Wallace Shawn
Acting • Born 1943-11-12
Biography
Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2017–2024), and voicing Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present). Shawn also appeared in The Bostonians (1984), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), My Favorite Martian (1999), The Double (2013), Maggie's Plan (2015), and Marriage Story (2019). He appeared in six Woody Allen films including Manhattan (1979), Radio Days (1987), and Rifkin's Festival (2020). His television work includes recurring roles as Jeff Engels in The Cosby Show (1987–1991), Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl (2008–2012), and Father Frank Ignatius in Evil (2022–2024). Shawn is also a playwright; his plays include the Obie Award–winning Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985), The Designated Mourner (1996) and Grasses of a Thousand Colors (2008). He wrote and starred, with Andre Gregory, in the 1981 avant-garde drama My Dinner with Andre, and played the title role in A Master Builder (2013), a film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play. Haymarket Books published his books Essays (2009) and Night Thoughts (2017). Description above from the Wikipedia article Wallace Shawn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
192 credits
Toy Story 2
Movie • 1999
Rex (voice)
Toy Story
Movie • 1995
Rex (voice)
Manhattan
Movie • 1979
Jeremiah
Toy Story 3
Movie • 2010
Rex (voice)
Canadian Bacon
Movie • 1995
Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
The Princess Bride
Movie • 1987
Vizzini
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Movie • 2001
George Bond
Southland Tales
Movie • 2007
Baron Von Westphalen
Happily N'Ever After
Movie • 2007
Munk (voice)
Deal of the Century
Movie • 1983
Harold DeVoto
Capitalism: A Love Story
Movie • 2009
Self
Cheaper to Keep Her
Movie • 1981
Mugger
The Hotel New Hampshire
Movie • 1984
Freud
Atlantic City
Movie • 1980
Waiter
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Movie • 1994
Horatio Byrd
Radio Days
Movie • 1987
Masked Avenger
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Movie • 2008
Mr. Gibson
My Dinner with Andre
Movie • 1981
Wallace Shawn
Monsters, Inc.
Movie • 2001
Rex (voice) (uncredited)
Vanya on 42nd Street
Movie • 1994
Vanya
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
Movie • 2008
Mr. Gibbles (voice)
Clueless
Movie • 1995
Mr. Wendell Hall
Chicken Little
Movie • 2005
Principal Fetchit (voice)
My Favorite Martian
Movie • 1999
Coleye
Melinda and Melinda
Movie • 2004
Sy
Mom and Dad Save the World
Movie • 1992
Sibor, Semage's Beau
Prick Up Your Ears
Movie • 1987
John Lahr
Micki & Maude
Movie • 1984
Dr. Elliot Fibel
Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie • 2009
Booker / Broker / Lancealot Squarejaw
Head Office
Movie • 1985
Mike Hoover
The Windmill Movie
Movie • 2009
Self
The Moderns
Movie • 1988
Oiseau
Strong Medicine
Movie • 1981
Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)
The Speed of Thought
Movie • 2011
Sandy
Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
Movie • 2006
Barnacle Paul (voice)
Monte Walsh
Movie • 2003
Colonel Wilson
Critical Care
Movie • 1997
Furnaceman
The Prime Gig
Movie • 2001
Gene
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
Movie • 2008
Self
A Goofy Movie
Movie • 1995
Principal Mazur (voice)
The Bedroom Window
Movie • 1987
Henderson's Attorney
Strange Invaders
Movie • 1983
Earl
She's Out of Control
Movie • 1989
Dr. Fishbinder
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
Movie • 1996
Labrador MC (voice)
Lovesick
Movie • 1983
Otto Jaffe
Vamps
Movie • 2012
Dr. Van Helsing
The Double 0 Kid
Movie • 1992
Cashpot
The Wife
Movie • 1996
Cosmo
The Magic Bubble
Movie • 1993
Doctor/Therapist
Nice Girls Don't Explode
Movie • 1987
Ellen
Crackers
Movie • 1984
Turtle
Hawaiian Vacation
Movie • 2011
Rex (voice)
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Movie • 1999
A Late Quartet
Movie • 2012
Gideon Rosen
Heaven Help Us
Movie • 1985
Father Abruzzi
Admission
Movie • 2013
Clarence
Karroll's Christmas
Movie • 2004
The Double
Movie • 2014
Mr. Papadopoulos
Partysaurus Rex
Movie • 2012
Rex (voice)
Just Write
Movie • 1997
Arthur Blake
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner
Movie • 2013
Self
Furry Vengeance
Movie • 2010
Dr. Christian Burr (uncredited)
Noah
Movie • 1998
The First Time
Movie • 1983
Jules Goldfarb
Toy Story of Terror!
Movie • 2013
Rex (Voice)
The Pixar Story
Movie • 2007
Rex (voice) (archive footage)
The Haunted Mansion
Movie • 2003
Ezra
A Master Builder
Movie • 2014
Halvard Solness
André Gregory and Wallace Shawn
Movie • 2009
All That Jazz
Movie • 1979
Assistant Insurance Man
Driving Mr. Pink
Movie • 1995
Boss Man (voice)
Love Thy Neighbor
Movie • 2003
Clinic Doctor
Simon
Movie • 1980
Eric Van Dongen
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Movie • 2014
Rex (voice)
Shadows and Fog
Movie • 1991
Simon Carr
Christmas at Cartwright's
Movie • 2014
Harry
We're No Angels
Movie • 1989
Translator
House Arrest
Movie • 1996
Victor Finley
Maggie's Plan
Movie • 2016
Kliegler
Vegas Vacation
Movie • 1997
Marty
Robo-Dog
Movie • 2015
Mr. Willis
Starting Over
Movie • 1979
Workshop Member
Teacher's Pet
Movie • 2004
Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)
Personal Velocity
Movie • 2002
Mr. Gelb
The Incredibles
Movie • 2004
Gilbert Huph (voice)
Small Fry
Movie • 2011
Rex (voice)
Club Penguin Halloween Panic!
Movie • 2015
Gary
Duplex
Movie • 2003
Herman
A Little Sex
Movie • 1982
Oliver
How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
Movie • 1984
Professor Silverfish
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Movie • 1983
Frank Judd
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Movie • 2010
Calico (voice)
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Movie • 1989
Howard
Animal Crackers
Movie • 2018
Mr. Woodley (voice)
Just Like Dad
Movie • 1995
Stan Spiegel
Nickel & Dime
Movie • 1992
Everett Willits
Club Penguin Monster Beach Party
Movie • 2015
Gary the Gadget Guy (voice)
The Bostonians
Movie • 1984
Mr. Pardon
Air Buddies
Movie • 2006
Billy (voice)
Cop and a Half: New Recruit
Movie • 2017
Principal Miller
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Movie • 1996
Self
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
Movie • 2000
Rex (voice)
The Only Living Boy in New York
Movie • 2017
David
My Dinner with Louis
Movie • 1984
Interviewer
Book Club
Movie • 2018
Dr. Derek
Another Kind of Wedding
Movie • 2017
Albert
The Meteor Man
Movie • 1993
Mr. Little
Starring Austin Pendleton
Movie • 2016
Self
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
Movie • 2001
Self
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Movie • 2018
Self
Toy Story 4
Movie • 2019
Rex (voice)
Rifkin’s Festival
Movie • 2020
Mort Rifkin
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Movie • 2020
Mr. Crocus
Marriage Story
Movie • 2019
Frank
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
Movie • 2006
Self
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?
Movie • 2019
Rex (voice)
Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie • 2009
Broker / Booker / Lancelot Squarejaw
I Could Never Be Your Woman
Movie • 2007
Math Teacher (uncredited)
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Movie • 2020
Vizzini
The Fog of Courage
Movie • 2014
Eustace Bagge
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
Movie • 1998
Tarzan Chimp (voice)
Napoleon
Movie • 1995
Echidna (voice)
Waiting for Godot
Movie • 2021
Lucky
The Addams Family 2
Movie • 2021
Mr. Mustela (voice)
Strange Culture
Movie • 2007
Self
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
The Cemetery Club
Movie • 1993
Larry
Mr. St. Nick
Movie • 2002
Mimir
Phineas and Ferb Save Summer
Movie • 2014
Saul (voice)
Drawing Home
Movie • 2017
The Man Who Changed the World
Movie
Don Peyote
Movie • 2014
Dr. Fieldman
The Clock
Movie • 2025
Harold Jenkins
Toy Story 5
Movie • 2026
Rex (voice)
New York City Serenade
Movie • 2007
Wallace Shawn
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Bertram (voice)
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Lonny Moon
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Mr. Dune
The Cosby Show
TV • 1984
Jeffrey Engels
The Nanny
TV • 1993
Charles Haste
Crossing Jordan
TV • 2001
Howard Stiles
Teacher's Pet
TV • 2000
Principal Strickler (voice)
Fat Actress
TV • 2005
Dr. Von Oy
The L Word
TV • 2004
William Halsey
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Film Professor
Stargate SG-1
TV • 1997
Arlos
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Frank Hopper
Mr. Robot
TV • 2015
Mr. Williams
The Pink Panther
TV • 1993
Boss Man (voice)
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1997
Search Party
TV • 2016
William Badpastor
Amphibia
TV • 2019
Humphrey (voice)
Gossip Girl
TV • 2007
Cyrus Rose
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Roy Batters
Toy Story Treats
TV • 1996
Rex (Voice)
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Charles Lester
Gossip Girl
TV • 2021
Cyrus Rose
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Wallace Shawn (voice)
Eureka
TV • 2006
Dr. Warren Hughes
Taxi
TV • 1978
Arnie Ross
Fish Hooks
TV • 2010
Rat King (voice)
The 7D
TV • 2014
Not-So-Magic-Mirror (voice)
Taxi
TV • 1978
Arnie
Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs
TV • 2010
Rex (voice)
Blonde
TV • 2001
I.E. Shinn
Phineas and Ferb
TV • 2007
Saul (voice)
Evil
TV • 2019
Father Francis Ignatius
The Good Fight
TV • 2017
Charles Lester
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV • 1993
Zek
Big City Greens
TV • 2018
Jyle (voice)
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Morris Mole (voice)
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Barry (voice)
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Pete (voice)
Regular Show
TV • 2010
Evil Brain (voice)
Life in Pieces
TV • 2015
Samuel
Life on Mars
TV • 2008
The Sorcerer
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Benjamin Edelman
Young Sheldon
TV • 2017
John Sturgis
The Lionhearts
TV • 1998
(voice)
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Wallace the Hernia (voice)
Sex and the City
TV • 1998
Martin Gable
Mozart in the Jungle
TV • 2014
Winslow Elliott
The Mysteries of Laura
TV • 2014
Kenneth Walters
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Philip Ny (voice)
The Night Shift
TV • 2014
Mr. Neville
The Stinky & Dirty Show
TV • 2016
Tall (voice)
Krapopolis
TV • 2023
John Fate (voice)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
TV • 2017
Herb Smith
Graves
TV • 2016
Jerry North
Damages
TV • 2007
Sterling Biddle
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
TV • 2011
Taotie (voice)
Clueless
TV • 1996
Mr. Hall