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Austin Pendleton
1.2 Popularity
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
Credits
Magic Hour
as Joseph
2025
0.0
Essentials
as Max
2022
0.0
The Reunion
2022
2.8
Our Father
as Jerry
2021
5.0
The Mimic
as The Driver
2021
4.1
Paint
as Professor Jacob Winston
2020
4.7
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
2019
6.5
The Sound of Silence
as Robert Feinway
2019
5.8
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
as Self
2019
6.5
Olympia
as Himself
2018
8.0
New Amsterdam
as Eli Pembroke
2018
8.3
7 Splinters in Time
as Fyodor Wax
2018
4.4
Sunset
as Julian
2018
7.5
Alex, Inc.
as Wesley Harman
2018
6.3
The Good Fight
as Dr. Goat
2017
7.5
Finding Dory
as Gurgle (voice)
2016
7.0
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
2016
6.7
Billions
2016
7.8
Difficult People
as Director
2015
6.2
She's Funny That Way
as Judge Pendergast
2015
5.9
The Mend
as Earl
2014
4.8
Hairbrained
as Dapper Man
2013
5.4
Black Box
as William Peters
2013
0.0
Game Change
as Senator Joe Lieberman
2012
6.9
Person of Interest
as Pilcher
2011
8.1
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
as Dr. Masters
2010
6.1
Cupid
as Dr. Boyd
2009
5.9
5-25-77
as Herb Lightman
2008
5.8
Life on Mars
as Dr. Goldman
2008
6.4
Theater of War
as Self
2008
6.2
Raising Flagg
as Gus Falk
2006
4.2
Dirty Work
as Julian
2006
3.4
Edge of Outside
as Self
2006
5.8
The Notorious Bettie Page
as Teacher
2005
6.3
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
as Jaurice
2005
4.1
Christmas with the Kranks
as Umbrella Santa / Marty
2004
6.2
Piccadilly Jim
as Peter Pett
2004
6.5
Strip Search
as James Perley
2004
6.2
Joan of Arcadia
as Dietrich Steinholz
2003
7.3
Uptown Girls
as Mr. McConkey
2003
6.9
Finding Nemo
as Gurgle (voice)
2003
7.8
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Sick in the Head
2003
0.0
Wishcraft
as Mr. Turner
2002
4.9
Manna from Heaven
as Two-Digit Doyle
2002
0.0
Angela
2002
5.2
A Beautiful Mind
as Thomas King
2001
7.9
Sounds from a Town I Love
as film buff
2001
5.5
The Concert for New York City
as Austin Pendleton film buff
2001
4.8
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as John Manotti
2001
7.6
Queenie in Love
as Alvin
2001
5.9
Fast Food Fast Women
as George
2000
6.1
The Acting Class
as Bobby Austin
2000
5.5
Homicide: The Movie
as George Griscom
2000
6.8
Broke Even
as Archie
2000
2.8
The West Wing
as Barry Haskell
1999
8.2
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Horace Gorman
1999
7.9
The 4th Floor
as Albert Collins
1999
5.7
Men of Means
as Jerry Trask
1999
0.0
Joe the King
as Winston
1999
5.9
Sue
as Bob
1998
6.6
Amistad
as Professor Gibbs
1997
7.0
Liberty!
as Benjamin Rush
1997
7.8
River Made to Drown In
as Billy
1997
4.6
Oz
as William Giles
1997
8.0
Trial and Error
as Judge Paul Z. Graff
1997
5.4
Fired Up
as Bobby H.
1997
8.0
The Practice
as Sam Feldberg
1997
7.6
The Fumbleheads
as Eugene Cleft
1997
3.0
The Mirror Has Two Faces
as Barry
1996
6.7
The Associate
as Aesop Franklin
1996
6.2
2 Days in the Valley
as Ralph Crupi
1996
6.2
The Proprietor
as Willy Kunst
1996
6.0
Sgt. Bilko
as MAJ Ebersole
1996
5.9
Two Much
as Dr. Huffeyer
1995
5.4
Home for the Holidays
as Peter Arnold
1995
6.2
New York News
1995
0.0
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
as Hamlet
1995
7.2
Don't Drink the Water
as Chef Oscar
1994
5.5
The World of Jim Henson
as Max (archive footage)
1994
7.3
Touched by an Angel
as Mr. Piltdown
1994
7.2
Guarding Tess
as Earl
1994
6.0
Greedy
as Hotel Clerk
1994
6.1
Frasier
as Dr. Dorfman
1993
7.7
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Asa Hoffman
1993
7.1
My Boyfriend's Back
as Dr. Bronson
1993
5.7
Mr. Nanny
as Alex Mason, Sr.
1993
5.1
Rain Without Thunder
as Catholic Priest
1993
3.8
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Dr. George Griscom
1993
8.1
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
as Moustached Passenger
1992
2.0
My Cousin Vinny
as John Gibbons
1992
7.5
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
as Lawyer Taylor
1991
5.5
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
as Mr. Gadbury
1990
6.0
American Dreamer
1990
4.5
Tales from the Crypt
as Orloff
1989
7.9
Hello Again
as Junior Lacey
1987
5.7
Leg Work
as Harold Rodman
1987
5.0
21 Jump Street
as Mr. Trysla
1987
7.2
Short Circuit
as Howard Marner
1986
6.6
Off Beat
as Gun Shop Salesman
1986
4.7
My Man Adam
as Mr. Greenhut
1985
6.5
The Equalizer
as Jonah
1985
7.1
Murder, She Wrote
as Barney Gunderson
1984
7.5
The Cosby Show
as Mr. Kensington
1984
7.0
Miami Vice
as Max Rogo
1984
7.5
Talk to Me
as Richard Patterson
1984
0.0
Alice in Wonderland
as White Rabbit
1983
6.8
St. Elsewhere
as Mr. Entertainment
1982
5.6
First Family
as Dr. Alexander Grade
1980
3.0
Simon
as Dr. Carl Becker
1980
6.2
Starting Over
as Paul
1979
6.3
The Muppet Movie
as Max
1979
7.2
The Great Smokey Roadblock
as Guido
1978
5.6
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
1976
4.8
Diary of the Dead
as Dr. Klein
1976
7.0
The Front Page
as Earl Williams
1974
7.3
Good Times
1974
8.0
June Moon
as Bennie
1974
0.0
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
as Zukovsky
1973
6.9
Every Little Crook and Nanny
as Luther
1972
0.0
What's Up, Doc?
as Frederick Larrabee
1972
7.4
Great Performances
as Bennie
1971
5.8
Great Performances
as White Rabbit
1971
5.8
Catch-22
as Lt. Col. Moodus
1970
6.7
Love, American Style
1969
6.1
Skidoo
as Fred the Professor
1968
4.7
Petulia
as Intern (uncredited)
1968
5.9
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
The Pitchfork Retreat
as Dr. Nacht
N/A
0.0
🎬
When Robert Met Judith
as Robert
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Belt
N/A
0.0