Austin Pendleton
Birthdate
March 27, 1940 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Warren, Ohio, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
March 27, 1940 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Warren, Ohio, USA
Known For
Acting
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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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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Austin Pendleton's LGBTQ+ Titles
The Associate
Aesop Franklin
Acting (131)
The Pitchfork Retreat as Dr. Nacht
The Belt
When Robert Met Judith as Robert
2025
Magic Hour as Joseph
2022
Essentials as Max
2022
The Reunion
2021
Our Father as Jerry
2021
The Mimic as The Driver
2020
Paint as Professor Jacob Winston
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
2019
The Sound of Silence as Robert Feinway
2019
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles as Self
2018
Olympia as Himself
2018
New Amsterdam as Eli Pembroke (1 episode)
2018
7 Splinters in Time as Fyodor Wax
2018
Sunset as Julian
2018
Alex, Inc. as Wesley Harman (1 episode)
2017
The Good Fight as Dr. Goat (1 episode)
2016
Finding Dory as Gurgle (voice)
2016
Starring Austin Pendleton as Self
2016
Billions (2 episodes)
2015
Difficult People as Director (1 episode)
2015
She's Funny That Way as Judge Pendergast
2014
The Mend as Earl
2013
Hairbrained as Dapper Man
2013
Black Box as William Peters
2012
Game Change as Senator Joe Lieberman
2011
Person of Interest as Pilcher (1 episode)
2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Dr. Masters
2009
Cupid (1 episode)
2008
5-25-77 as Herb Lightman
2008
Life on Mars as Dr. Goldman (1 episode)
2008
Theater of War as Self
2006
Raising Flagg as Gus Falk
2006
Dirty Work as Julian
2006
Edge of Outside as Self
2005
The Notorious Bettie Page as Teacher
2005
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright as Jaurice
2004
Christmas with the Kranks as Umbrella Santa / Marty
2004
Piccadilly Jim as Peter Pett
2004
Strip Search as James Perley
2003
Joan of Arcadia as Dietrich Steinholz (1 episode)
2003
Uptown Girls as Mr. McConkey
2003
Finding Nemo as Gurgle (voice)
2003
Sick in the Head
2002
Wishcraft as Mr. Turner
2002
Manna from Heaven as Two-Digit Doyle
2002
Angela
2001
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 (1 episode)
2001
Queenie in Love as Alvin
2000
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
1999
The West Wing as Barry Haskell (1 episode)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Horace Gorman (1 episode)
1999
The 4th Floor as Albert Collins
1999
Men of Means as Jerry Trask
1999
Joe the King as Winston
1998
Sue as Bob
1997
Amistad as Professor Gibbs
1997
Liberty! as Benjamin Rush (6 episodes)
1997
River Made to Drown In as Billy
1997
Oz as William Giles (5 episodes)
1997
Trial and Error as Judge Paul Z. Graff
1997
Fired Up as Bobby H. (1 episode)
1997
The Practice as Sam Feldberg (1 episode)
1997
The Fumbleheads as Eugene Cleft
1996
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
1995
Two Much as Dr. Huffeyer
1995
Home for the Holidays as Peter Arnold
1995
New York News (1 episode)
1995
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet as Hamlet
1994
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 (1 episode)
1994
Guarding Tess as Earl
1994
Greedy as Hotel Clerk
1993
Frasier as Dr. Dorfman (1 episode)
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 (11 episodes)
1992
Four Eyes and Six-Guns as Moustached Passenger
1992
My Cousin Vinny as John Gibbons
1991
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe as Lawyer Taylor
1990
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge as Mr. Gadbury
1990
American Dreamer (1 episode)
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Orloff (1 episode)
1987
Hello Again as Junior Lacey
1987
Leg Work as Harold Rodman (1 episode)
1987
21 Jump Street as Mr. Trysla (1 episode)
1986
Short Circuit as Howard Marner
1986
Off Beat as Gun Shop Salesman
1985
My Man Adam as Mr. Greenhut
1985
The Equalizer as Jonah (3 episodes)
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Barney Gunderson (1 episode)
1984
The Cosby Show as Mr. Kensington (1 episode)
1984
Miami Vice as Max Rogo (1 episode)
1984
Talk to Me as Richard Patterson
1983
Alice in Wonderland as White Rabbit
1982
St. Elsewhere (2 episodes)
1980
First Family as Dr. Alexander Grade
1980
Simon as Dr. Carl Becker
1979
Starting Over as Paul
1979
The Muppet Movie as Max
1978
The Great Smokey Roadblock as Guido
1976
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
1976
Diary of the Dead as Dr. Klein
1974
The Front Page as Earl Williams
1974
Good Times (1 episode)
1974
June Moon as Bennie
1973
The Thief Who Came to Dinner as Zukovsky
1972
Every Little Crook and Nanny as Luther
1972
What's Up, Doc? as Frederick Larrabee
1971
Great Performances as Bennie (1 episode)
1971
Great Performances as White Rabbit (1 episode)
1970
Catch-22 as Lt. Col. Moodus
1969
Love, American Style (1 episode)
1968
Skidoo as Fred the Professor
1968
Petulia as Intern (uncredited)
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee (1 episode)
Directing (2)
2023
Between Riverside and Crazy
• Director
1983
Say Goodnight, Gracie
• Director