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Austin Pendleton

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Austin Pendleton

Born March 27, 1940 in Warren, Ohio, USA91 films

Austin Campbell Pendleton (born March 27, 1940) is an American actor, playwright, theatre director, and instructor.

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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.

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Finding Nemo poster7.8Finding Nemo2003Finding Dory poster7.0Finding Dory2016My Cousin Vinny poster7.5My Cousin Vinny1992Amistad poster7.0Amistad1997Uptown Girls poster7.1Uptown Girls2003Short Circuit poster6.7Short Circuit1986The Muppet Movie poster7.2The Muppet Movie1979Searching for Bobby Fischer poster7.1Searching for Bobby Fischer1993

Filmography

91 films as actor
  1. TBAWhen Robert Met JudithRobert
  2. 2026The Belt
  3. 2025The Pitchfork RetreatDr. Nacht
  4. 2025Magic HourJoseph
  5. 2022EssentialsMax
  6. 2022The Reunion
  7. 2021Our FatherJerry
  8. 2021The MimicThe Driver
  9. 2020PaintProfessor Jacob Winston
  10. 2019The Sound of SilenceRobert Feinway
  11. 20187 Splinters in TimeFyodor Wax
  12. 2018SunsetJulian
  13. 2018WanderlandRaphael
  14. 2016Finding DoryGurgle (voice)
  15. 2015She's Funny That WayJudge Pendergast
  16. 2014The MendEarl
  17. 2013HairbrainedDapper Man
  18. 2013Black BoxWilliam Peters
  19. 2012Game ChangeSenator Joe Lieberman
  20. 2010Wall Street: Money Never SleepsDr. Masters
  21. 20085-25-77Herb Lightman
  22. 2006Raising FlaggGus Falk
  23. 2006Dirty WorkJulian
  24. 2006The Notorious Bettie PageTeacher
  25. 2005The Civilization of Maxwell BrightJaurice
  26. 2004Christmas with the KranksUmbrella Santa / Marty
  27. 2004Piccadilly JimPeter Pett
  28. 2004Strip SearchJames Perley
  29. 2003Uptown GirlsMr. McConkey
  30. 2003Finding NemoGurgle (voice)
  31. 2003Sick in the Head
  32. 2002WishcraftMr. Turner
  33. 2002Manna from HeavenTwo-Digit Doyle
  34. 2002Angela
  35. 2001A Beautiful MindThomas King
  36. 2001Sounds from a Town I Lovefilm buff
  37. 2001Queenie in LoveAlvin
  38. 2000Fast Food Fast WomenGeorge
  39. 2000The Acting ClassBobby Austin
  40. 2000Homicide: The MovieGeorge Griscom
  41. 2000Broke EvenArchie
  42. 1999The 4th FloorAlbert Collins
  43. 1999Men of MeansJerry Trask
  44. 1999Joe the KingWinston
  45. 1998SueBob
  46. 1997AmistadProfessor Gibbs
  47. 1997River Made to Drown InBilly
  48. 1997Trial and ErrorJudge Paul Z. Graff
  49. 1997The FumbleheadsEugene Cleft
  50. 1996The Mirror Has Two FacesBarry
  51. 1996The AssociateAesop Franklin
  52. 19962 Days in the ValleyRalph Crupi
  53. 1996The ProprietorWilly Kunst
  54. 1996Sgt. BilkoMajor Ebersole
  55. 1995Two MuchDr. Huffeyer
  56. 1995Home for the HolidaysPeter Arnold
  57. 1995The Fifteen Minute HamletHamlet
  58. 1994Don't Drink the WaterChef Oscar
  59. 1994Guarding TessEarl
  60. 1994GreedyHotel Clerk
  61. 1993Searching for Bobby FischerAsa Hoffman
  62. 1993My Boyfriend's BackDr. Bronson
  63. 1993Mr. NannyAlex Mason, Sr.
  64. 1993Rain Without ThunderCatholic Priest
  65. 1992Four Eyes and Six-GunsMoustached Passenger
  66. 1992Charlie's EarHarold Blodgett
  67. 1992My Cousin VinnyJohn Gibbons
  68. 1991True IdentityDirector of Othello
  69. 1991The Ballad of the Sad CafeLawyer Taylor
  70. 1990Mr. & Mrs. BridgeMr. Gadbury
  71. 1987Hello AgainJunior Lacey
  72. 1986Short CircuitHoward Marner
  73. 1986Off BeatGun Shop Salesman
  74. 1985My Man AdamMr. Greenhut
  75. 1984Talk to MeRichard Patterson
  76. 1983Alice in WonderlandWhite Rabbit
  77. 1980First FamilyDr. Alexander Grade
  78. 1980SimonDr. Carl Becker
  79. 1979Starting OverPaul
  80. 1979The Muppet MovieMax
  81. 1978The Great Smokey RoadblockGuido
  82. 1976The Great Texas Dynamite ChaseFancy Car Man (uncredited)
  83. 1976Diary of the DeadDr. Klein
  84. 1974The Front PageEarl Williams
  85. 1974June MoonBennie
  86. 1973The Thief Who Came to DinnerZukovsky
  87. 1972Every Little Crook and NannyLuther
  88. 1972What's Up, Doc?Frederick Larrabee
  89. 1970Catch-22Lt. Col. Moodus
  90. 1968SkidooFred the Professor
  91. 1968PetuliaIntern (uncredited)