Spies
2002
Suddenly Susan
1996
Columbo
1971
Dying for Sex
2025
Madam Secretary
2014
Duckman
1994
Elsbeth
2024
The Hunting Party
2025
Inside Amy Schumer
2013