David Knell

Acting · b. 1961 · New York City, New York, USA

Best known for his roles as a goofy, callow youth in films like Spring Break, Splash, Total Recall, and Turner and Hooch, David is a veteran in the industry with a career that spans over four decades.

Known for

6.3

Turner & Hooch

1989 · Ernie

5.0

Spring Break

1983 · Nelson

6.6

Pig

2021 · Finway

8.3

Grimm

2011 · Series · Stan's Father

7.6

ALF

1986 · Series · Dudley

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Series · Acting Police Chief Wylie Ledbetter

7.3

Total Recall

1990 · Ernie

7.1

Diagnosis: Murder

1993 · Series · Clerk

5.7

St. Elsewhere

1982 · Series · Matthew Brody

6.5

Murphy Brown

1988 · Series · Pizza Kid

6.2

Bret Maverick

1981 · Series · Rodney Catlow

6.3

Splash

1984 · Claude

All acting credits31

Sitra Achra

2025 · Freddy Nord

7.5

To Kill a Wolf

2025 · The Rancher

6.6

Pig

2021 · Finway

8.3

Grimm

2011 · Series · Stan's Father

7.1

Diagnosis: Murder

1993 · Series · Clerk

6.8

Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol

1992 · (voice)

7.7

Jailbirds

1991 · Baxter

7.3

Total Recall

1990 · Ernie

6.1

My Blue Heaven

1990 · Checker

6.3

Turner & Hooch

1989 · Ernie

4.7

Chopper Chicks in Zombietown

1989 · Booge

6.5

Murphy Brown

1988 · Series · Pizza Kid

7.6

ALF

1986 · Series · Dudley

Mr. Sunshine

6.0

Mr. Sunshine

1986 · Series · Warren Leftwich

7.7

Shadow Chasers

1985 · Series

6.0

Gidget's Summer Reunion

1985 · Albert Winslow

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Series · Acting Police Chief Wylie Ledbetter

6.1

Charles in Charge

1984 · Series · Duane