Acting
David Rasche
Born August 7, 1944 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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
6.6 TMDB
Men in Black 3
Agent X
6.7 TMDB
Burn After Reading
CIA Officer
8.5 TMDB
Malcolm in the Middle
Lawyer
7.8
Manhattan
Television Actor #3
7.1
Flags of Our Fathers
Senator
6.2 TMDB
Cobra
Dan
8.3 TMDB
Succession
Karl Muller
7.6
United 93
Donald Freeman Greene
5.8 TMDB
Just Married
Mr. McNerney
7.0 TMDB
Kill Your Darlings
Dean
7.9 TMDB
Monk
Nick Patterson
5.8 TMDB
The Big Wedding
Barry O'Connor
6.1 TMDB
The Sentinel
President Ballentine
6.6 TMDB
Swallow
Michael Conrad
8.1 TMDB
Columbo
Patrick Kinsley
7.0 TMDB
In the Loop
Linton Barwick
7.3 TMDB
Law & Order
Joe Delaney
8.3 TMDB
The West Wing
Carl Everett
7.5 TMDB
Veep
Jim Marwood
7.6
Miami Vice
Surf
Filmography
- 2025Dying for SexDr. PankowitzSeries
- 2025The Hunting PartyDr. Sidney FairfaxSeries
- 2024ElsbethMonsignor FrankSeries
- 2023Theater CampDr. Bill RauchMovie
- 2023About My FatherWilliam 'Bill' Collins XIIMovie
- 2021The Good HouseScottMovie
- 2021Paper SpidersBill HoffmanMovie
- 2020SwallowMichael ConradMovie
- 2019Father FigurineLarry BermanMovie
- 2018SuccessionKarl MullerSeries
- 2015ImpastorAlden SchmidtSeries
- 2014Madam SecretaryAmbassador Arlen MaxwellSeries
- 2014FreedomJefferson MonroeMovie
- 2014Amira & SamJackMovie
- 2014The DiscoverersCyrus MarshallMovie
- 2014Black BoxHunter BlackSeries
- 2013Kill Your DarlingsDeanMovie
- 2013PetuniaPercy PetuniaMovie
- 2013Inside Amy SchumerCEOSeries
- 2013The Big WeddingBarry O'ConnorMovie
- 2013The Strange Case of Wilhelm ReichPublic Prosecutor Mr. HillsMovie
- 2012Revenge for Jolly!EichelbergerMovie
- 2012Men in Black 3Agent XMovie
- 2012VeepJim MarwoodSeries
- 2011RemembranceDaniel LevineMovie
- 2010Blue EyesMarshallMovie
- 2009Bored to DeathBernardSeries
- 2009In the LoopLinton BarwickMovie
- 2009Peter and VandyAlanMovie
- 2009Crimes of the PastThomas SparrowMovie
- 2008Finding the BurnSelf / CIA Officer (archive footage)Movie
- 2008Burn After ReadingCIA OfficerMovie
- 2007The Girl in the ParkDougMovie
- 2006United 93: The Families and the FilmSelfMovie
- 2006Flags of Our FathersSenatorMovie
- 2006Ugly BettyCalvin HartleySeries
- 2006United 93Donald Freeman GreeneMovie
- 2006The SentinelPresident BallentineMovie
- 2006The Book of DanielSeries
- 2005The L.A. Riot SpectacularMovie
- 2005Final ApproachGen. PerkinsMovie
- 2004Off the LipDr. Martin ShutteMovie
- 2003ExposedWarren WardMovie
- 2003Las VegasTim ValentineSeries
- 2003Just MarriedMr. McNerneyMovie
- 2002She SpiesNorton AndrewsSeries
- 2002MonkNick PattersonSeries
- 2002Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya SisterhoodTaylor AbbottMovie
- 2001Teddy Bears' PicnicElliot ChevronMovie
- 2000DAGPresident WhitmanSeries
- 2000Malcolm in the MiddleLawyerSeries
- 1999The Big TeaseStigMovie
- 1999Hard Time: Hostage HotelRobert SinclairMovie
- 1999The West WingCarl EverettSeries
- 1999Grown UpsWalterSeries
- 1999Friends & LoversRichard 'Richie' WickhamMovie
- 1999The SettlementDennyMovie
- 1999ProvidenceDoc CrocSeries
- 1999Pros & ConsJack StanfordMovie
- 1998Tourist TrapDerek EarlyMovie
- 1997That Old FeelingAlanMovie
- 1997Just Shoot Me!Michael TenzerSeries
- 1996Suddenly SusanEvanSeries
- 1996Pie in the SkyAmy's DadMovie
- 1995Out ThereEmmett DavisMovie
- 1995High SocietyPeter ThomasSeries
- 1995Dead WeekendPayneMovie
- 1995Magic in the WaterPhillip, Patient #4Movie
- 1995Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous JokesterBen LandryMovie
- 1995Signs and WondersBrother NahumSeries
- 1995Lieberman in LoveM.C. at LuauMovie
- 1994A Million to JuanJeffMovie
- 1994Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never DieAlfred RaineMovie
- 1994DuckmanBaron Von Dillweed (voice)Series
- 1994Burke's LawJohn RamseySeries
- 1994Bigfoot: The Unforgettable EncounterChaz FrederickMovie
- 1993Partners"Grave Squad" LawyerMovie
- 1993Twenty BucksBakerMovie
- 1993Barbarians at the GateTed ForstmannMovie
- 1991NursesJack TrentonSeries
- 1991DeliriousDr. Paul Kirkwood / DennisMovie
- 1991BingoHal DevlinMovie
- 1990SilhouetteSheriff Kyle LauderMovie
- 1990Law & OrderJoe DelaneySeries
- 1990Masters of MenaceBuddy WheelerMovie
- 1990Wedding BandSloane VaughnMovie
- 1989An Innocent ManDetective Mike Parnell LBPDMovie
- 1989Wicked StepmotherSteve FisherMovie
- 1988Empty NestJack TrentonSeries
- 1988Secret WitnessSandyMovie
- 1987Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance HallCal McGinnisMovie
- 1987Made in HeavenDonald SummerMovie
- 1986Native SonBuckleyMovie
- 1986Sledge Hammer!Sledge HammerSeries
- 1986L.A. LawDavid McCoySeries
- 1986CobraDanMovie
- 1985Code Name: FoxfireSam RawlingsMovie
- 1985SaraSeries
- 1984Miami ViceSurfSeries
- 1984Best DefenseJeffMovie
- 1984Kate & AllieSeries
- 1984The Lost Honor of Kathryn BeckDonald CattonMovie
- 1983Special BulletinDavid McKeesonMovie
- 1983HellfireRev Howard WoodeMovie
- 1982Fighting BackMichael TaylorMovie
- 1982American PlayhouseBuckley, Cal McGinnis (segment 'Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall')Series
- 1981Honky Tonk FreewayEddie WhiteMovie
- 1980Just Tell Me What You WantStopwatch ProducerMovie
- 1979Something Short of ParadiseDavid RitchieMovie
- 1979ManhattanTelevision Actor #3Movie
- 1979Sanctuary of FearJack CollinsMovie
- 1979Mrs. ColumboSeries
- 1978An Unmarried WomanMan who says, "Hello" (uncredited)Movie
- 1977The Andros TargetsSmittySeries
- 1971ColumboPatrick KinsleySeries
- —Roker on the RoadSeries
- —ElderwoodMovie