Name
Austin Pendleton
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1940-03-27 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 2003 Finding Nemo as Gurgle (voice)
- 2001 A Beautiful Mind as Thomas King
- 1974 The Front Page as Earl Williams
- 1986 Short Circuit as Howard Marner
- 1997 River Made to Drown In as Billy
- 1992 My Cousin Vinny as John Gibbons
- 1994 Don't Drink the Water as Chef Oscar
- 1979 The Muppet Movie as Max
- 1996 The Associate as Aesop Franklin
- 1994 Guarding Tess as Earl
- 2000 Homicide: The Movie as George Griscom
- 1972 What's Up, Doc? as Frederick Larrabee
- 2002 Wishcraft as Mr. Turner
- 1968 Skidoo as Fred the Professor
- 1996 2 Days in the Valley as Ralph Crupi
- 2022 Essentials as Max
- 2004 Christmas with the Kranks as Umbrella Santa / Marty
- 1987 Hello Again as Junior Lacey
- 1978 The Great Smokey Roadblock as Guido
- 2003 Uptown Girls as Mr. McConkey
- 1995 Two Much as Dr. Huffeyer
- 2006 Raising Flagg as Gus Falk
- 1997 Trial and Error as Judge Paul Z. Graff
- 1999 The 4th Floor as Albert Collins
- 1993 Mr. Nanny as Alex Mason, Sr.
- 1986 Off Beat as Gun Shop Salesman
- 1999 Joe the King as Winston
- 1979 Starting Over as Paul
- 1973 The Thief Who Came to Dinner as Zukovsky
- 2022 The Reunion
- 2002 Angela
- 1972 Every Little Crook and Nanny as Luther
- 1996 The Proprietor as Willy Kunst
- 1980 First Family as Dr. Alexander Grade
- 1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge as Mr. Gadbury
- 2008 5-25-77 as Herb Lightman
- 1999 Men of Means as Jerry Trask
- 2013 Black Box as William Peters
- 2013 Hairbrained as Dapper Man
- 2014 The Mend as Earl
- 1991 The Ballad of the Sad Cafe as Lawyer Taylor
- 2006 Dirty Work as Julian
- 2025 The Pitchfork Retreat as Dr. Nacht
- 1992 Four Eyes and Six-Guns as Moustached Passenger
- 1983 Alice in Wonderland as White Rabbit
- 2006 Edge of Outside as Self
- 1980 Simon as Dr. Carl Becker
- 2005 The Civilization of Maxwell Bright as Jaurice
- 1993 Rain Without Thunder as Catholic Priest
- 2008 Theater of War as Self
- 1996 Sgt. Bilko as Major Ebersole
- 2002 Manna from Heaven as Two-Digit Doyle
- 2015 She's Funny That Way as Judge Pendergast
- 1976 The Great Texas Dynamite Chase as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
- 2016 Finding Dory as Gurgle (voice)
- 1970 Catch-22 as Lt. Col. Moodus
- 1994 Greedy as Hotel Clerk
- 1997 The Fumbleheads as Eugene Cleft
- 1995 The Fifteen Minute Hamlet as Hamlet
- 2004 Piccadilly Jim as Peter Pett
- 2001 Queenie in Love as Alvin
- 1985 My Man Adam as Mr. Greenhut
- 1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces as Barry
- 2006 The Notorious Bettie Page as Teacher
- 2016 Starring Austin Pendleton as Self
- 1968 Petulia as Intern (uncredited)
- 2018 7 Splinters in Time as Fyodor Wax
- 2018 Olympia as Self
- 2019 The Sound of Silence as Robert Feinway
- 1984 Talk to Me as Richard Patterson
- 2000 Fast Food Fast Women as George
- 1997 Amistad as Professor Gibbs
- 2019 Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles as Self
- 1976 Diary of the Dead as Dr. Klein
- 1994 The World of Jim Henson as Max (archive footage)
- 1993 My Boyfriend's Back as Dr. Bronson
- 2012 Game Change as Senator Joe Lieberman
- 1974 June Moon as Bennie
- 1995 Home for the Holidays as Peter Arnold
- 2019 Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
- 2020 Paint as Professor Jacob Winston
- 2004 Strip Search as James Perley
- 1998 Sue as Bob
- 2021 Our Father as Jerry
- 2021 The Mimic as The Driver
- 2001 Sounds from a Town I Love as film buff
- 2000 Broke Even as Archie
- 2000 The Acting Class as Bobby Austin
- 1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer as Asa Hoffman
- 2003 Sick in the Head
- 2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Dr. Masters
- 2018 Sunset as Julian
- 2001 The Concert for New York City as Austin Pendleton film buff
- 2025 Magic Hour as Joseph
- 2026 The Belt
- Soon When Robert Met Judith as Robert
- 1991 True Identity as Director of Othello
- 1992 Charlie's Ear as Harold Blodgett
- 2018 Wanderland as Raphael
- 1982 St. Elsewhere ( 2 episodes ) as Mr. Entertainment
- 1974 Good Times ( 1 episode )
- 1990 American Dreamer ( 1 episode )
- 2003 Joan of Arcadia ( 1 episode ) as Dietrich Steinholz
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode )
- 1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Piltdown
- 1984 The Cosby Show ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Kensington
- 1989 Tales from the Crypt ( 1 episode ) as Orloff
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Horace Gorman
- 1997 Oz ( 11 episodes ) as William Giles
- 1993 Frasier ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Dorfman
- 1997 The Practice ( 1 episode ) as Sam Feldberg
- 1985 The Equalizer ( 3 episodes ) as Jonah
- 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 1 episode ) as John Manotti
- 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street ( 11 episodes ) as Dr. George Griscom
- 2009 Cupid ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Boyd
- 1995 New York News ( 1 episode )
- 1999 The West Wing ( 1 episode ) as Barry Haskell
- 2016 Billions ( 2 episodes ) as Goose Quill
- 1987 21 Jump Street ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Trysla
- 1997 Liberty! ( 6 episodes ) as Benjamin Rush
- 2008 Life on Mars ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Goldman
- 2017 The Good Fight ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Goat
- 2011 Person of Interest ( 1 episode ) as Pilcher
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1997 Fired Up ( 1 episode ) as Bobby H.
- 2018 Alex, Inc. ( 1 episode ) as Wesley Harman
- 1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Max Rogo
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Barney Gunderson
- 1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as Bennie
- 1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as White Rabbit
- 2018 New Amsterdam ( 1 episode ) as Eli Pembroke
- 1987 Leg Work ( 1 episode ) as Harold Rodman
- 2015 Difficult People ( 1 episode ) as Director
- 1983 Masquerade ( 1 episode ) as Actor
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
