Acting
David Knell
Sep 8, 1961 (65 years) 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
8.3
Grimm
Stan's Father
7.3
Total Recall
Ernie
7.6
ALF
Dudley
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
Acting Police Chief Wylie Ledbetter
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
Clerk
6.3
Turner & Hooch
Ernie
6.6
Pig
Finway
6.3
Splash
Claude
5.7
St. Elsewhere
Matthew Brody
6.5
Murphy Brown
Pizza Kid
6.1
Charles in Charge
Duane
6.1
Great Performances
Sam Clemens
6.1
My Blue Heaven
Checker
4.9
Spring Break
Nelson
6.9
Making Love
Michael
Filmography
7.3
To Kill a Wolf
2025 · The Rancher
Sitra Achra
2025 · Freddy Nord
6.6
Pig
2021 · Finway
8.3
Grimm
2011 · Stan's Father
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · 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 · Pizza Kid
7.6
ALF
1986 · Dudley
7.7
Shadow Chasers
1985
6.0
Gidget's Summer Reunion
1985 · Albert Winslow
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Acting Police Chief Wylie Ledbetter
6.3
Splash
1984 · Claude
6.1
Charles in Charge
1984 · Duane
4.2
High School U.S.A.
1984
4.9
Spring Break
1983 · Nelson
5.5
September Gun
1983 · Jason, Ben's Nephew
5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Matthew Brody
6.9
Making Love
1982 · Michael
5.8
The Devil and Max Devlin
1981 · Nerve Nordlinger
6.2
Bret Maverick
1981 · Rodney Catlow
1.0
Bitter Harvest
1981 · Brandon
5.7
A Christmas Without Snow
1980 · Terry
5.3
Belle Starr
1980 · Ed Reed
9.0
Life on the Mississippi
1980
6.1
Great Performances
1971 · Sam Clemens