Austin Pendleton

Actor

Austin Pendleton

Born March 27, 1940 in Warren, Ohio, USA90 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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Guarding Tess poster6.0Guarding Tess1994Short Circuit poster6.7Short Circuit1986Joe the King poster5.8Joe the King1999Trial and Error poster5.4Trial and Error1997Finding Nemo poster7.8Finding Nemo2003My Cousin Vinny poster7.5My Cousin Vinny1992A Beautiful Mind poster7.9A Beautiful Mind2001Uptown Girls poster7.1Uptown Girls2003

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Filmography

90 films as actor
  1. TBAWhen Robert Met JudithRobert
  2. 2026The Belt
  3. 2025The Pitchfork RetreatDr. Nacht
  4. 2025Magic HourJoseph
  5. 20225-25-77Herb Lightman
  6. 2022EssentialsMax
  7. 2022The Reunion
  8. 2021Our FatherJerry
  9. 2021The MimicThe Driver
  10. 2020PaintProfessor Jacob Winston
  11. 2019The Sound of SilenceRobert Feinway
  12. 20187 Splinters in TimeFyodor Wax
  13. 2018SunsetJulian
  14. 2018WanderlandRaphael
  15. 2016Finding DoryGurgle (voice)
  16. 2015She's Funny That WayJudge Pendergast
  17. 2014The MendEarl
  18. 2013HairbrainedDapper Man
  19. 2013Black BoxWilliam Peters
  20. 2012Game ChangeSenator Joe Lieberman
  21. 2010Wall Street: Money Never SleepsDr. Masters
  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. 2001Queenie in LoveAlvin
  37. 2000Fast Food Fast WomenGeorge
  38. 2000The Acting ClassBobby Austin
  39. 2000Homicide: The MovieGeorge Griscom
  40. 2000Broke EvenArchie
  41. 1999The 4th FloorAlbert Collins
  42. 1999Men of MeansJerry Trask
  43. 1999Joe the KingWinston
  44. 1998SueBob
  45. 1997AmistadProfessor Gibbs
  46. 1997River Made to Drown InBilly
  47. 1997Trial and ErrorJudge Paul Z. Graff
  48. 1997The FumbleheadsEugene Cleft
  49. 1996The Mirror Has Two FacesBarry
  50. 1996The AssociateAesop Franklin
  51. 19962 Days in the ValleyRalph Crupi
  52. 1996The ProprietorWilly Kunst
  53. 1996Sgt. BilkoMajor Ebersole
  54. 1995Two MuchDr. Huffeyer
  55. 1995Home for the HolidaysPeter Arnold
  56. 1995The Fifteen Minute HamletHamlet
  57. 1994Don't Drink the WaterChef Oscar
  58. 1994Guarding TessEarl
  59. 1994GreedyHotel Clerk
  60. 1993Searching for Bobby FischerAsa Hoffman
  61. 1993My Boyfriend's BackDr. Bronson
  62. 1993Mr. NannyAlex Mason, Sr.
  63. 1993Rain Without ThunderCatholic Priest
  64. 1992Four Eyes and Six-GunsMoustached Passenger
  65. 1992Charlie's EarHarold Blodgett
  66. 1992My Cousin VinnyJohn Gibbons
  67. 1991True IdentityDirector of Othello
  68. 1991The Ballad of the Sad CafeLawyer Taylor
  69. 1990Mr. & Mrs. BridgeMr. Gadbury
  70. 1987Hello AgainJunior Lacey
  71. 1986Short CircuitHoward Marner
  72. 1986Off BeatGun Shop Salesman
  73. 1985My Man AdamMr. Greenhut
  74. 1984Talk to MeRichard Patterson
  75. 1983Alice in WonderlandWhite Rabbit
  76. 1980First FamilyDr. Alexander Grade
  77. 1980SimonDr. Carl Becker
  78. 1979Starting OverPaul
  79. 1979The Muppet MovieMax
  80. 1978The Great Smokey RoadblockGuido
  81. 1976The Great Texas Dynamite ChaseFancy Car Man (uncredited)
  82. 1976Diary of the DeadDr. Klein
  83. 1974The Front PageEarl Williams
  84. 1974June MoonBennie
  85. 1973The Thief Who Came to DinnerZukovsky
  86. 1972Every Little Crook and NannyLuther
  87. 1972What's Up, Doc?Frederick Larrabee
  88. 1970Catch-22Lt. Col. Moodus
  89. 1968SkidooFred the Professor
  90. 1968PetuliaIntern (uncredited)