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Austin Pendleton

Actor, Additional CreditsBorn March 27, 1940 (84 years)
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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • She's Funny That Way
  • 21 Jump Street
  • Mr. Nanny
  • Wishcraft
  • Skidoo
  • Piccadilly Jim
  • The Mend
  • He's Way More Famous Than You
  • The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
  • Raising Flagg
  • Our Father
  • The Reunion
  • Sunset
Known For
  • Finding Nemo
  • My Cousin Vinny
  • Short Circuit
  • Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
  • Uptown Girls
  • Christmas with the Kranks
  • Guarding Tess
  • The Muppet Movie
  • What's Up, Doc?
  • The Mirror Has Two Faces
  • The Front Page
  • Trial and Error
  • The Associate
  • The Notorious Bettie Page
  • Two Much
  • 5-25-77
  • Hello Again
  • Starting Over
  • Wishcraft
  • The 4th Floor
  • The Sound of Silence
  • Joe the King
  • 7 Splinters in Time
  • Strip Search

Filmography

2024
2022
2021
2020
Paint · as Professor Jacob Winston
2020
Before/During/After · as Dr. Horowitz
2020
The Mimic · as The Driver
2019
The Sound of Silence · as Robert Feinway
2019
2018
New Amsterdam (2018) (TV Series) · as Eli Pembroke
2018
7 Splinters in Time · as Fyodor Wax
2018
Sunset · as Julian
2018
Wanderland · as Raphael
2018
Alex, Inc. (TV Series) · as Wesley Harman
2017
King Rat · as Cast
2017
The Good Fight (TV Series) · as Dr. Goat
2016
Finding Dory · as Gurgle (voice)
2016
Billions (TV Series)
2015
Difficult People (TV Series) · as Director
2014
She's Funny That Way · as Judge Pendergast
2014
2014
2013
Hair Brained · as Dapper Man
2013
2012
Game Change · as Senator Joe Lieberman
2011
Person of Interest (TV Series) · as Pilcher
2010
2009
Cupid (2009) (TV Series)
2008
5-25-77 · as Herb Lightman
2008
Life on Mars (US) (TV Series) · as Dr. Goldman
2007
Lovely by Surprise · as Jackson
2006
Raising Flagg · as Gus Falk
2006
Dirty Work · as Julian
2005
2005
2004
Christmas with the Kranks · as Umbrella Santa / Marty
2004
Piccadilly Jim · as Peter Pett
2004
Strip Search · as James Perley
2003
Joan of Arcadia (TV Series)
2003
2003
Uptown Girls · as Mr. Mcconkey
2003
Finding Nemo · as Gurgle (voice)
2002
Wishcraft · as Mr. Turner
2002
Manna from Heaven · as Two-Digit Doyle
2001
A Beautiful Mind · as Thomas King
2001
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as John Manotti
2001
The Education of Max Bickford (TV Series) · as Harry
2001
Queenie in Love · as Alvin
2001
100 Centre Street (TV Series) · as Al Cox
2000
2000
The Acting Class · as Bobby Austin
2000
Homicide: The Movie · as George Griscom
2000
Broke Even · as Archie
1999
The West Wing (TV Series) · as Barry Haskell
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Horace Gorman
1999
The 4th Floor · as Albert Collins
1999
Joe the King · as Winston
1998
Men of Means · as Jerry Trask
1998
Charlie Hoboken · as Harry Cedars
1997
Sue · as Bob
1997
Amistad · as Professor Gibbs
1997
Liberty! The American Revolution (TV Series) · as Benjamin Rush
1997
1997
Oz (TV Series) · as William Giles
1997
Trial and Error · as Judge Paul Z. Graff
1997
Fired Up (TV Series) · as Bobby H.
1997
The Practice (TV Series) · as Sam Feldberg
1997
The Fanatics · as Eugene Cleft
1996
1996
The Associate · as Aesop Franklin
1996
The Proprietor · as Willy Kunst
1996
2 Days in the Valley · as Ralph Crupi
1996
Sgt. Bilko · as Maj Ebersole
1996
Tracey Takes On... (TV Series) · as Professor Kenneth Hawkins
1995
Two Much · as Dr. Huffeyer
1995
Home for the Holidays · as Peter Arnold
1995
New York News (TV Series)
1995
1995
Long Island Fever · as Dr.motts
1994
Don't Drink the Water · as Chef Oscar
1994
The World of Jim Henson · as Max (archive Footage)
1994
The Cosby Mysteries (TV Series) · as Maynard Caldwell
1994
Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Mr. Piltdown
1994
Guarding Tess · as Earl
1994
Greedy · as Hotel Clerk
1993
Frasier (TV Series) · as Dr. Dorfman
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer · as Asa Hoffman
1993
My Boyfriend's Back · as Dr. Bronson
1993
Mr. Nanny · as Alex Mason, Sr.
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) · as Dr. George Griscom
1992
Rain Without Thunder · as Catholic Priest
1992
1992
My Cousin Vinny · as John Gibbons
1991
True Identity · as Director Of Othello
1991
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe · as Lawyer Taylor
1990
1990
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge · as Mr. Gadbury
1990
American Dreamer (TV Series)
1989
Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Orloff
1989
Anything but Love (TV Series) · as Max Templeton
1989
B.L. Stryker (TV Series) · as Danny Lennox
1987
Hello Again · as Junior Lacey
1987
Leg Work (TV Series) · as Harold Rodman
1987
21 Jump Street (TV Series) · as Mr. Trysla
1986
Short Circuit · as Howard Marner
1986
Off Beat · as Gun Shop Salesman
1985
My Man Adam · as Mr. Greenhut
1985
Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) · as The Professor
1985
The Equalizer (TV Series) · as Jonah
1984
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Barney Gunderson
1984
The Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Mr. Kensington
1984
Miami Vice (TV Series) · as Max Rogo
1982
Talk to Me · as Richard Patterson
1982
St. Elsewhere (TV Series)
1980
First Family · as Dr. Alexander Grade
1980
Simon · as Dr. Carl Becker
1979
Starting Over · as Paul
1979
1977
1976
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase · as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
1976
Diary of the Dead · as Dr. Klein
1974
The Front Page · as Earl Williams
1974
Good Times (TV Series)
1973
1972
1972
What's Up, Doc? · as Frederick Larrabee
1971
Great Performances (TV Series) · as Bennie
1970
Catch-22 · as Lt. Col. Moodus
1969
1968
Skidoo · as Fred The Professor
1968
One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Role Unknown (1980s)
1968
Petulia · as Intern (uncredited)

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