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Austin Pendleton
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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 Th…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Austin Pendleton's Filmography
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The Belt
The Pitchfork Retreat
as Dr. Nacht
Magic Hour
as Joseph
Essentials
as Max
The Reunion
Our Father
as Jerry
The Mimic
as The Driver
Paint
as Professor Jacob Winston
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
The Sound of Silence
as Robert Feinway
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
as Self
Olympia
as Self
7 Splinters in Time
as Fyodor Wax
Sunset
as Julian
Wanderland
as Raphael
Finding Dory
as Gurgle (voice)
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
She's Funny That Way
as Judge Pendergast
The Mend
as Earl
Hairbrained
as Dapper Man
Black Box
as William Peters
Game Change
as Senator Joe Lieberman
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
as Dr. Masters
5-25-77
as Herb Lightman
Theater of War
as Self
Raising Flagg
as Gus Falk
Dirty Work
as Julian
Edge of Outside
as Self
The Notorious Bettie Page
as Teacher
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
as Jaurice
Christmas with the Kranks
as Umbrella Santa / Marty
Piccadilly Jim
as Peter Pett
Strip Search
as James Perley
Uptown Girls
as Mr. McConkey
Finding Nemo
as Gurgle (voice)
No Poster
Sick in the Head
Wishcraft
as Mr. Turner
Manna from Heaven
as Two-Digit Doyle
Angela
A Beautiful Mind
as Thomas King
The Concert for New York City
as Austin Pendleton film buff
Sounds from a Town I Love
as film buff
Queenie in Love
as Alvin
Fast Food Fast Women
as George
The Acting Class
as Bobby Austin
Homicide: The Movie
as George Griscom
Broke Even
as Archie
The 4th Floor
as Albert Collins
Men of Means
as Jerry Trask
Joe the King
as Winston
Sue
as Bob
Amistad
as Professor Gibbs
River Made to Drown In
as Billy
Trial and Error
as Judge Paul Z. Graff
The Fumbleheads
as Eugene Cleft
The Mirror Has Two Faces
as Barry
The Associate
as Aesop Franklin
2 Days in the Valley
as Ralph Crupi
The Proprietor
as Willy Kunst
Sgt. Bilko
as Major Ebersole
Two Much
as Dr. Huffeyer
Home for the Holidays
as Peter Arnold
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
as Hamlet
Don't Drink the Water
as Chef Oscar
The World of Jim Henson
as Max (archive footage)
Guarding Tess
as Earl
Greedy
as Hotel Clerk
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Asa Hoffman
My Boyfriend's Back
as Dr. Bronson
Mr. Nanny
as Alex Mason, Sr.
Rain Without Thunder
as Catholic Priest
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
as Moustached Passenger
Charlie's Ear
as Harold Blodgett
My Cousin Vinny
as John Gibbons
True Identity
as Director of Othello
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
as Lawyer Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
as Mr. Gadbury
Hello Again
as Junior Lacey
Short Circuit
as Howard Marner
Off Beat
as Gun Shop Salesman
My Man Adam
as Mr. Greenhut
Talk to Me
as Richard Patterson
Alice in Wonderland
as White Rabbit
First Family
as Dr. Alexander Grade
Simon
as Dr. Carl Becker
Starting Over
as Paul
The Muppet Movie
as Max
The Great Smokey Roadblock
as Guido
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
Diary of the Dead
as Dr. Klein
The Front Page
as Earl Williams
June Moon
as Bennie
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
as Zukovsky
Every Little Crook and Nanny
as Luther
What's Up, Doc?
as Frederick Larrabee
Catch-22
as Lt. Col. Moodus
Skidoo
as Fred the Professor
Petulia
as Intern (uncredited)
No Poster
When Robert Met Judith
as Robert