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David Knell

Actor

David Knell

Born September 8, 1961 in New York City, New York, USA20 films

Best known for his roles as a goofy, callow youth in films like Spring Break, Splash, Total Recall, and Turner and Hooch, David is a veteran in the industry with a career that spans over four decades.

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Total Recall posterFirst watchTotal Recall19907.3as ErnieConstruction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Rekall, a virtual vacation company that manufactures memories.View film

Essential films

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Pig poster6.6Pig2021Splash poster6.3Splash1984Turner & Hooch poster6.3Turner & Hooch1989My Blue Heaven poster6.1My Blue Heaven1990Spring Break poster4.9Spring Break1983

Filmography

20 films as actor
  1. 2025Sitra AchraFreddy Nord
  2. 2025To Kill a WolfThe Rancher
  3. 2021PigFinway
  4. 1992Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol(voice)
  5. 1991JailbirdsBaxter
  6. 1990My Blue HeavenChecker
  7. 1990Total RecallErnie
  8. 1989Turner & HoochErnie
  9. 1989Chopper Chicks in ZombietownBooge
  10. 1985Gidget's Summer ReunionAlbert Winslow
  11. 1984High School U.S.A.
  12. 1984SplashClaude
  13. 1983September GunJason, Ben's Nephew
  14. 1983Spring BreakNelson
  15. 1982Making LoveMichael
  16. 1981Bitter HarvestBrandon
  17. 1981The Devil and Max DevlinNerve Nordlinger
  18. 1980A Christmas Without SnowTerry
  19. 1980Life on the Mississippi
  20. 1980Belle StarrEd Reed