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