Wallace Shawn
- Acting
- November 12, 1943 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Toy Story 5 · Rex (Voice)
- Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20 · Self
- The Clock · Harold Jenkins
- Krapopolis · John Fate (Voice)
- The Addams Family 2 · Mr. Mustela (Voice)
- Gossip Girl · Cyrus Rose
- Waiting for Godot · Lucky
- Rifkin's Festival · Mort Rifkin
- A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion · Vizzini
- Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made · Mr. Crocus
- Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time? · Rex (Voice)
- Forky Asks a Question · Rex (Voice)
- Marriage Story · Frank
- Evil · Father Francis Ignatius
- Toy Story 4 · Rex (Voice)
- Amphibia · Humphrey (Voice)
- What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine · Self
- Animal Crackers · Mr. Woodley (Voice)
- Summer Camp Island · Morris Mole (Voice), Barry (Voice)
- Big City Greens · Jyle (Voice)
- Book Club · Dr. Derek
- Another Kind of Wedding · Albert
- Drawing Home
- Young Sheldon · John Sturgis
- Cop and a Half: New Recruit · Principal Miller
- The Only Living Boy in New York · David
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel · Herb Smith
- The Good Fight · Charles Lester
- Search Party · William Badpastor
- Graves · Jerry North
- The Stinky & Dirty Show · Tall (Voice)
- Maggie's Plan · Kliegler
- Starring Austin Pendleton · Self
- Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond · Self
- Club Penguin Halloween Panic! · Gary
- Robo-Dog · Mr. Willis
- Life in Pieces · Samuel
- Club Penguin Monster Beach Party · Gary the Gadget Guy (Voice)
- Mr. Robot · Mr. Williams
- Christmas at Cartwright's · Harry
- Toy Story That Time Forgot · Rex (Voice)
- The Fog of Courage · Eustace Bagge
- The Mysteries of Laura · Kenneth Walters
- BoJack Horseman · Wallace Shawn (Voice)
- A Master Builder · Halvard Solness, Producer
- The 7D · Not-So-Magic-Mirror (Voice)
- The Last Impresario · Self
- The Night Shift · Mr. Neville
- Don Peyote · Dr. Fieldman
- The Double · Mr. Papadopoulos
- Mozart in the Jungle · Winslow Elliott
- Toy Story of Terror! · Rex (Voice)
- Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner · Self
- Admission · Clarence
- A Late Quartet · Gideon Rosen
- Partysaurus Rex · Rex (Voice)
- Vamps · Dr. Van Helsing
- Small Fry · Rex (Voice)
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness · Taotie (Voice)
- Hawaiian Vacation · Rex (Voice)
- The Speed of Thought · Sandy
- Regular Show · Evil Brain (Voice)
- Fish Hooks · Rat King (Voice)
- Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore · Calico (Voice)
- Toy Story 3 · Rex (Voice)
- Furry Vengeance · Dr. Christian Burr (uncredited)
- Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs · Rex (Voice)
- Jack and the Beanstalk · Booker / Broker / Lancealot Squarejaw, Broker / Booker / Lancelot Squarejaw
- The Good Wife · Charles Lester
- Capitalism: A Love Story · Self
- The Windmill Movie · Self
- André Gregory and Wallace Shawn
- Life on Mars · The Sorcerer
- Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King · Mr. Gibbles (Voice)
- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl · Mr. Gibson
- Southland Tales · Baron Von Westphalen
- Gossip Girl · Cyrus Rose
- New York City Serenade · Wallace Shawn
- The Pixar Story · Rex (voice) (archive footage)
- Phineas and Ferb · Saul (Voice)