David Rasche
Highest Rated: 95% Manhattan (1979)
Lowest Rated: 0% Freedom (2015)
Birthday: Aug 7, 1944
Birthplace: Not Available
A graduate of Elmhurst College and the University of Chicago, David Rasche's off-Broadway debut was in the 1976 production John. Rasche went on to co-star in Michael Cristofer's Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Shadow Box. In movies since 1979's Manhattan, Rasche was especially active in made-for-TV features like Special Bulletin, in which he was cast as anti-nuke activist Dr. David McKeeson. Obsessive roles of this nature led to David Rasche's most famous characterization: the merciless, gun-worshipping eponymous detective in the satirical TV sitcom Sledge Hammer (1986-88).
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89% | Swallow | Michael | — | 2020 |
| 0% | Freedom | Jefferson Monroe | $0.2M | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | Remembrance (Die Verlorene Zeit) | Actor | — | 2014 |
| 88% | The Discoverers | Cyrus Marshall | — | 2014 |
| 77% | Kill Your Darlings | Dean | $0.7M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | The Strange Case Of Wilhelm Reich | Hills | — | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | Petunia | Percy Petunia | — | 2013 |
| 7% | The Big Wedding | Barry | $21.6M | 2013 |
| 73% | Collaborator | Radio Host | — | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Blue Eyes | Actor | — | 2011 |
| 94% | In the Loop | Linton Barwick | $2.3M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | Crimes of the Past | Tommy Sparrow | — | 2009 |
| 71% | The Girl in the Park | Doug | — | 2008 |
| 78% | Burn After Reading | CIA Officer | $60.4M | 2008 |
| 73% | Flags of Our Fathers | Senator | $33.7M | 2006 |
| 90% | United 93 | Donald Freeman Greene | $31.6M | 2006 |
| 34% | The Sentinel | President Ballentine | $36.3M | 2006 |
| 0% | Perception | Phil | — | 2006 |
| 38% | The L.A. Riot Spectacular | Harry | — | 2005 |
| 25% | Off the Lip | Martin Shutte | — | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Exposed | Warren Ward | — | 2003 |
| 20% | Just Married | Mr. McNerney | $56M | 2003 |
| 45% | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Taylor Abbott | $69.6M | 2002 |
| 0% | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Elliot Chevron | — | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | Pros and Cons | Jack Stanford | — | 2001 |
| 56% | The Big Tease | Stig | — | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | Hostage Hotel | Robert Sinclair | — | 1999 |
| 7% | Friends & Lovers | Richard | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Love and Testosterone | Actor | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | The Settlement | Denny | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Tourist Trap | Derek Early | — | 1998 |
| 43% | That Old Feeling | Alan | — | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | Pie in the Sky | Amy's Dad | — | 1996 |
| 21% | Magic in the Water | Phillip | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester | Actor | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Out There | Polson | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Dead Weekend | Payne | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter | Chaz Frederick | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | A Million to Juan | Jeff | — | 1994 |
| 71% | Barbarians at the Gate | Ted Forstmann | — | 1993 |
| 75% | Twenty Bucks | Baker | — | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | Bingo | Hal | — | 1991 |
| 44% | Delirious | Dennis/Dr. Kirkland | — | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | Silhouette | Sheriff Lauder | — | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | Masters of Menace | Buddy Wheeler | — | 1990 |
| 38% | An Innocent Man | Mike Parnell | — | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | Wedding Band | Sloane Vaughn | — | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | Wicked Stepmother | Steve | — | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | All Shook Up | Actor | — | 1988 |
| 50% | Made in Heaven | Donald Sumner | — | 1987 |
| 56% | Native Son | Buckley | — | 1986 |
| 14% | Cobra | Dan | — | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | Primal Scream | Actor | — | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | Best Defense | Jeff | — | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck | Actor | — | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | Special Bulletin | Dr. David McKeeson | — | 1983 |
| 20% | Fighting Back (Death Vengeance) | Michael Taylor | — | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | Honky Tonk Freeway | Eddie White | — | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | Just Tell Me What You Want | Stopwatch Producer | — | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | Something Short of Paradise | David | — | 1979 |
| 95% | Manhattan | TV Actor | — | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | Sanctuary of Fear | Jack Collins | — | 1979 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet |
Madam Secretary 2014 |
Ambassador Arlen Maxwell |
2016 |
| 33% |
Impastor 2015-2016 |
Alden Schmidt Owen Schmidt |
2016 2015 |
| 24% |
Black Box 2014 |
Hunter Hunter Black |
2014 |
| No Score Yet |
Blue Bloods 2010 |
Armin Janko |
2014 |
| 93% |
Veep 2012-2019 |
Jim |
2013 |
| 79% |
Bored to Death 2009-2011 |
Bernard |
2011 |
| No Score Yet |
Are We There Yet? 2010-2012 |
2011 2010 |
|
| 69% |
Rubicon 2010 |
James Wheeler |
2010 |
| 97% |
Ugly Betty 2006-2010 |
Cal Hartley Calvin Hartley |
2010 2009 2007 |
| No Score Yet |
Law & Order 1990-2010 |
Joe Delaney |
2009 |
| 67% |
Sherri 2009 |
2009 |
|
| No Score Yet |
Las Vegas 2003-2008 |
Tim Valentine |
2004 |
| No Score Yet |
Malcolm in the Middle 2000-2006 |
Lawyer |
2003 |
| 90% |
Monk 2002-2009 |
Coach Patterson |
2003 |
| No Score Yet |
Providence 1999-2002 |
Doc Crock |
2002 |
| No Score Yet |
For Your Love 1998-2002 |
Dr. Bruckner |
2001 |
| 23% |
DAG 2000-2001 |
President Whitman |
2001 2000 |
| No Score Yet |
Suddenly Susan 1996-2000 |
Evan |
2000 |
| 33% |
Grown Ups 1999-2000 |
Walter Daniels |
1999 |
| No Score Yet |
Just Shoot Me 1997-2003 |
1998 |
|
| No Score Yet |
Columbo 1968-2003 |
Patrick Kinsley |
1997 |
| 40% |
High Society 1995-1996 |
Peter |
1996 1995 |
| No Score Yet |
Empty Nest 1988-1995 |
Jack |
1995 1993 |
| No Score Yet |
Nurses 1991-1994 |
Jack Trenton |
1994 1993 1992 1991 |
| No Score Yet |
Sledge Hammer! 1986-1988 |
Sledge Hammer |
1988 1987 1986 |
| No Score Yet |
Kate & Allie 1984-1989 |
Lawyer |
1986 |
| No Score Yet |
Miami Vice 1984-1990 |
Surf |
1985 |
| No Score Yet |
All My Children 1970-2013 |
Rob Gardner |
QUOTES FROM David Rasche CHARACTERS
CIA Officer says: Report back to me when it makes sense.