Austin Pendleton
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.
Known For
Gurgle (voice)
Finding Nemo
Thomas King
A Beautiful Mind
Earl Williams
The Front Page
Howard Marner
Short Circuit
Billy
River Made to Drown In
John Gibbons
My Cousin Vinny
Chef Oscar
Don't Drink the Water
Max
The Muppet Movie
Aesop Franklin
The Associate
Earl
Guarding Tess
George Griscom
Homicide: The Movie
Frederick Larrabee
What's Up, Doc?
Mr. Turner
Wishcraft
Fred the Professor
Skidoo
Ralph Crupi
2 Days in the Valley
Max
Essentials
Umbrella Santa / Marty
Christmas with the Kranks
Junior Lacey
Hello Again
Guido
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Mr. McConkey
Uptown Girls
Dr. Huffeyer
Two Much
Gus Falk
Raising Flagg
Judge Paul Z. Graff
Trial and Error
Albert Collins
The 4th Floor
Alex Mason, Sr.
Mr. Nanny
Gun Shop Salesman
Off Beat
Winston
Joe the King
Paul
Starting Over
Zukovsky
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
The Reunion
Angela
Luther
Every Little Crook and Nanny
Willy Kunst
The Proprietor
Dr. Alexander Grade
First Family
Mr. Gadbury
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Herb Lightman
5-25-77
Jerry Trask
Men of Means
William Peters
Black Box
Dapper Man
Hairbrained
Earl
The Mend
Lawyer Taylor
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Julian
Dirty Work
Dr. Nacht
The Pitchfork Retreat
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
White Rabbit
Alice in Wonderland
Self
Edge of Outside
Dr. Carl Becker
Simon
Jaurice
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Catholic Priest
Rain Without Thunder
Self
Theater of War
MAJ Ebersole
Sgt. Bilko
Two-Digit Doyle
Manna from Heaven
Judge Pendergast
She's Funny That Way
Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
Gurgle (voice)
Finding Dory
Lt. Col. Moodus
Catch-22
Hotel Clerk
Greedy
Eugene Cleft
The Fumbleheads
Hamlet
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Peter Pett
Piccadilly Jim
Alvin
Queenie in Love
Mr. Greenhut
My Man Adam
Barry
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Teacher
The Notorious Bettie Page
Self
Starring Austin Pendleton
Intern (uncredited)
Petulia
Fyodor Wax
7 Splinters in Time
Himself
Olympia
Robert Feinway
The Sound of Silence
Richard Patterson
Talk to Me
George
Fast Food Fast Women
Professor Gibbs
Amistad
Himself
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Dr. Klein
Diary of the Dead
Max (archive footage)
The World of Jim Henson
Dr. Bronson
My Boyfriend's Back
Senator Joe Lieberman
Game Change
Bennie
June Moon
Peter Arnold
Home for the Holidays
Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Professor Jacob Winston
Paint
James Perley
Strip Search
Bob
Sue
Jerry
Our Father
The Driver
The Mimic
film buff
Sounds from a Town I Love
Archie
Broke Even
Bobby Austin
The Acting Class
Asa Hoffman
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Sick in the Head
Dr. Masters
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
91
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-03-27
Place of Birth
Warren, Ohio, USA
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