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David Rasche

デヴィッド・ラッシュ / でゔぃっど・らっしゅ

American actor

August 7, 1944 (age 81) ・ Belleville, Illinois, United States

  • From Illinois
  • Television actor
  • Film actor
  • Stage actor

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

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7. About this entry

Tags

  • From Illinois
  • Television actor
  • Film actor
  • Stage actor
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.