Acting
Austin Pendleton
EN, FR cinema · 100 credits
Born
27 March 1940 (age 86)
Birthplace
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Austin Pendleton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
The Pitchfork Retreat
as Dr. Nacht
Magic Hour
as Joseph
Our Father
as Jerry
The Mimic
as The Driver
Paint
as Professor Jacob Winston
The Sound of Silence
as Robert Feinway
7 Splinters in Time
as Fyodor Wax
Olympia
as Self
Sunset
as Julian
Wanderland
as Raphael
Finding Dory
as Gurgle (voice)
She's Funny That Way
as Judge Pendergast
The Mend
as Earl
Black Box
as William Peters
Hairbrained
as Dapper Man
Game Change
as Senator Joe Lieberman
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
as Dr. Masters
5-25-77
as Herb Lightman
Theater of War
as Self
Raising Flagg
as Gus Falk
Dirty Work
as Julian
Edge of Outside
as Self
The Notorious Bettie Page
as Teacher
Christmas with the Kranks
as Umbrella Santa / Marty
Piccadilly Jim
as Peter Pett
Strip Search
as James Perley
Finding Nemo
as Gurgle (voice)
Uptown Girls
as Mr. McConkey
Wishcraft
as Mr. Turner
Angela
Actor
Manna from Heaven
as Two-Digit Doyle
A Beautiful Mind
as Thomas King
Queenie in Love
as Alvin
The Concert for New York City
as Austin Pendleton film buff
Homicide: The Movie
as George Griscom
Fast Food Fast Women
as George
Broke Even
as Archie
The Acting Class
as Bobby Austin
The 4th Floor
as Albert Collins
Joe the King
as Winston
Men of Means
as Jerry Trask
Sue
as Bob
Trial and Error
as Judge Paul Z. Graff
The Fumbleheads
as Eugene Cleft
Amistad
as Professor Gibbs
The Associate
as Aesop Franklin
2 Days in the Valley
as Ralph Crupi
The Proprietor
as Willy Kunst
Sgt. Bilko
as Major Ebersole
Two Much
as Dr. Huffeyer
Home for the Holidays
as Peter Arnold
Don't Drink the Water
as Chef Oscar
Guarding Tess
as Earl
Greedy
as Hotel Clerk
The World of Jim Henson
as Max (archive footage)
Mr. Nanny
as Alex Mason, Sr.
Rain Without Thunder
as Catholic Priest
My Boyfriend's Back
as Dr. Bronson
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Asa Hoffman
My Cousin Vinny
as John Gibbons
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
as Moustached Passenger
Charlie's Ear
as Harold Blodgett
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
as Lawyer Taylor
True Identity
as Director of Othello
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
as Mr. Gadbury
Hello Again
as Junior Lacey
Short Circuit
as Howard Marner
Off Beat
as Gun Shop Salesman
My Man Adam
as Mr. Greenhut
Talk to Me
as Richard Patterson
Alice in Wonderland
as White Rabbit
First Family
as Dr. Alexander Grade
Simon
as Dr. Carl Becker
Starting Over
as Paul
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
Diary of the Dead
as Dr. Klein
The Front Page
as Earl Williams
June Moon
as Bennie
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
as Zukovsky
What's Up, Doc?
as Frederick Larrabee
Catch-22
as Lt. Col. Moodus
Skidoo
as Fred the Professor
Petulia
as Intern (uncredited)