Austin Pendleton

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1940-03-27 (84 years old)

Place of Birth Warren, Ohio, USA

Austin Pendleton

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

Actor

2022
Essentials

as Max

2021
Our Father

as Jerry

2021
The Mimic

as The Driver

2020
Paint

as Professor Jacob Winston

2019
The Sound of Silence

as Robert Feinway

2018
Olympia

as Himself

2018
7 Splinters in Time

as Fyodor Wax

2018
New Amsterdam

as Eli Pembroke

2018
Alex, Inc.

as Wesley Harman

2017
The Good Fight

as Dr. Goat

2016
Finding Dory

as Gurgle (voice)

2015
She's Funny That Way

as Judge Pendergast

2014
The Mend

as Earl

2013
Hairbrained

as Dapper Man

2013
Black Box

as William Peters

2012
Game Change

as Senator Joe Lieberman

2011
2009
2008
5-25-77

as Herb Lightman

2008
2008
Life on Mars

as Dr. Goldman

2006
Raising Flagg

as Gus Falk

2006
Dirty Work

as Julian

2006
2004
Christmas with the Kranks

as Umbrella Santa / Marty

2004
Piccadilly Jim

as Peter Pett

2004
Strip Search

as James Perley

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

2002
2001
A Beautiful Mind

as Thomas King

2001
2001
2001
2000
2000
The Acting Class

as Bobby Austin

2000
Homicide: The Movie

as George Griscom

2000
Broke Even

as Archie

1999
The 4th Floor

as Albert Collins

1999
Men of Means

as Jerry Trask

1999
Joe the King

as Winston

1999
The West Wing

as Barry Haskell

1998
Sue

as Bob

1997
Amistad

as Professor Gibbs

1997
Trial and Error

as Judge Paul Z. Graff

1997
The Fumbleheads

as Eugene Cleft

1997
Liberty!

as Benjamin Rush

1997
Oz

as William Giles

1997
Fired Up

as Bobby H.

1997
The Practice

as Sam Feldberg

1996
The Associate

as Aesop Franklin

1996
2 Days in the Valley

as Ralph Crupi

1996
The Proprietor

as Willy Kunst

1996
Sgt. Bilko

as MAJ Ebersole

1995
Two Much

as Dr. Huffeyer

1995
Home for the Holidays

as Peter Arnold

1994
Don't Drink the Water

as Chef Oscar

1994
The World of Jim Henson

as Max (archive footage)

1994
1994
Greedy

as Hotel Clerk

1994
Touched by an Angel

as Mr. Piltdown

1993
1993
My Boyfriend's Back

as Dr. Bronson

1993
Mr. Nanny

as Alex Mason, Sr.

1993
Rain Without Thunder

as Catholic Priest

1993
Frasier

as Dr. Dorfman

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street

as Dr. George Griscom

1992
My Cousin Vinny

as John Gibbons

1991
1990
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

as Mr. Gadbury

1989
1987
Hello Again

as Junior Lacey

1987
Leg Work

as Harold Rodman

1987
21 Jump Street

as Mr. Trysla

1986
Short Circuit

as Howard Marner

1986
Off Beat

as Gun Shop Salesman

1985
My Man Adam

as Mr. Greenhut

1985
The Equalizer

as Jonah

1984
Talk to Me

as Richard Patterson

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Barney Gunderson

1984
The Cosby Show

as Mr. Kensington

1984
Miami Vice

as Max Rogo

1983
Alice in Wonderland

as White Rabbit

1980
First Family

as Dr. Alexander Grade

1980
Simon

as Dr. Carl Becker

1979
1979
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
June Moon

as Bennie

1972
What's Up, Doc?

as Frederick Larrabee

1971
1971
Great Performances

as White Rabbit

1970
Catch-22

as Lt. Col. Moodus

1968
Skidoo

as Fred the Professor

1968
Petulia

as Intern (uncredited)

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Director