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Name
Wallace Shawn

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1943-11-12 (83 years old)

Place of Birth
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).

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Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1995 Toy Story as Rex (voice)
1999 Toy Story 2 as Rex (voice)
1979 Manhattan as Jeremiah
2010 Toy Story 3 as Rex (voice)
1995 Canadian Bacon as Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
1987 The Princess Bride as Vizzini
2001 The Curse of the Jade Scorpion as George Bond
2007 Southland Tales as Baron Von Westphalen
2007 Happily N'Ever After as Munk (voice)
1983 Deal of the Century as Harold DeVoto
2009 Capitalism: A Love Story as Self
1981 Cheaper to Keep Her as Mugger
1984 The Hotel New Hampshire as Freud
1980 Atlantic City as Waiter
1994 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as Horatio Byrd
1987 Radio Days as Masked Avenger
2008 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl as Mr. Gibson
1981 My Dinner with Andre as Wallace Shawn
2001 Monsters, Inc. as Rex (voice) (uncredited)
1994 Vanya on 42nd Street as Vanya
2008 Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King as Mr. Gibbles (voice)
1995 Clueless as Mr. Wendell Hall
2005 Chicken Little as Principal Fetchit (voice)
1999 My Favorite Martian as Coleye
2004 Melinda and Melinda as Sy
1992 Mom and Dad Save the World as Sibor, Semage's Beau
1987 Prick Up Your Ears as John Lahr
1984 Micki & Maude as Dr. Elliot Fibel
2009 Jack and the Beanstalk as Booker / Broker / Lancealot Squarejaw
1985 Head Office as Mike Hoover
2009 The Windmill Movie as Self
1988 The Moderns as Oiseau
1981 Strong Medicine as Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)
2011 The Speed of Thought as Sandy
2006 Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers as Barnacle Paul (voice)
2003 Monte Walsh as Colonel Wilson
1997 Critical Care as Furnaceman
2001 The Prime Gig as Gene
1995 A Goofy Movie as Principal Mazur (voice)
1987 The Bedroom Window as Henderson's Attorney
1983 Strange Invaders as Earl
1989 She's Out of Control as Dr. Fishbinder
1996 All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 as Labrador MC (voice)
1983 Lovesick as Otto Jaffe
1992 The Double 0 Kid as Cashpot
2012 Vamps as Dr. Van Helsing
1996 The Wife as Cosmo
1993 The Magic Bubble as Doctor/Therapist
1987 Nice Girls Don't Explode as Ellen
1984 Crackers as Turtle
2011 Hawaiian Vacation as Rex (voice)
1999 The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
2012 A Late Quartet as Gideon Rosen
1985 Heaven Help Us as Father Abruzzi
2013 Admission as Clarence
2004 Karroll's Christmas
2014 The Double as Mr. Papadopoulos
2012 Partysaurus Rex as Rex (voice)
1997 Just Write as Arthur Blake
2013 Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner as Self
2010 Furry Vengeance as Dr. Christian Burr (uncredited)
1998 Noah
1983 The First Time as Jules Goldfarb
2013 Toy Story of Terror! as Rex (Voice)
2007 The Pixar Story as Rex (voice) (archive footage)
2003 The Haunted Mansion as Ezra
2014 A Master Builder as Halvard Solness
2009 André Gregory and Wallace Shawn
1979 All That Jazz as Assistant Insurance Man
1995 Driving Mr. Pink as Boss Man (voice)
2003 Love Thy Neighbor as Clinic Doctor
1980 Simon as Eric Van Dongen
2014 Toy Story That Time Forgot as Rex (voice)
1991 Shadows and Fog as Simon Carr
2014 Christmas at Cartwright's as Harry
1989 We're No Angels as Translator
1996 House Arrest as Vic Finley
2016 Maggie's Plan as Kliegler
1997 Vegas Vacation as Marty
2015 Robo-Dog as Mr. Willis
1979 Starting Over as Workshop Member
2004 Teacher's Pet as Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)
2002 Personal Velocity as Mr. Gelb
2004 The Incredibles as Gilbert Huph (voice)
2011 Small Fry as Rex (voice)
2015 Club Penguin Halloween Panic! as Gary
2003 Duplex as Herman
1982 A Little Sex as Oliver
1984 How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days as Professor Silverfish
1983 Saigon: Year of the Cat as Frank Judd
2010 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore as Calico (voice)
1989 Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills as Howard
2018 Animal Crackers as Mr. Woodley (voice)
1995 Just Like Dad as Stan Spiegel
1992 Nickel & Dime as Everett Willits
2015 Club Penguin Monster Beach Party as Gary the Gadget Guy (voice)
1984 The Bostonians as Mr. Pardon
2006 Air Buddies as Billy (voice)
2017 Cop and a Half: New Recruit as Principal Miller
1996 The Story Behind 'Toy Story' as Self
2000 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins as Rex (voice)
2017 The Only Living Boy in New York as David
1984 My Dinner with Louis as Interviewer
2018 Book Club as Dr. Derek
2017 Another Kind of Wedding as Albert
1993 The Meteor Man as Mr. Little
2016 Starring Austin Pendleton as Self
2001 As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' as Self
2018 What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Self
2019 Toy Story 4 as Rex (voice)
2020 Rifkin's Festival as Mort Rifkin
2020 Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made as Mr. Crocus
2019 Marriage Story as Frank
2006 Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States as Self
2019 Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time? as Rex (voice)
2009 Jack and the Beanstalk as Broker / Booker / Lancelot Squarejaw
2007 I Could Never Be Your Woman as Math Teacher (uncredited)
2020 A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion as Vizzini
2014 The Fog of Courage as Eustace Bagge
1998 The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story as Tarzan Chimp (voice)
2021 Waiting for Godot as Lucky
2021 The Addams Family 2 as Mr. Mustela (voice)
2007 Strange Culture as Self
2015 Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond as Self (archive footage)
1993 The Cemetery Club as Larry
2002 Mr. St. Nick as Mimir
2017 Drawing Home
2014 Don Peyote as Dr. Fieldman
2025 The Clock as Harold Jenkins
2026 Toy Story 5 as Rex (voice)
2007 New York City Serenade as Wallace Shawn
2014 The Last Impresario as Self
2026 Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
Soon The Man Who Changed the World as Buckminster Fuller

1999 Family Guy ( 3 episodes ) as Bertram (voice)
2004 Desperate Housewives ( 1 episode ) as Lonny Moon
1997 Ally McBeal ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Dune
1984 The Cosby Show ( 5 episodes ) as Jeffrey Engels
1993 The Nanny ( 1 episode ) as Charles Haste
2001 Crossing Jordan ( 8 episodes ) as Howard Stiles
2000 Teacher's Pet ( 47 episodes ) as Principal Strickler (voice)
2005 Fat Actress ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Von Oy
2004 The L Word ( 4 episodes ) as William Halsey
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 1 episode ) as Film Professor
1997 Stargate SG-1 ( 1 episode ) as Arlos
1993 Homicide: Life on the Street ( 1 episode ) as Frank Hopper
2015 Mr. Robot ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Williams
1993 The Pink Panther ( 60 episodes ) as Boss Man (voice)
1997 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1 episode )
2016 Search Party ( 2 episodes ) as William Badpastor
2019 Amphibia ( 1 episode ) as Humphrey (voice)
2007 Gossip Girl ( 11 episodes ) as Cyrus Rose
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Roy Batters
1996 Toy Story Treats ( 55 episodes ) as Rex (Voice)
2009 The Good Wife ( 3 episodes ) as Charles Lester
2021 Gossip Girl ( 1 episode ) as Cyrus Rose
2014 BoJack Horseman ( 1 episode ) as Wallace Shawn (voice)
2006 Eureka ( 3 episodes ) as Dr. Warren Hughes
1978 Taxi ( 1 episode ) as Arnie Ross
2010 Fish Hooks ( 1 episode ) as Rat King (voice)
2014 The 7D ( 1 episode ) as Not-So-Magic-Mirror (voice)
1978 Taxi ( 1 episode ) as Arnie
2010 Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs ( 3 episodes ) as Rex (voice)
2001 Blonde ( 2 episodes ) as I.E. Shinn
2007 Phineas and Ferb ( 1 episode ) as Saul (voice)
2019 Evil ( 10 episodes ) as Father Francis Ignatius
2017 The Good Fight ( 5 episodes ) as Charles Lester
1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ( 7 episodes ) as Zek
2018 Big City Greens ( 1 episode ) as Jyle (voice)
2018 Summer Camp Island ( 1 episode ) as Morris Mole (voice)
2018 Summer Camp Island ( 1 episode ) as Barry (voice)
2018 Summer Camp Island ( 1 episode ) as Pete (voice)
2010 Regular Show ( 1 episode ) as Evil Brain (voice)
2015 Life in Pieces ( 1 episode ) as Samuel
2008 Life on Mars ( 1 episode ) as The Sorcerer
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Benjamin Edelman
2017 Young Sheldon ( 53 episodes ) as John Sturgis
1998 The Lionhearts ( 4 episodes ) as (voice)
1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Wallace the Hernia (voice)
1998 Sex and the City ( 1 episode ) as Martin Gable
2014 Mozart in the Jungle ( 6 episodes ) as Winslow Elliott
2014 The Mysteries of Laura ( 1 episode ) as Kenneth Walters
1997 King of the Hill ( 1 episode ) as Philip Ny (voice)
2014 The Night Shift ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Neville
2016 The Stinky & Dirty Show ( 5 episodes ) as Tall (voice)
2023 Krapopolis ( 1 episode ) as John Fate (voice)
2017 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ( 2 episodes ) as Herb Smith
2016 Graves ( 3 episodes ) as Jerry North
2007 Damages ( 1 episode ) as Sterling Biddle
2011 Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness ( 2 episodes ) as Taotie (voice)
1996 Clueless ( 18 episodes ) as Mr. Hall
1991 Civil Wars ( 1 episode ) as Riley Baker
2019 Forky Asks a Question ( 1 episode ) as Rex (voice)
1999 SpongeBob SquarePants ( 1 episode ) as SpongeBob's House (voice)

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