Austin Pendleton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 27, 1940 (age 86)
- Birthplace
- Warren, Ohio, USA
Biography
Austin Campbell Pendleton (born March 27, 1940) is an American actor, playwright, theatre director, and instructor. Pendleton is known as a prolific character actor on the stage and screen, whose six-decade career has included roles in films including Catch-22 (1970); What's Up, Doc? (1972); The Front Page (1974); The Muppet Movie (1979), Short Circuit (1986); Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990); My Cousin Vinny (1992); Amistad (1997); A Beautiful Mind (2001), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination; and Finding Nemo (2003). Pendleton received a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Play for the Broadway revival of The Little Foxes in 1981. He has received two Drama Desk Award nominations and the recipient of a Special Drama Desk Award in 2007. He also received a Obie Award for Best Director for the 2011 off-Broadway revival of Three Sisters. Recent Broadway credits include Choir Boy in 2016 and The Minutes in 2022. Description above from the Wikipedia article Austin Pendleton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
When Robert Met Judith
Movie · as Robert
The Belt
Movie
The Pitchfork Retreat
Movie · as Dr. Nacht
Magic Hour
Movie · as Joseph
Essentials
Movie · as Max
The Reunion
Movie
5-25-77
Movie · as Herb Lightman
Our Father
Movie · as Jerry
The Mimic
Movie · as The Driver
Paint
Movie · as Professor Jacob Winston
The Sound of Silence
Movie · as Robert Feinway
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Movie · as Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Movie · as Self
7 Splinters in Time
Movie · as Fyodor Wax
Olympia
Movie · as Self
Sunset
Movie · as Julian
Wanderland
Movie · as Raphael
Alex, Inc.
TV · as Wesley Harman · 1 ep
New Amsterdam
TV · as Eli Pembroke · 1 ep
The Good Fight
TV · as Dr. Goat · 1 ep
Finding Dory
Movie · as Gurgle (voice)
Starring Austin Pendleton
Movie · as Self
Billions
TV · as Goose Quill · 2 eps
She's Funny That Way
Movie · as Judge Pendergast
Difficult People
TV · as Director · 1 ep
The Mend
Movie · as Earl
Black Box
Movie · as William Peters
Hairbrained
Movie · as Dapper Man
Game Change
Movie · as Senator Joe Lieberman
Person of Interest
TV · as Pilcher · 1 ep
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Movie · as Dr. Masters
Cupid
TV · as Dr. Boyd · 1 ep
Theater of War
Movie · as Self
Life on Mars
TV · as Dr. Goldman · 1 ep
Raising Flagg
Movie · as Gus Falk
Dirty Work
Movie · as Julian
Edge of Outside
Movie · as Self
The Notorious Bettie Page
Movie · as Teacher
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Movie · as Jaurice
Christmas with the Kranks
Movie · as Umbrella Santa / Marty
Piccadilly Jim
Movie · as Peter Pett
Strip Search
Movie · as James Perley
Finding Nemo
Movie · as Gurgle (voice)
Uptown Girls
Movie · as Mr. McConkey
Sick in the Head
Movie
Joan of Arcadia
TV · as Dietrich Steinholz · 1 ep
Wishcraft
Movie · as Mr. Turner
Angela
Movie
Manna from Heaven
Movie · as Two-Digit Doyle
A Beautiful Mind
Movie · as Thomas King
Queenie in Love
Movie · as Alvin
The Concert for New York City
Movie · as Austin Pendleton film buff
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as John Manotti · 1 ep
Homicide: The Movie
Movie · as George Griscom
Fast Food Fast Women
Movie · as George
Broke Even
Movie · as Archie
The Acting Class
Movie · as Bobby Austin
The 4th Floor
Movie · as Albert Collins
Joe the King
Movie · as Winston
Men of Means
Movie · as Jerry Trask
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Horace Gorman · 1 ep
The West Wing
TV · as Barry Haskell · 1 ep
Sue
Movie · as Bob
River Made to Drown In
Movie · as Billy
Trial and Error
Movie · as Judge Paul Z. Graff
The Fumbleheads
Movie · as Eugene Cleft
Amistad
Movie · as Professor Gibbs
Oz
TV · as William Giles · 11 eps
The Practice
TV · as Sam Feldberg · 1 ep
Liberty!
TV · as Benjamin Rush · 6 eps
Fired Up
TV · as Bobby H. · 1 ep
The Associate
Movie · as Aesop Franklin
2 Days in the Valley
Movie · as Ralph Crupi
The Proprietor
Movie · as Willy Kunst
Sgt. Bilko
Movie · as Major Ebersole
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Movie · as Barry
Two Much
Movie · as Dr. Huffeyer
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Movie · as Hamlet
Home for the Holidays
Movie · as Peter Arnold
New York News
TV
Don't Drink the Water
Movie · as Chef Oscar
Guarding Tess
Movie · as Earl
Greedy
Movie · as Hotel Clerk
The World of Jim Henson
Movie · as Max (archive footage)
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Mr. Piltdown · 1 ep
Mr. Nanny
Movie · as Alex Mason, Sr.
Rain Without Thunder
Movie · as Catholic Priest
My Boyfriend's Back
Movie · as Dr. Bronson
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Movie · as Asa Hoffman
Frasier
TV · as Dr. Dorfman · 1 ep
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV · as Dr. George Griscom · 11 eps
My Cousin Vinny
Movie · as John Gibbons
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
Movie · as Moustached Passenger
Charlie's Ear
Movie · as Harold Blodgett
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Movie · as Lawyer Taylor
True Identity
Movie · as Director of Othello
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Movie · as Mr. Gadbury
American Dreamer
TV · 1 ep
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Orloff · 1 ep
Hello Again
Movie · as Junior Lacey
21 Jump Street
TV · as Mr. Trysla · 1 ep
Leg Work
TV · as Harold Rodman · 1 ep
Short Circuit
Movie · as Howard Marner
Off Beat
Movie · as Gun Shop Salesman
My Man Adam
Movie · as Mr. Greenhut
The Equalizer
TV · as Jonah · 3 eps
Talk to Me
Movie · as Richard Patterson
The Cosby Show
TV · as Mr. Kensington · 1 ep
Miami Vice
TV · as Max Rogo · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Barney Gunderson · 1 ep
Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as White Rabbit
Masquerade
TV · as Actor · 1 ep
St. Elsewhere
TV · as Mr. Entertainment · 2 eps
First Family
Movie · as Dr. Alexander Grade
Simon
Movie · as Dr. Carl Becker
The Muppet Movie
Movie · as Max
Starting Over
Movie · as Paul
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Movie · as Guido
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
Movie · as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
Diary of the Dead
Movie · as Dr. Klein
The Front Page
Movie · as Earl Williams
June Moon
Movie · as Bennie
Good Times
TV · 1 ep
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Movie · as Zukovsky
What's Up, Doc?
Movie · as Frederick Larrabee
Every Little Crook and Nanny
Movie · as Luther
Great Performances
TV · as Bennie, White Rabbit · 1 ep
Catch-22
Movie · as Lt. Col. Moodus
Love, American Style
TV · 1 ep
Skidoo
Movie · as Fred the Professor
Petulia
Movie · as Intern (uncredited)
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep