Wallace Shawn
Birthdate
November 12, 1943 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
November 12, 1943 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Biography
Wallace Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, voice actor, playwright, essayist and comedian.
His film roles have included those of Wally Shawn in My Dinner with Andre, Vizzini in The Princess Bride, Mr. Hall in Clueless and Rex in the Toy Story franchise. He has also appeared in a variety of television series, including recurring roles as Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl and as Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
His plays include The Designated Mourner, Aunt Dan and Lemon and Grasses of a Thousand Colors. He also co-wrote the screenplay for My Dinner with Andre and he scripted A Master Builder, a film adaptation of of the play by Henrik Ibsen, which he also starred in. His book Essays was published in 2009 by Haymarket Books.
His film roles have included those of Wally Shawn in My Dinner with Andre, Vizzini in The Princess Bride, Mr. Hall in Clueless and Rex in the Toy Story franchise. He has also appeared in a variety of television series, including recurring roles as Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl and as Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
His plays include The Designated Mourner, Aunt Dan and Lemon and Grasses of a Thousand Colors. He also co-wrote the screenplay for My Dinner with Andre and he scripted A Master Builder, a film adaptation of of the play by Henrik Ibsen, which he also starred in. His book Essays was published in 2009 by Haymarket Books.
Wallace Shawn's LGBTQ+ Titles
Prick Up Your Ears
John Lahr
Acting (182)
2026
Toy Story 5 as Rex (voice)
2021
The Addams Family 2 as Mr. Mustela (voice)
2021
Gossip Girl as Cyrus Rose (1 episode)
2021
Waiting for Godot as Lucky
2020
Rifkin’s Festival as Mort Rifkin
2020
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion as Vizzini
2020
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made as Mr. Crocus
2019
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time? as Rex (voice)
2019
Marriage Story as Frank
2019
Evil as Father Francis Ignatius (10 episodes)
2019
Toy Story 4 as Rex (voice)
2019
Amphibia as Humphrey (voice) (1 episode)
2018
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Self
2018
Summer Camp Island as Barry (voice) (1 episode)
2018
Summer Camp Island as Morris Mole (voice) (1 episode)
2018
Summer Camp Island as Pete (voice) (1 episode)
2018
Big City Greens as Jyle (voice) (1 episode)
2018
Book Club as Dr. Derek
2017
Another Kind of Wedding as Albert
2017
Young Sheldon as John Sturgis (53 episodes)
2017
Cop and a Half: New Recruit as Principal Miller
2017
The Only Living Boy in New York as David
2017
Animal Crackers as Mr. Woodley (voice)
2017
The Good Fight as Charles Lester (5 episodes)
2016
Search Party as William Badpastor (2 episodes)
2016
The Stinky & Dirty Show as Tall (voice) (5 episodes)
2016
Maggie's Plan as Kliegler
2016
Starring Austin Pendleton as Self
2015
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond as Self (archive footage)
2015
Club Penguin Halloween Panic! as Gary
2015
Robo-Dog as Mr. Willis
2015
Life in Pieces as Samuel (1 episode)
2015
Club Penguin Monster Beach Party as Gary the Gadget Guy (voice)
2015
Mr. Robot as Mr. Williams (1 episode)
2014
Christmas at Cartwright's as Harry
2014
Toy Story That Time Forgot as Rex (voice)
2014
The Fog of Courage as Eustace Bagge
2014
The Mysteries of Laura as Kenneth Walters (1 episode)
2014
BoJack Horseman as Wallace Shawn (voice) (1 episode)
2014
A Master Builder as Halvard Solness
2014
The 7D as Not-So-Magic-Mirror (voice) (1 episode)
2014
The Night Shift as Mr. Neville (1 episode)
2014
Don Peyote as Psychotherapist
2014
The Double as Mr. Papadopoulos
2014
Mozart in the Jungle as Winslow Elliott (6 episodes)
2013
Toy Story of Terror! as Rex (Voice)
2013
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner as Self
2013
Admission as Clarence
2012
A Late Quartet as Gideon Rosen
2012
Partysaurus Rex as Rex (voice)
2012
Vamps as Dr. Van Helsing
2011
Small Fry as Rex (voice)
2011
Hawaiian Vacation as Rex (voice)
2011
The Speed of Thought as Sandy
2010
Regular Show as Evil Brain (voice) (1 episode)
2010
Fish Hooks as Rat King (voice) (1 episode)
2010
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore as Calico (voice)
2010
Toy Story 3 as Rex (voice)
2010
Furry Vengeance as Dr. Christian Burr (uncredited)
2010
Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs as Rex (voice) (3 episodes)
2009
Jack and the Beanstalk as Booker / Broker / Lancealot Squarejaw
2009
Jack and the Beanstalk as Broker / Booker / Lancelot Squarejaw
2009
The Good Wife as Charles Lester (3 episodes)
2009
Capitalism: A Love Story as Self
2009
The Windmill Movie as Self
2009
André Gregory and Wallace Shawn
2008
Life on Mars as The Sorcerer (1 episode)
2008
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King as Mr. Gibbles (voice)
2008
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl as Mr. Gibson
2008
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland as Self
2007
Southland Tales as Baron Von Westphalen
2007
Gossip Girl as Cyrus Rose (11 episodes)
2007
The Pixar Story as Rex (voice) (archive footage)
2007
Phineas and Ferb as Saul (voice) (1 episode)
2007
I Could Never Be Your Woman as Izzie's Teacher
2007
I Could Never Be Your Woman as Math Teacher (uncredited)
2007
Strange Culture as Self
2007
Happily N'Ever After as Munk (voice)
2006
Air Buddies as Billy (voice)
2006
Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers as Barnacle Paul (voice)
2006
Eureka as Dr. Warren Hughes (1 episode)
2006
Eureka as Warren Hughes (2 episodes)
2006
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States as Self
2005
Chicken Little as Principal Fetchit (voice)
2005
Love Thy Neighbor as Clinic Doctor
2005
Fat Actress as Dr. Von Oy (1 episode)
2004
Karroll's Christmas
2004
Melinda and Melinda as Sy
2004
The Incredibles as Gilbert Huph (voice)
2004
Desperate Housewives as Lonny Moon (1 episode)
2004
The L Word as William Halsey (4 episodes)
2004
Teacher's Pet as Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)
2003
The Haunted Mansion as Ezra
2003
Duplex as Herman
2003
Monte Walsh as Colonel Wilson
2002
Personal Velocity as Mr. Gelb
2001
Monsters, Inc. as Rex (voice) (uncredited)
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Film Professor (1 episode)
2001
Crossing Jordan as Howard Stiles (8 episodes)
2001
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' as Self
2001
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion as George Bond
2001
Blonde as I.E. Shinn (2 episodes)
2001
The Prime Gig as Gene
2000
Teacher's Pet (47 episodes)
2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins as Rex (voice)
1999
Toy Story 2 as Rex (voice)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Benjamin Edelman (1 episode)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Roy Batters (1 episode)
1999
My Favorite Martian as Coleye
1999
Family Guy as Bertram (voice) (3 episodes)
1999
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1998
Noah
1998
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story as Tarzan Chimp (voice)
1998
The Lionhearts as (voice) (4 episodes)
1998
Sex and the City as Martin Gable (1 episode)
1997
Critical Care as Furnaceman
1997
The Wonderful World of Disney (1 episode)
1997
Ally McBeal (1 episode)
1997
Stargate SG-1 as Arlos (1 episode)
1997
Just Write as Arthur Blake
1997
Vegas Vacation as Marty
1997
King of the Hill as Philip Ny (voice) (1 episode)
1996
The Story Behind 'Toy Story' as Self
1996
House Arrest as Victor Finley
1996
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 as Labrador MC (voice)
1996
Toy Story Treats as Rex (Voice) (55 episodes)
1995
Toy Story as Rex (voice)
1995
Just Like Dad as Stan Spiegel
1995
Clueless as Mr. Wendell Hall
1995
Napoleon as Echidna (voice)
1995
Canadian Bacon as Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
1995
The Wife as Cosmo
1995
Driving Mr. Pink as Boss Man (voice)
1995
A Goofy Movie as Principal Mazur (voice)
1994
Vanya on 42nd Street as Vanya
1994
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as Horatio Byrd
1993
The Nanny as Charles Haste (1 episode)
1993
The Pink Panther as Boss Man (voice) (78 episodes)
1993
The Meteor Man as Mr. Little
1993
The Cemetery Club as Larry
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street (1 episode)
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Zek (7 episodes)
1992
The Double 0 Kid as Cashpot
1992
Mom and Dad Save the World as Sibor, Semage's Beau
1992
The Magic Bubble as Doctor/Therapist
1992
Nickel & Dime as Everett Willits
1991
Shadows and Fog as Simon Carr
1989
The Simpsons as Wallace the Hernia (voice) (1 episode)
1989
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills as Howard
1989
We're No Angels as Translator
1989
She's Out of Control as Dr. Fishbinder
1988
The Moderns as Oiseau
1987
The Princess Bride as Vizzini
1987
Prick Up Your Ears as John Lahr
1987
Nice Girls Don't Explode as Ellen
1987
Radio Days as Masked Avenger
1987
The Bedroom Window as Henderson's Attorney
1985
Head Office as Mike Hoover
1985
Heaven Help Us as Father Abruzzi
1984
Micki + Maude as Dr. Elliot Fibel
1984
How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days as Professor Silverfish
1984
The Cosby Show as Jeffrey Engels (5 episodes)
1984
My Dinner with Louis as Interviewer
1984
The Bostonians as Mr. Pardon
1984
The Hotel New Hampshire as Freud
1984
Crackers as Turtle
1983
Saigon: Year Of The Cat as Frank Judd
1983
Deal of the Century as Harold DeVoto
1983
Strange Invaders as Earl
1983
The First Time as Jules Goldfarb
1983
Lovesick as Otto Jaffe
1982
A Little Sex as Oliver
1981
Strong Medicine as Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)
1981
My Dinner with Andre as Wally Shawn
1981
Cheaper to Keep Her as Mugger
1980
Atlantic City as Waiter
1980
Simon as Eric Van Dongen
1979
All That Jazz as Assistant Insurance Man
1979
Starting Over as Workshop Member
1979
Manhattan as Jeremiah
1978
Taxi as Arnie (1 episode)
1978
Taxi as Arnie Ross (1 episode)
Production (1)
2014
A Master Builder
• Producer
Writing (8)
2014
A Master Builder
• Screenplay
2004
The Fever
• Author
• Screenplay
2004
Marie and Bruce
• Screenplay
1997
The Designated Mourner
• Theatre Play
• Writer
1981
My Dinner with Andre
• Writer
1975
Our Late Night
• Writer