Actor Wayne Knight achieved television immortality assaying the role of the frenetic mailman "Newman", nemesis of the eponymous lead character in the classic TV series _"Seinfeld" .
He attended the University of Georgia for a short time.
The first reference to "Newman" on "Seinfeld" has the unseen character attempting suicide by jumping out of Jerrys building. In the original episode, the voice of "Newman" is supplied by Larry David (co-creator of "Seinfeld" ). On the syndicated version, Wayne Knights voice was dubbed in.
Reports claim he was the first person to be cast for Jurassic Park after Steven Spielberg saw him in the "interview scene" of Basic Instinct .
Held his wedding ceremony in Michael Richards house.
While attending college in Georgia, was told by a theater professor that he would never make it as an actor.
Has worn the same pair of his trademark glasses since his role in "Seinfeld" .
Credits an episode of Seinfeld with prompting him to lose weight. After shooting several takes of a scene requiring him to run through a field, he began to experience heart palpitations. He visited his doctor and was told that he was approaching morbid obesity and diabetes. Knight then embarked upon a diet-and-exercise program that allowed him to lose 117 lbs, dropping his weight from 327 to 210 lbs.
Performed at the Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia, after he dropped out of college.
Before landing the role of Newman in "Seinfeld" , he had auditioned for the role of George Costanza.
Worked as a private detective in between acting jobs in his early days.
He is of British (father) and Italian (mother) descent.
(February 2010) Completed Anthony Hines /Larry Charles s pilot, Lee Mathers , for CBS, with Paul Kaye and Nicollette Sheridan, as Kayes erstwhile manager and partner-in-crime.
Has a son born around 2010.
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