Actor
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Austin Pendleton
Born 1940-03-27
📍 Warren, Ohio, USA
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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Filmography 131
The Pitchfork Retreat
as Dr. Nacht
2025
Magic Hour
as Joseph
2025
Essentials
as Max
2022
The Reunion
2022
Our Father
as Jerry
2021
The Mimic
as The Driver
2021
Paint
as Professor Jacob Winston
2020
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
2019
The Sound of Silence
as Robert Feinway
2019
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
as Self
2019
Olympia
as Self
2018
New Amsterdam
as Eli Pembroke
2018
7 Splinters in Time
as Fyodor Wax
2018
Sunset
as Julian
2018
Alex, Inc.
as Wesley Harman
2018
The Good Fight
as Dr. Goat
2017
Finding Dory
as Gurgle (voice)
2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
2016
Billions
as Goose Quill
2016
Difficult People
as Director
2015
She's Funny That Way
as Judge Pendergast
2015
The Mend
as Earl
2014
Hairbrained
as Dapper Man
2013
Black Box
as William Peters
2013
Game Change
as Senator Joe Lieberman
2012
Person of Interest
as Pilcher
2011
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
as Dr. Masters
2010
Cupid
as Dr. Boyd
2009
5-25-77
as Herb Lightman
2008
Life on Mars
as Dr. Goldman
2008
Theater of War
as Self
2008
Raising Flagg
as Gus Falk
2006
Dirty Work
as Julian
2006
Edge of Outside
as Self
2006
The Notorious Bettie Page
as Teacher
2006
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
as Jaurice
2005
Christmas with the Kranks
as Umbrella Santa / Marty
2004
Piccadilly Jim
as Peter Pett
2004
Strip Search
as James Perley
2004
Joan of Arcadia
as Dietrich Steinholz
2003
Uptown Girls
as Mr. McConkey
2003
Finding Nemo
as Gurgle (voice)
2003
Wishcraft
as Mr. Turner
2002
Manna from Heaven
as Two-Digit Doyle
2002
Angela
2002
A Beautiful Mind
as Thomas King
2001
Sounds from a Town I Love
as film buff
2001
The Concert for New York City
as Austin Pendleton film buff
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as John Manotti
2001
Queenie in Love
as Alvin
2001
Fast Food Fast Women
as George
2000
The Acting Class
as Bobby Austin
2000
Homicide: The Movie
as George Griscom
2000
Broke Even
as Archie
2000
The West Wing
as Barry Haskell
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Horace Gorman
1999
The 4th Floor
as Albert Collins
1999
Men of Means
as Jerry Trask
1999
Joe the King
as Winston
1999
Sue
as Bob
1998
Amistad
as Professor Gibbs
1997
Liberty!
as Benjamin Rush
1997
River Made to Drown In
as Billy
1997
Oz
as William Giles
1997
Trial and Error
as Judge Paul Z. Graff
1997
Fired Up
as Bobby H.
1997
The Practice
as Sam Feldberg
1997
The Fumbleheads
as Eugene Cleft
1997
The Mirror Has Two Faces
as Barry
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
1996
Two Much
as Dr. Huffeyer
1995
Home for the Holidays
as Peter Arnold
1995
New York News
1995
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
as Hamlet
1995
Don't Drink the Water
as Chef Oscar
1994
The World of Jim Henson
as Max (archive footage)
1994
Touched by an Angel
as Mr. Piltdown
1994
Guarding Tess
as Earl
1994
Greedy
as Hotel Clerk
1994
Frasier
as Dr. Dorfman
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Asa Hoffman
1993
My Boyfriend's Back
as Dr. Bronson
1993
Mr. Nanny
as Alex Mason, Sr.
1993
Rain Without Thunder
as Catholic Priest
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Dr. George Griscom
1993
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
as Moustached Passenger
1992
Charlie's Ear
as Harold Blodgett
1992
My Cousin Vinny
as John Gibbons
1992
True Identity
as Director of Othello
1991
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
as Lawyer Taylor
1991
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
as Mr. Gadbury
1990
American Dreamer
1990
Tales from the Crypt
as Orloff
1989
Hello Again
as Junior Lacey
1987
Leg Work
as Harold Rodman
1987
21 Jump Street
as Mr. Trysla
1987
Short Circuit
as Howard Marner
1986
Off Beat
as Gun Shop Salesman
1986
My Man Adam
as Mr. Greenhut
1985
The Equalizer
as Jonah
1985
Murder, She Wrote
as Barney Gunderson
1984
The Cosby Show
as Mr. Kensington
1984
Miami Vice
as Max Rogo
1984
Talk to Me
as Richard Patterson
1984
Masquerade
as Actor
1983
Alice in Wonderland
as White Rabbit
1983
St. Elsewhere
as Mr. Entertainment
1982
First Family
as Dr. Alexander Grade
1980
Simon
as Dr. Carl Becker
1980
Starting Over
as Paul
1979
The Muppet Movie
as Max
1979
The Great Smokey Roadblock
as Guido
1978
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
1976
Diary of the Dead
as Dr. Klein
1976
The Front Page
as Earl Williams
1974
Good Times
1974
June Moon
as Bennie
1974
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
as Zukovsky
1973
Every Little Crook and Nanny
as Luther
1972
What's Up, Doc?
as Frederick Larrabee
1972
Great Performances
as Bennie
1971
Great Performances
as White Rabbit
1971
Catch-22
as Lt. Col. Moodus
1970
Love, American Style
1969
Skidoo
as Fred the Professor
1968
Petulia
as Intern (uncredited)
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956