David Rasche

Career timeline

1. 1944 · Born

   Born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

2. 1971 · Screen debut

   Columbo (TV)

3. 1990 · Breakthrough

   Law & Order (TV)

4. 2025 · Latest release

   Dying for Sex (TV)

Career in numbers

5 1970s

15 1980s

22 1990s

16 2000s

13 2010s

8 2020s

• Comedy49
• Drama46
• Crime15
• Romance12
• Thriller8
• Action5

Highest-rated title Malcolm in the Middle 2000 8.5 Most popular title Columbo 1971 8.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside David Rasche in our catalogue.

Patrick Williams

3 titles together

Robert Berlinger

3 titles together

Alan Taylor

3 titles together

Willard E. Pugh

2 titles together

James Garner

2 titles together

Perry Lang

2 titles together

Edward James Olmos

2 titles together

Ryan Phillippe

2 titles together

Kristoffer Tabori

2 titles together

Stephen Baldwin

2 titles together

1. — Roker on the Road Upcoming TV
2. 2025 Dying for Sex as Dr. Pankowitz 6.4 TV
3. 2025 The Hunting Party as Dr. Sidney Fairfax 7.1 TV
4. 2024 Elsbeth as Monsignor Frank 6.7 TV
5. 2023 Theater Camp as Dr. Bill Rauch 6.4 Movie
6. 2023 About My Father as William 'Bill' Collins XII 6.1 Movie
7. 2021 The Good House as Scott 6.1 Movie
8. 2021 Paper Spiders as Bill Hoffman 6.3 Movie
9. 2020 Swallow as Michael Conrad 6.6 Movie
10. 2018 Succession as Karl Muller 8.3 TV
11. 2015 Impastor as Alden Schmidt 7.0 TV
12. 2014 Madam Secretary as Ambassador Arlen Maxwell 7.0 TV
13. 2014 Freedom as Jefferson Monroe 5.5 Movie
14. 2014 Amira & Sam as Jack 5.9 Movie
15. 2014 Black Box as Hunter Black 6.4 TV
16. 2013 Kill Your Darlings as Dean 7.0 Movie
17. 2013 Inside Amy Schumer as CEO 5.7 TV
18. 2013 The Big Wedding as Barry O'Connor 5.8 Movie
19. 2012 Revenge for Jolly! as Eichelberger 4.6 Movie
20. 2012 Men in Black 3 as Agent X 6.6 Movie
21. 2012 Veep as Jim Marwood 7.5 TV
22. 2011 Remembrance as Daniel Levine 6.8 Movie
23. 2009 Bored to Death as Bernard 7.2 TV
24. 2009 In the Loop as Linton Barwick 7.0 Movie
25. 2008 Burn After Reading as CIA Officer 6.7 Movie
26. 2007 The Girl in the Park as Doug 6.0 Movie
27. 2006 Flags of Our Fathers as Senator 6.9 Movie
28. 2006 Ugly Betty as Calvin Hartley 6.4 TV
29. 2006 United 93 as Donald Freeman Greene 7.1 Movie
30. 2006 The Sentinel as President Ballentine 6.1 Movie
31. 2006 The Book of Daniel TV
32. 2005 Final Approach as Gen. Perkins Movie
33. 2003 Exposed as Warren Ward Movie
34. 2003 Just Married as Mr. McNerney 5.8 Movie
35. 2002 Monk as Nick Patterson 7.9 TV
36. 2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood as Taylor Abbott 6.0 Movie
37. 2000 DAG as President Whitman TV
38. 2000 Malcolm in the Middle as Lawyer 8.5 TV
39. 1999 The Big Tease as Stig 5.9 Movie
40. 1999 The West Wing as Carl Everett 8.3 TV
41. 1999 Grown Ups as Walter TV
42. 1999 Friends & Lovers as Richard 'Richie' Wickham 4.9 Movie
43. 1999 Providence as Doc Croc 6.7 TV
44. 1999 Pros & Cons as Jack Stanford Movie
45. 1997 That Old Feeling as Alan 6.2 Movie
46. 1997 Just Shoot Me! as Michael Tenzer 6.7 TV
47. 1995 Out There as Emmett Davis Movie
48. 1995 High Society as Peter Thomas TV
49. 1995 Dead Weekend as Payne Movie
50. 1995 Magic in the Water as Phillip, Patient #4 5.2 Movie
51. 1995 Signs and Wonders as Brother Nahum TV
52. 1994 A Million to Juan as Jeff Movie
53. 1994 Duckman as Baron Von Dillweed (voice) 7.3 TV
54. 1994 Burke's Law as John Ramsey TV
55. 1993 Twenty Bucks as Baker 5.7 Movie
56. 1993 Barbarians at the Gate as Ted Forstmann 6.9 Movie
57. 1991 Nurses as Jack Trenton TV
58. 1991 Bingo as Hal Devlin 5.1 Movie
59. 1991 Delirious as Dr. Paul Kirkwood / Dennis 5.7 Movie
60. 1990 Law & Order as Joe Delaney 7.3 TV
61. 1989 An Innocent Man as Detective Mike Parnell LBPD 6.1 Movie
62. 1989 Wicked Stepmother as Steve Fisher 4.6 Movie
63. 1988 Empty Nest as Jack Trenton 5.9 TV
64. 1987 Made in Heaven as Donald Summer 6.5 Movie
65. 1986 Native Son as Buckley Movie
66. 1986 Sledge Hammer! as Sledge Hammer 8.0 TV
67. 1986 Cobra as Dan 6.2 Movie
68. 1985 Sara TV
69. 1984 Miami Vice as Surf 7.5 TV
70. 1984 Best Defense as Jeff 4.3 Movie
71. 1983 Special Bulletin as David McKeeson 6.9 Movie
72. 1982 Fighting Back as Michael Taylor 5.8 Movie
73. 1982 American Playhouse as Buckley TV
74. 1981 Honky Tonk Freeway as Eddie White 5.4 Movie
75. 1980 Just Tell Me What You Want as Stopwatch Producer Movie
76. 1979 Manhattan as Television Actor #3 7.7 Movie
77. 1979 Mrs. Columbo TV
78. 1978 An Unmarried Woman as Man who says, "Hello" (uncredited) 6.8 Movie
79. 1977 The Andros Targets as Smitty TV
80. 1971 Columbo as Patrick Kinsley 8.1 TV

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