Who is the man in the picture?

This actor is the guy you've seen hundreds of times in movies and television. His name is David Rasche. He has been in over thirty movies and a dozen television series. A sought after supporting actor, you may remember him from the series "Sledge Hammer!".

David Rasche was born on August 7, 1944 in Belleville, Illinois. He is an actor, known for "United 93" (2006), "Burn After Reading" (2008) and "In the Loop" (2009). He has been married to Heather Lupton since 1979. They have three children. His father was a minister and farmer.

Rasche graduated from Elmhurst College in 1966; his grandfather was also an alumnus. Coming from "a long line of Evangelical and United Church of Christ ministers", he attended the University of Chicago Divinity School for two years, then quit. He did, however, receive a graduate degree in English from University of Chicago. He studied acting under Sanford Meisner.

A member of Chicago's Second City in the 70s, he replaced John Belushi when Belushi took off to do SNL. He played "Admiral Piett" in the NPR radio dramatization of "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) (1983).

His name is pronounced "RAH-shee".