David Rasche
Known for acting · Born 7 August 1944 · 82 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
118 credits
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
Succession
2018
Sledge Hammer!
1986
Just Married
2003
Swallow
2020
About My Father
2023
Nurses
1991
Impastor
2015
Veep
2012
Burn After Reading
2008
Bingo
1991
Ugly Betty
2006
Bored to Death
2009
Acting (118)
2025Dying for SexDr. Pankowitz · 8 episodesSeries
2025The Hunting PartyDr. Sidney Fairfax · 2 episodesSeries
2024ElsbethMonsignor FrankSeries
2023About My FatherWilliam 'Bill' Collins XIIFilm
2023Theater CampDr. Bill RauchFilm
2021The Good HouseScottFilm
2021Paper SpidersBill HoffmanFilm
2020SwallowMichael ConradFilm
2019Father FigurineLarry BermanFilm
2018SuccessionKarl Muller · 31 episodesSeries
2015ImpastorAlden Schmidt · 20 episodesSeries
2014Madam SecretaryAmbassador Arlen MaxwellSeries
2014Amira & SamJackFilm
2014Black BoxHunter BlackSeries
2014FreedomJefferson MonroeFilm
2014The DiscoverersCyrus MarshallFilm
2013Kill Your DarlingsDeanFilm
2013The Big WeddingBarry O'ConnorFilm
2013Inside Amy SchumerCEOSeries
2013PetuniaPercy PetuniaFilm
2013The Strange Case of Wilhelm ReichPublic Prosecutor Mr. HillsFilm
2012Men in Black 3Agent XFilm
2012VeepJim Marwood · 8 episodesSeries
2012Revenge for Jolly!EichelbergerFilm
2011RemembranceDaniel LevineFilm
2010Blue EyesMarshallFilm
2009In the LoopLinton BarwickFilm
2009Bored to DeathBernard · 6 episodesSeries
2009Peter and VandyAlanFilm
2009Crimes of the PastThomas SparrowFilm
2008Burn After ReadingCIA OfficerFilm
2008Finding the BurnSelf / CIA Officer (archive footage)Film
2007The Girl in the ParkDougFilm
2006Flags of Our FathersSenatorFilm
2006United 93Donald Freeman GreeneFilm
2006The SentinelPresident BallentineFilm
2006Ugly BettyCalvin Hartley · 10 episodesSeries
2006The Book of DanielSeries
2006United 93: The Families and the FilmSelfFilm
2005Final ApproachGen. PerkinsFilm
2005The L.A. Riot SpectacularFilm
2004Off the LipDr. Martin ShutteFilm
2003Just MarriedMr. McNerneyFilm
2003Las VegasTim ValentineSeries
2003ExposedWarren WardFilm
2002MonkNick PattersonSeries
2002Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya SisterhoodTaylor AbbottFilm
2002She SpiesNorton AndrewsSeries
2001Teddy Bears' PicnicElliot ChevronFilm
2000Malcolm in the MiddleLawyerSeries
2000DAGPresident Whitman · 5 episodesSeries
1999The West WingCarl EverettSeries
1999Friends & LoversRichard 'Richie' WickhamFilm
1999ProvidenceDoc CrocSeries
1999The Big TeaseStigFilm
1999Hard Time: Hostage HotelRobert SinclairFilm
1999Pros & ConsJack StanfordFilm
1999Grown UpsWalterSeries
1999The SettlementDennyFilm
1998Tourist TrapDerek EarlyFilm
1997Just Shoot Me!Michael TenzerSeries
1997That Old FeelingAlanFilm
1996Suddenly SusanEvan · 2 episodesSeries
1996Pie in the SkyAmy's DadFilm
1995Magic in the WaterPhillip, Patient #4Film
1995Out ThereEmmett DavisFilm
1995Dead WeekendPayneFilm
1995Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous JokesterBen LandryFilm
1995Lieberman in LoveM.C. at LuauFilm
1995High SocietyPeter Thomas · 13 episodesSeries
1995Signs and WondersBrother Nahum · 4 episodesSeries
1994DuckmanBaron Von Dillweed (voice)Series
1994Bigfoot: The Unforgettable EncounterChaz FrederickFilm
1994Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never DieAlfred RaineFilm
1994A Million to JuanJeffFilm
1994Burke's LawJohn RamseySeries
1993Twenty BucksBakerFilm
1993Barbarians at the GateTed ForstmannFilm
1993Partners"Grave Squad" LawyerFilm
1991DeliriousDr. Paul Kirkwood / DennisFilm
1991BingoHal DevlinFilm
1991NursesJack Trenton · 46 episodesSeries
1990Law & OrderJoe DelaneySeries
1990Masters of MenaceBuddy WheelerFilm
1990SilhouetteSheriff Kyle LauderFilm
1990Wedding BandSloane VaughnFilm
1989An Innocent ManDetective Mike Parnell LBPDFilm
1989Wicked StepmotherSteve FisherFilm
1988Empty NestJack TrentonSeries
1988Secret WitnessSandyFilm
1987Made in HeavenDonald SummerFilm
1987Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance HallCal McGinnisFilm
1986CobraDanFilm
1986Sledge Hammer!Sledge Hammer · 41 episodesSeries
1986L.A. LawDavid McCoy · 2 episodesSeries
1986Native SonBuckleyFilm
1985SaraSeries
1985Code Name: FoxfireSam RawlingsFilm
1984Miami ViceSurfSeries
1984Best DefenseJeffFilm
1984Kate & AllieSeries
1984The Lost Honor of Kathryn BeckDonald CattonFilm
1983Special BulletinDavid McKeesonFilm
1983HellfireRev Howard WoodeFilm
1982Fighting BackMichael TaylorFilm
1982American PlayhouseBuckley, Cal McGinnis (segment 'Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall')Series
1981Honky Tonk FreewayEddie WhiteFilm
1980Just Tell Me What You WantStopwatch ProducerFilm
1979ManhattanTelevision Actor #3Film
1979Mrs. ColumboSeries
1979Something Short of ParadiseDavid RitchieFilm
1979Sanctuary of FearJack CollinsFilm
1978An Unmarried WomanMan who says, "Hello" (uncredited)Film
1977The Andros TargetsSmittySeries
1971ColumboPatrick KinsleySeries
—A Trace of MurderPatrick KinsleyFilm
—Roker on the RoadSeries
—ElderwoodFilm