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Austin Pendleton

Austin Pendleton

Actor · Born March 27, 1940 · Warren, Ohio, USA

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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.

Acted in 123

2020s

  1. 2026

    The Belt

    Movie

  2. 2025

    The Pitchfork Retreat

    Dr. Nacht

  3. Magic Hour

    Joseph

  4. 2022

    Essentials

    Max

  5. The Reunion

    Movie

  6. 2021

    Our Father

    Jerry

  7. The Mimic

    The Driver

  8. 2020

    Paint

    Professor Jacob Winston

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. 2008
  3. 2006

    Raising Flagg

    Gus Falk

  4. Dirty Work

    Julian

  5. 2005

    The Civilization of Maxwell Bright

    Jaurice

  6. 2004
  7. 2003
  8. 2002
  9. Manna from Heaven

    Two-Digit Doyle

  10. Angela

    Movie

  11. 2001
  12. The Concert for New York City

    Austin Pendleton film buff

  13. Queenie in Love

    Alvin

  14. 2000

    Fast Food Fast Women

    George

  15. The Acting Class

    Bobby Austin

  16. Homicide: The Movie

    George Griscom

  17. Broke Even

    Archie

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. Men of Means

    Jerry Trask

  3. 1998

    Sue

    Bob

  4. 1997
  5. Liberty!

    Benjamin Rush · 6 episodes

  6. River Made to Drown In

    Billy

  7. Trial and Error

    Judge Paul Z. Graff

  8. The Fumbleheads

    Eugene Cleft

  9. 1996
  10. The Proprietor

    Willy Kunst

  11. 1995

    Two Much

    Dr. Huffeyer

  12. The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

    Hamlet

  13. 1994

    Don't Drink the Water

    Chef Oscar

  14. The World of Jim Henson

    Max (archive footage)

  15. 1993
  16. Rain Without Thunder

    Catholic Priest

  17. 1992

    Four Eyes and Six-Guns

    Moustached Passenger

  18. Charlie's Ear

    Harold Blodgett

  19. 1991
  20. The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

    Lawyer Taylor

  21. 1990

    Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

    Mr. Gadbury

  22. American Dreamer

    TV

Directed 2

2020s

  1. 2023

    Between Riverside and Crazy

    Director

1980s

  1. 1983

    Say Goodnight, Gracie

    Director

Appearances8

2000s

  1. 2008

    Theater of War

    Self

  2. 2006

    Edge of Outside

    Self