Austin Pendleton
- Acting
- March 27, 1940 · Warren, Ohio, USA
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
Filmography
- The Belt
- The Pitchfork Retreat · Dr. Nacht
- Magic Hour · Joseph
- Between Riverside and Crazy · Director
- Essentials · Max
- The Reunion
- Our Father · Jerry
- The Mimic · The Driver
- Paint · Professor Jacob Winston
- Alan Pakula: Going for Truth · Self
- The Sound of Silence · Robert Feinway
- Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles · Self
- Olympia · Self
- New Amsterdam · Eli Pembroke
- 7 Splinters in Time · Fyodor Wax
- Sunset · Julian
- Wanderland · Raphael
- Alex, Inc. · Wesley Harman
- The Good Fight · Dr. Goat
- Finding Dory · Gurgle (Voice)
- Starring Austin Pendleton · Self
- Billions · Goose Quill
- Difficult People · Director
- She's Funny That Way · Judge Pendergast
- The Mend · Earl
- Hairbrained · Dapper Man
- Black Box · William Peters
- Game Change · Senator Joe Lieberman
- Person of Interest · Pilcher
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps · Dr. Masters
- Cupid · Dr. Boyd
- 5-25-77 · Herb Lightman
- Life on Mars · Dr. Goldman
- Theater of War · Self
- Raising Flagg · Gus Falk
- Dirty Work · Julian
- Edge of Outside · Self
- The Notorious Bettie Page · Teacher
- The Civilization of Maxwell Bright · Jaurice
- Christmas with the Kranks · Umbrella Santa / Marty
- Piccadilly Jim · Peter Pett
- Strip Search · James Perley
- Joan of Arcadia · Dietrich Steinholz
- Uptown Girls · Mr. McConkey
- Finding Nemo · Gurgle (Voice)
- Sick in the Head
- Wishcraft · Mr. Turner
- Manna from Heaven · Two-Digit Doyle
- Angela
- A Beautiful Mind · Thomas King
- Sounds from a Town I Love · film buff
- The Concert for New York City · Austin Pendleton film buff
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent · John Manotti
- Queenie in Love · Alvin
- Fast Food Fast Women · George
- The Acting Class · Bobby Austin
- Homicide: The Movie · George Griscom
- Broke Even · Archie
- The West Wing · Barry Haskell
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Horace Gorman
- The 4th Floor · Albert Collins
- Men of Means · Jerry Trask
- Joe the King · Winston
- Sue · Bob
- Amistad · Professor Gibbs
- Liberty! · Benjamin Rush
- River Made to Drown In · Billy
- Oz · William Giles
- Trial and Error · Judge Paul Z. Graff
- Fired Up · Bobby H.
- The Practice · Sam Feldberg
- The Fumbleheads · Eugene Cleft
- The Mirror Has Two Faces · Barry
- The Associate · Aesop Franklin
- 2 Days in the Valley · Ralph Crupi
- The Proprietor · Willy Kunst
- Sgt. Bilko · Major Ebersole
- Two Much · Dr. Huffeyer
- Home for the Holidays · Peter Arnold
- New York News