Austin Pendleton
Acting
Born: March 27, 1940 (age 86) · Warren, Ohio, USA
Highest Rated
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Austin Pendleton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Finding Nemo
2003
Finding Dory
2016
A Beautiful Mind
2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Person of Interest
2011
My Cousin Vinny
1992
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
Short Circuit
1986
Amistad
1997
Christmas with the Kranks
2004
Uptown Girls
2003
New Amsterdam
2018
Photos (2)
Movies (91)
Finding Nemo
Gurgle (voice)
Finding Dory
Gurgle (voice)
A Beautiful Mind
Thomas King
Uptown Girls
Mr. McConkey
My Cousin Vinny
John Gibbons
Short Circuit
Howard Marner
The Muppet Movie
Max
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Dr. Masters
Christmas with the Kranks
Umbrella Santa / Marty
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Asa Hoffman
Catch-22
Lt. Col. Moodus
Sgt. Bilko
Major Ebersole
Guarding Tess
Earl
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Barry
Greedy
Hotel Clerk
She's Funny That Way
Judge Pendergast
The Associate
Aesop Franklin
The Notorious Bettie Page
Teacher
What's Up, Doc?
Frederick Larrabee
Starting Over
Paul
Mr. Nanny
Alex Mason, Sr.
The Front Page
Earl Williams
Game Change
Senator Joe Lieberman
2 Days in the Valley
Ralph Crupi
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Zukovsky
Don't Drink the Water
Chef Oscar
First Family
Dr. Alexander Grade
Petulia
Intern (uncredited)
Hello Again
Junior Lacey
The 4th Floor
Albert Collins
Off Beat
Gun Shop Salesman
Sunset
Julian
Two Much
Dr. Huffeyer
Home for the Holidays
Peter Arnold
Wishcraft
Mr. Turner
Joe the King
Winston
The Concert for New York City
Austin Pendleton film buff
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Mr. Gadbury
The World of Jim Henson
Max (archive footage)
True Identity
Director of Othello
The Sound of Silence
Robert Feinway
5-25-77
Herb Lightman
7 Splinters in Time
Fyodor Wax
Trial and Error
Judge Paul Z. Graff
Homicide: The Movie
George Griscom
Queenie in Love
Alvin
My Boyfriend's Back
Dr. Bronson
The Pitchfork Retreat
Dr. Nacht
Hairbrained
Dapper Man
The Mimic
The Driver
Strip Search
James Perley
Manna from Heaven
Two-Digit Doyle
Piccadilly Jim
Peter Pett
Alice in Wonderland
White Rabbit
Fast Food Fast Women
George
Sue
Bob
Amistad
Professor Gibbs
Raising Flagg
Gus Falk
The Proprietor
Willy Kunst
Rain Without Thunder
Catholic Priest
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Guido
Simon
Dr. Carl Becker
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
Moustached Passenger
The Acting Class
Bobby Austin
Diary of the Dead
Dr. Klein
June Moon
Bennie
Skidoo
Fred the Professor
My Man Adam
Mr. Greenhut
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Lawyer Taylor
Angela
2002
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Hamlet
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Jaurice
Paint
Professor Jacob Winston
Sounds from a Town I Love
film buff
River Made to Drown In
Billy
The Mend
Earl
Men of Means
Jerry Trask
Broke Even
Archie
Wanderland
Raphael
The Reunion
2022
Magic Hour
Joseph
Dirty Work
Julian
Every Little Crook and Nanny
Luther
The Fumbleheads
Eugene Cleft
Our Father
Jerry
Essentials
Max
Black Box
William Peters
Talk to Me
Richard Patterson
Charlie's Ear
Harold Blodgett
The Belt
2026
TV Shows (34)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Horace Gorman · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
John Manotti · 1 eps
Frasier
Dr. Dorfman · 1 eps
The West Wing
Barry Haskell · 1 eps
Person of Interest
Pilcher · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Max Rogo · 1 eps
Billions
Goose Quill · 2 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Barney Gunderson · 1 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
Dr. George Griscom · 11 eps
Great Performances
Bennie · 1 eps
Great Performances
White Rabbit · 1 eps
The Practice
Sam Feldberg · 1 eps
Oz
William Giles · 11 eps
21 Jump Street
Mr. Trysla · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Mr. Piltdown · 1 eps
St. Elsewhere
Mr. Entertainment · 2 eps
New Amsterdam
Eli Pembroke · 1 eps
Love, American Style
1 eps
The Cosby Show
Mr. Kensington · 1 eps
The Good Fight
Dr. Goat · 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Orloff · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Jonah · 3 eps
Joan of Arcadia
Dietrich Steinholz · 1 eps
Good Times
1 eps
Life on Mars
Dr. Goldman · 1 eps
Difficult People
Director · 1 eps
Fired Up
Bobby H. · 1 eps
Masquerade
Actor · 1 eps
New York News
1 eps
Alex, Inc.
Wesley Harman · 1 eps
American Dreamer
1 eps
Cupid
Dr. Boyd · 1 eps
Leg Work
Harold Rodman · 1 eps
Liberty!
Benjamin Rush · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (8)
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
Olympia
Self
Edge of Outside
Self
Theater of War
Self
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Self
