Jurassic Park Cast: Where Are They Now?

9. Wayne Knight (Dennis Nedry)

Wayne Knight's Dennis Nedry is the computer programmer who brings the whole park to a standstill. Having been bribed by one of John Hammond's corporate rivals to poach a few dinosaur embryos, he deactivates the security system, unwittingly unleashing the T-rex and bringing down much of the electrified fencing, leading to a blood and gore fest of dino destruction.

Capitalism, eh?

Knight has spent the past few decades making an extensive number of television appearances, often in bit-parts, but sometimes as a series regular -- most notably as Newman on Seinfeld, a role he technically reprised in 2009 on Curb Your Enthusiasm.

On the big screen, he has served time with Disney and Pixar animations Tarzan (1999) and Toy Story 2 (1999), as well as heavier real-life dramas, leading up to his most recent, 12 Mighty Orphans (2021), which is based on the real-life Texan football team formed from the boys of the Masonic School for Orphans. That Knight seems to be a perpetual supporting actor even now is no slight on his career; this seems to be a trend among most of the original Jurassic Park cast, who tend to shine brighter in supporting roles (try telling us there's a Tarantino film where Sam Jackson doesn't steal the show)!

Alas, as Dennis Nedry was eviscerated by a dilophosaurus, Knight will definitely not be returning to the series any time soon -- not unless they figure out a way to clone him from scrapings of dried blood and offal.