David Rasche
Acting • Born 1944-08-07
Biography
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.
Filmography
113 credits
Flags of Our Fathers
Movie • 2006
Senator
Pros & Cons
Movie • 1999
Jack Stanford
Burn After Reading
Movie • 2008
CIA Officer
The Big Tease
Movie • 1999
Stig
Dead Weekend
Movie • 1995
Payne
That Old Feeling
Movie • 1997
Alan
Cobra
Movie • 1986
Dan
Exposed
Movie • 2003
Warren Ward
Men in Black 3
Movie • 2012
Agent X
Wicked Stepmother
Movie • 1989
Steve Fisher
An Innocent Man
Movie • 1989
Detective Mike Parnell LBPD
About My Father
Movie • 2023
William 'Bill' Collins XII
Made in Heaven
Movie • 1987
Donald Summer
Final Approach
Movie • 2005
Gen. Perkins
The Girl in the Park
Movie • 2007
Doug
Bingo
Movie • 1991
Hal Devlin
Honky Tonk Freeway
Movie • 1981
Eddie White
Masters of Menace
Movie • 1990
Buddy Wheeler
Special Bulletin
Movie • 1983
David McKeeson
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
Movie • 2005
In the Loop
Movie • 2009
Linton Barwick
Blue Eyes
Movie • 2010
Marshall
The Big Wedding
Movie • 2013
Barry O'Connor
Something Short of Paradise
Movie • 1979
David Ritchie
Fighting Back
Movie • 1982
Michael Taylor
Petunia
Movie • 2013
Percy Petunia
Theater Camp
Movie • 2023
Dr. Bill Rauch
Remembrance
Movie • 2011
Daniel Levine
The Settlement
Movie • 1999
Denny
Kill Your Darlings
Movie • 2013
Dean
Revenge for Jolly!
Movie • 2012
Eichelberger
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Movie • 2001
Elliot Chevron
United 93
Movie • 2006
Donald Freeman Greene
Silhouette
Movie • 1990
Sheriff Kyle Lauder
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Movie • 1995
Ben Landry
Lieberman in Love
Movie • 1995
M.C. at Luau
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Movie • 2002
Taylor Abbott
The Sentinel
Movie • 2006
President Ballentine
Crimes of the Past
Movie • 2009
Thomas Sparrow
Friends & Lovers
Movie • 1999
Richard 'Richie' Wickham
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
Movie • 1994
Alfred Raine
Manhattan
Movie • 1979
Television Actor #3
A Million to Juan
Movie • 1994
Jeff
Freedom
Movie • 2014
Jefferson Monroe
Best Defense
Movie • 1984
Jeff
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
Movie • 1984
Donald Catton
Amira & Sam
Movie • 2014
Jack
Native Son
Movie • 1986
Buckley
Partners
Movie • 1993
"Grave Squad" Lawyer
Just Tell Me What You Want
Movie • 1980
Stopwatch Producer
Code Name: Foxfire
Movie • 1985
Sam Rawlings
Tourist Trap
Movie • 1998
Derek Early
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
Movie • 1999
Robert Sinclair
Just Married
Movie • 2003
Mr. McNerney
United 93: The Families and the Film
Movie • 2006
Self
Delirious
Movie • 1991
Dr. Paul Kirkwood / Dennis
Sanctuary of Fear
Movie • 1979
Jack Collins
Barbarians at the Gate
Movie • 1993
Ted Forstmann
Twenty Bucks
Movie • 1993
Baker
Swallow
Movie • 2020
Michael Conrad
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter
Movie • 1994
Chaz Frederick
The Good House
Movie • 2021
Scott
Peter and Vandy
Movie • 2009
Alan
Out There
Movie • 1995
Emmett Davis
Father Figurine
Movie • 2019
Larry Berman
Magic in the Water
Movie • 1995
Phillip, Patient #4
Wedding Band
Movie • 1990
Sloane Vaughn
Hellfire
Movie • 1983
Rev Howard Woode
Off the Lip
Movie • 2004
Dr. Martin Shutte
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
Movie • 1987
Cal McGinnis
Paper Spiders
Movie • 2021
Bill Hoffman
The Discoverers
Movie • 2014
Cyrus Marshall
Pie in the Sky
Movie • 1996
Amy's Dad
An Unmarried Woman
Movie • 1978
Man who says, "Hello" (uncredited)
Finding the Burn
Movie • 2008
Self / CIA Officer (archive footage)
Secret Witness
Movie • 1988
Sandy
The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich
Movie • 2013
Public Prosecutor Mr. Hills
Sledge Hammer!
TV • 1986
Sledge Hammer
Kate & Allie
TV • 1984
Mrs. Columbo
TV • 1979
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
David McCoy
Providence
TV • 1999
Doc Croc
Monk
TV • 2002
Nick Patterson
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Surf
Las Vegas
TV • 2003
Tim Valentine
Grown Ups
TV • 1999
Malcolm in the Middle
TV • 2000
Lawyer
The Book of Daniel
TV • 2006
Nurses
TV • 1991
Jack Trenton
Ugly Betty
TV • 2006
Calvin Hartley
Just Shoot Me!
TV • 1997
Michael Tenzer
DAG
TV • 2000
President Whitman
High Society
TV • 1995
Peter Thomas
The Andros Targets
TV • 1977
Smitty
Roker on the Road
TV
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Joe Delaney
Impastor
TV • 2015
Alden Schmidt
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Carl Everett
Empty Nest
TV • 1988
Jack Trenton
Signs and Wonders
TV • 1995
Brother Nahum
Succession
TV • 2018
Karl Muller
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
John Ramsey
Veep
TV • 2012
Jim Marwood
Black Box
TV • 2014
Hunter Black
Sara
TV • 1985
She Spies
TV • 2002
Norton Andrews
Suddenly Susan
TV • 1996
Evan
Columbo
TV • 1971
Patrick Kinsley
Dying for Sex
TV • 2025
Dr. Pankowitz
Madam Secretary
TV • 2014
Ambassador Arlen Maxwell
Duckman
TV • 1994
Baron Von Dillweed (voice)
Elsbeth
TV • 2024
Monsignor Frank
The Hunting Party
TV • 2025
Dr. Sidney Fairfax