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BIO

Rasche worked as a writer and teacher, including teaching English at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota. He performed with Chicago’s Second City improvisation group for two years and helped fund Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago. In 1974, he appeared in the Organic Theater production of David Mamet’s Sexual Perversity in Chicago.



Rasche began appearing in film and television in 1977. He made his film debut in An Unmarried Woman (1978), directed by Paul Mazursky, and appeared in Manhattan (1979), directed by Woody Allen. In 1983, he appeared in the television film Special Bulletin. He guest-starred on Miami Vice (1985). From 1986 to 1988, he starred in the title role of the television sitcom Sledge Hammer!.

His subsequent film credits include Cobra (1986), An Innocent Man (1989), Masters of Menace (1990), and the television film Barbarians at the Gate (1993). He appeared in a 1997 episode of Columbo titled “A Trace of Murder.” He also voiced Captain Piett in the NPR radio adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back.

Rasche portrayed Donald Greene in United 93 (2006) and appeared in In the Loop (2009). In 2017, he appeared in Theatre for a New Audience’s production of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth. From 2018 to 2023, he had a main role as Karl Muller on the HBO series Succession. In 2023, he participated in an industry reading of Rob Sedgwick’s play Please Leave.

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STAGE CREDITS

Cult of Love Cult of Love
[Broadway]
Second Stage Theatre Broadway Production, 2024
Bill Dahl
The Skin of Our Teeth The Skin of Our Teeth
[Off-Broadway]
Theatre for a New Audience Off-Broadway Revival, 2017
Mr. Antrobus
The Country House The Country House
[Broadway]
Broadway Production, 2014
Walter Keegan
Little Miss Sunshine Little Miss Sunshine
[Off-Broadway]
Off-Broadway Premiere, 2013
Performer
To Be or Not To Be To Be or Not To Be
[Broadway]
Manhattan Theatre Club Production, 2008
Josef
Getting and Spending
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1998
Richard O'Neill
Speed-the-Plow
[Broadway]
1988
Bobby Gould [Replacement]
Lunch Hour
[Broadway]
1980
Peter
The Shadow Box
[Broadway]
1977
Mark [Replacement]

Movies

Something Short of Paradise
[ 1979 ] David Ritchie
Manhattan
[ 1979 ] Television Actor #3
Just Tell Me What You Want
[ 1980 ] Stopwatch Producer
Honky Tonk Freeway
[ 1981 ] Eddie White
Fighting Back
[ 1982 ] Michael Taylor
Best Defense
[ 1984 ] Jeff theKBGAgent
Native Son
[ 1986 ] Buckley
Cobra
[ 1986 ] Dan
Made in Heaven
[ 1987 ] Donald Sumner
An Innocent Man
[ 1989 ] Mike Parnell
Wedding Band
[ 1989 ] Sloane Vaughn
Wicked Stepmother
[ 1989 ] Steve
Masters of Menace
[ 1990 ] Buddy Wheeler
Delirious
[ 1991 ] Dr. Paul Kirkwood, Dennis
Bingo
[ 1991 ] Hal Devlin
Twenty Bucks
[ 1993 ] Baker
A Million to Juan
[ 1994 ] Jeff
Pie in the Sky
[ 1995 ] Amy's Dad
Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter
[ 1995 ] Chaz Frederick
Magic in the Water
[ 1995 ] Phillip, Patient #4
That Old Feeling
[ 1997 ] Alan
The Settlement
[ 1999 ] Denny
Pros & Cons
[ 1999 ] Jack Stanford
Friends & Lovers
[ 1999 ] RichardRichieWickham
The Big Tease
[ 1999 ] Stig
Teddy Bears' Picnic
[ 2001 ] Elliot Chevron
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
[ 2002 ] Taylor Abbott
Just Married
[ 2003 ] Mr. McNerney
Exposed
[ 2003 ] Warren Ward
Off the Lip
[ 2004 ] Dr. Martin Shutte
Perception
[ 2005 ] Phil
United 93
[ 2006 ] Donald Freeman Greene
The Sentinel
[ 2006 ] President Ballentine
Flags of Our Fathers
[ 2006 ] Senator
The Girl in the Park
[ 2007 ] Doug
Burn After Reading
[ 2008 ] CIA Officer Palmer DeBakey Smith
Peter and Vandy
[ 2009 ] Alan
In the Loop
[ 2009 ] Linton Barwick
Blue Eyes
[ 2009 ] Marshall
Crimes of the Past
[ 2009 ] Thom Sparrow
Remembrance
[ 2011 ] Daniel Levine
Collaborator
[ 2011 ] Radio Host
Men in Black 3
[ 2012 ] Agent X
The Discoverers
[ 2012 ] Cyrus Marshall
Revenge for Jolly!
[ 2012 ] Eichelberger
Missed Connections
[ 2012 ] George
The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich
[ 2012 ] Hills
Petunia
[ 2012 ] Percy Petunia
The Big Wedding
[ 2013 ] Barry
Kill Your Darlings
[ 2013 ] Dean
Amira & Sam
[ 2014 ] Jack
Freedom
[ 2014 ] Jefferson Monroe
Swallow
[ 2019 ] Michael Conrad
Paper Spiders
[ 2020 ] Bill Hoffman
Americanish
[ 2021 ] Jim
The Good House
[ 2021 ] Scott Good
About My Father
[ 2023 ] Bill Collins

TV Shows

DAG
President Whitman
High Society
Peter Thomas
Impastor
Alden Schmidt
Love, Sidney
J.M., J. M.
Nurses
Jack Trenton
Ryan's Hope
Wes Leonard
Sledge Hammer!
Sledge Hammer
Ugly Betty
Calvin Hartley, Cal Hartley
Veep
Jim Marwood
The Justice
Clayton Erlenborne
The Justice
Clayton Erlenborne
Dying for Sex
[ 2025-2025 ] Dr. Pankowitz

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Something special was going on at the Hayes Theatre earlier this year. It had a lot to do with Leslye Headland, who after years as a playwright and screenwriter, made her Broadway debut with Cult of Love. Watch in this video as Leslye chats more about the process of getting it to Broadway and what to expect on the big screen!
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has David Rasche been in?

David Rasche has appeared on Broadway in 7 shows.

How many West End shows has David Rasche been in?

David Rasche has not appeared in the West End.

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