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Wallace Shawn
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Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2017–2024), and voicing Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present).
Shawn also appeared in The Bostonians (1984), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), My Favorite Martian (1999), The Double (2013), Maggie's Plan (2015), and Marriage Story (2019). He appeared in six Woody Allen films including Manhattan (1979), Radio Days (1987), and Rifkin's Festival (2020). His television work inclu…
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Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2017–2024), and voicing Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present). Shawn also appeared in The Bostonians (1984), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), My Favorite Martian (1999), The Double (2013), Maggie's Plan (2015), and Marriage Story (2019). He appeared in six Woody Allen films including Manhattan (1979), Radio Days (1987), and Rifkin's Festival (2020). His television work includes recurring roles as Jeff Engels in The Cosby Show (1987–1991), Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl (2008–2012), and Father Frank Ignatius in Evil (2022–2024). Shawn is also a playwright; his plays include the Obie Award–winning Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985), The Designated Mourner (1996) and Grasses of a Thousand Colors (2008). He wrote and starred, with Andre Gregory, in the 1981 avant-garde drama My Dinner with Andre, and played the title role in A Master Builder (2013), a film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play. Haymarket Books published his books Essays (2009) and Night Thoughts (2017). Description above from the Wikipedia article Wallace Shawn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Toy Story 5
as Rex (voice)
Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20
as Self
The Clock
as Harold Jenkins
The Addams Family 2
as Mr. Mustela (voice)
Waiting for Godot
as Lucky
Rifkin's Festival
as Mort Rifkin
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
as Vizzini
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
as Mr. Crocus
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?
as Rex (voice)
Marriage Story
as Frank
Toy Story 4
as Rex (voice)
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Self
Animal Crackers
as Mr. Woodley (voice)
Book Club
as Dr. Derek
Another Kind of Wedding
as Albert
Drawing Home
Cop and a Half: New Recruit
as Principal Miller
The Only Living Boy in New York
as David
Maggie's Plan
as Kliegler
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
as Self (archive footage)
Club Penguin Halloween Panic!
as Gary
Robo-Dog
as Mr. Willis
Club Penguin Monster Beach Party
as Gary the Gadget Guy (voice)
Christmas at Cartwright's
as Harry
Toy Story That Time Forgot
as Rex (voice)
The Fog of Courage
as Eustace Bagge
A Master Builder
as Halvard Solness
The Last Impresario
as Self
Don Peyote
as Dr. Fieldman
The Double
as Mr. Papadopoulos
Toy Story of Terror!
as Rex (Voice)
No Poster
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner
as Self
Admission
as Clarence
A Late Quartet
as Gideon Rosen
Partysaurus Rex
as Rex (voice)
Vamps
as Dr. Van Helsing
Small Fry
as Rex (voice)
Hawaiian Vacation
as Rex (voice)
The Speed of Thought
as Sandy
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
as Calico (voice)
Toy Story 3
as Rex (voice)
Furry Vengeance
as Dr. Christian Burr (uncredited)
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Booker / Broker / Lancealot Squarejaw
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Broker / Booker / Lancelot Squarejaw
Capitalism: A Love Story
as Self
The Windmill Movie
as Self
André Gregory and Wallace Shawn
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
as Mr. Gibbles (voice)
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
as Mr. Gibson
Southland Tales
as Baron Von Westphalen
New York City Serenade
as Wallace Shawn
The Pixar Story
as Rex (voice) (archive footage)
I Could Never Be Your Woman
as Math Teacher (uncredited)
Strange Culture
as Self
Happily N'Ever After
as Munk (voice)
Air Buddies
as Billy (voice)
Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
as Barnacle Paul (voice)
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
as Self
Chicken Little
as Principal Fetchit (voice)
Karroll's Christmas
Melinda and Melinda
as Sy
The Incredibles
as Gilbert Huph (voice)
Teacher's Pet
as Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)
The Haunted Mansion
as Ezra
Love Thy Neighbor
as Clinic Doctor
Duplex
as Herman
Monte Walsh
as Colonel Wilson
Mr. St. Nick
as Mimir
Personal Velocity
as Mr. Gelb
Monsters, Inc.
as Rex (voice) (uncredited)
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
as Self
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
as George Bond
The Prime Gig
as Gene
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
as Rex (voice)
Toy Story 2
as Rex (voice)
My Favorite Martian
as Coleye
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Noah
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
as Tarzan Chimp (voice)
Critical Care
as Furnaceman
Just Write
as Arthur Blake
Vegas Vacation
as Marty
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
as Self
The Wife
as Cosmo
House Arrest
as Vic Finley
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
as Labrador MC (voice)
Toy Story
as Rex (voice)
Just Like Dad
as Stan Spiegel
Clueless
as Mr. Wendell Hall
Canadian Bacon
as Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
Driving Mr. Pink
as Boss Man (voice)
A Goofy Movie
as Principal Mazur (voice)
Vanya on 42nd Street
as Vanya
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Horatio Byrd
The Meteor Man
as Mr. Little
The Magic Bubble
as Doctor/Therapist
The Cemetery Club
as Larry
The Double 0 Kid
as Cashpot
Mom and Dad Save the World
as Sibor, Semage's Beau
Nickel & Dime
as Everett Willits
Shadows and Fog
as Simon Carr
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
as Howard
We're No Angels
as Translator
She's Out of Control
as Dr. Fishbinder
The Moderns
as Oiseau
The Princess Bride
as Vizzini
Prick Up Your Ears
as John Lahr
Nice Girls Don't Explode
as Ellen
Radio Days
as Masked Avenger
The Bedroom Window
as Henderson's Attorney
Head Office
as Mike Hoover
Heaven Help Us
as Father Abruzzi
Micki & Maude
as Dr. Elliot Fibel
How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
as Professor Silverfish
My Dinner with Louis
as Interviewer
The Bostonians
as Mr. Pardon
The Hotel New Hampshire
as Freud
Crackers
as Turtle
Saigon: Year of the Cat
as Frank Judd
Deal of the Century
as Harold DeVoto
Strange Invaders
as Earl
The First Time
as Jules Goldfarb
Lovesick
as Otto Jaffe
A Little Sex
as Oliver
Strong Medicine
as Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)
My Dinner with Andre
as Wallace Shawn
Cheaper to Keep Her
as Mugger
Atlantic City
as Waiter
Simon
as Eric Van Dongen
All That Jazz
as Assistant Insurance Man
Starting Over
as Workshop Member
Manhattan
as Jeremiah
No Poster
The Man Who Changed the World
as Buckminster Fuller