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My Take
David Rasche is the kind of dependable character actor whose face you know long before you can name him. I first locked onto him as the trigger-happy detective in Sledge Hammer!, a deadpan parody he played with total commitment, but his later work in films like Burn After Reading and In the Loop shows real range and comic precision. He came up through serious theatre at Chicago, and you can feel that discipline under the silliness. Reliable, sharp, and always a little smarter than the material asks him to be.
Overview
David Rasche is an American actor born August 7, 1944, in Belleville, Illinois. He works across television, film, and stage, and attended the University of Chicago. He is widely recognized for the title role in the 1980s satirical series Sledge Hammer! and has built a long career of supporting roles in film and theatre.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- David Rasche
- Name (Japanese)
- デヴィッド・ラッシュ
- Reading
- でゔぃっど・らっしゅ
- Born
- August 7, 1944 (age 81)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Monkey
- Origin
- Belleville, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Television actor / Film actor / Stage actor / Actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Chicago
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.