David Rasche
David Rasche (born August 7, 1944 in St. Louis , Missouri ) is an American actor .
Life
Born in St. Louis and raised in Illinois , Rasche - whose name is pronounced Raschi in English - graduated from Elmhurst College and the University of Chicago .
David Rasche began his career in the theater , but has also acted in numerous films and television series . After John Belushi's move to Saturday Night Live , Rasche became a member of The Second City theater group in Chicago .
Rasche played - barely recognizable - a nuclear terrorist in the 1983 television film Special Bulletin . By far his best-known role was the title role in the television series Sledge Hammer! in the late 1980s. The portrayal of a violent and chauvinistic police officer earned him rave reviews. The series is now considered a cult series .
Well-known films in which Rasche took part include Vollmarried , Flug 93 , The Sentinel - Whom can you trust? , Flags of Our Fathers , Burn After Reading - Who's Burning Their Fingers Here? and Men in Black III .
Rasche is married to Heather Lupton , with whom he has three children, and who made a guest appearance as Hammer's ex-wife on the Sledge Hammer series .
Filmography (selection)
- 1977: Mike Andros - Big City Reporter ( The Andros Targets , TV series)
- 1979: Manhattan
- 1980: Just Tell Me What You Want
- 1981: The whole freeway is upside down (Honky Tonk Freeway)
- 1981: Ryan's Hope (TV series)
- 1982: Fighting Back
- 1983: Special Bulletin (TV movie)
- 1984: Attack is the best defense (Best Defense)
- 1985: Code Name: Foxfire (Code Name: Foxfire)
- 1985: Miami Vice (TV series)
- 1986: The City-Cobra (Cobra)
- 1986: Native Son - In the Name of Justice (Native Son)
- 1986–1988: Sledge Hammer! (TV series)
- 1987: Made in Heaven
- 1987: Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (short film)
- 1988: Secret Witness (TV movie)
- 1989: Dance of the Witches (Wicked Stepmother)
- 1989: Put on the cross by cops (An Innocent Man)
- 1990: Trouble with Eduard (Masters of Menace)
- 1990: Murderous Shadow (silhouette)
- 1991: Bingo - look who's barking! (Bingo)
- 1991: Jack alone in the delirious series (Delirious)
- 1992: LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Trials ( LA Law , TV series)
- 1992: Hello sister! (Nurses) (TV series, from season 2)
- 1993: Twenty Bucks - Money doesn't stink or does it? (Twenty Bucks)
- 1993: The Group (Barbarians at the Gate) (TV movie)
- 1994: Bigfoot (Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter)
- 1994: Hard but warm - old friends never die ( Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die , TV movie)
- 1994: A Million to Juan (A Million to Juan)
- 1995: Lieberman in Love (short film)
- 1995: Signs and Wonders (TV movie)
- 1995: A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester (TV movie)
- 1995: Magic Orky - Mein Freund, das Monster (Magic in the Water)
- 1995: Dead Weekend (TV movie)
- 1995: Aliens, Accordions, and Loads of Trouble (Out There)
- 1995–1996: High Society (TV series)
- 1996: Mr. Traffic (Pie in the Sky)
- 1997: That Old Feeling (That Old Feeling)
- 1997: Columbo - Episode 66: No trace is certain (Columbo: A Trace of Murder)
- 1998: My Uropa, the hero ( Tourist Trap , TV movie)
- 1998: Just Shoot Me - editorial team cut through (Just Shoot Me!)
- 1999: Deadly Settlement (The Settlement)
- 1999: Friends & Lovers
- 1999: Logan - Im Hotel des Todes ( Hard Time: Hostage Hotel , TV movie)
- 1999: The Big Tease (The Big Tease)
- 2000: Susan ( Suddenly Susan , TV series)
- 2000–2001: DAG (TV series)
- 2002: Teddy Bears' Picnic
- 2002: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood)
- 2002: Providence (TV series)
- 2003: Fully married (Just Married)
- 2003: Malcolm in the Middle ( Malcolm in the Middle , TV series, episode 4x09 Grandma Sues )
- 2003: Monk (TV series)
- 2004: Las Vegas (TV series)
- 2004: Off the Lip
- 2005: Perception
- 2006: The Sentinel - Who Can You Trust? (The Sentinel)
- 2006: Flight 93 (United 93)
- 2006: Flags of Our Fathers
- 2007: The girl in the park (Girl in the Park)
- 2008: All My Children (TV series)
- 2008: Burn After Reading - Who is Burning Their Fingers Here? (Burn After Reading)
- 2009: Peter and Vandy
- 2009: Cabinet Out of Control (In The Loop)
- 2009: Law & Order (TV series, episode 19x17 What was left of deeds )
- 2009: Everything Betty! ( Ugly Betty , TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2011: Bored to Death (TV series)
- 2011: the lost time
- 2012: Men in Black 3
- 2012: The Wilhelm Reich case
- 2013: Kill Your Darlings - Junge Wilde (Kill Your Darlings)
- 2013: The Big Wedding
- 2013–2016: Veep - The Vice President ( Veep , TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2014: Blue Bloods - Crime Scene New York (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2014: Black Box (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2015–2016: Impastor (TV series, 20 episodes)
- 2019: Swallow
Web links
- David Rasche in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- David Rasches biography on sledgehammeronline.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography for David Rasche - IMDb
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rasche, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , Missouri |