Austin Pendleton
Acting • Born 1940-03-27
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.
Filmography
133 credits
Finding Nemo
Movie • 2003
Gurgle (voice)
A Beautiful Mind
Movie • 2001
Thomas King
The Front Page
Movie • 1974
Earl Williams
Short Circuit
Movie • 1986
Howard Marner
River Made to Drown In
Movie • 1997
Billy
My Cousin Vinny
Movie • 1992
John Gibbons
Don't Drink the Water
Movie • 1994
Chef Oscar
The Muppet Movie
Movie • 1979
Max
The Associate
Movie • 1996
Aesop Franklin
Guarding Tess
Movie • 1994
Earl
Homicide: The Movie
Movie • 2000
George Griscom
What's Up, Doc?
Movie • 1972
Frederick Larrabee
Wishcraft
Movie • 2002
Mr. Turner
Skidoo
Movie • 1968
Fred the Professor
2 Days in the Valley
Movie • 1996
Ralph Crupi
Essentials
Movie • 2022
Max
Christmas with the Kranks
Movie • 2004
Umbrella Santa / Marty
Hello Again
Movie • 1987
Junior Lacey
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Movie • 1978
Guido
Uptown Girls
Movie • 2003
Mr. McConkey
Two Much
Movie • 1995
Dr. Huffeyer
Raising Flagg
Movie • 2006
Gus Falk
Trial and Error
Movie • 1997
Judge Paul Z. Graff
The 4th Floor
Movie • 1999
Albert Collins
Mr. Nanny
Movie • 1993
Alex Mason, Sr.
Off Beat
Movie • 1986
Gun Shop Salesman
Joe the King
Movie • 1999
Winston
Starting Over
Movie • 1979
Paul
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Movie • 1973
Zukovsky
The Reunion
Movie • 2022
Angela
Movie • 2002
Every Little Crook and Nanny
Movie • 1972
Luther
The Proprietor
Movie • 1996
Willy Kunst
First Family
Movie • 1980
Dr. Alexander Grade
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Movie • 1990
Mr. Gadbury
5-25-77
Movie • 2008
Herb Lightman
Men of Means
Movie • 1999
Jerry Trask
Black Box
Movie • 2013
William Peters
Hairbrained
Movie • 2013
Dapper Man
The Mend
Movie • 2014
Earl
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Movie • 1991
Lawyer Taylor
Dirty Work
Movie • 2006
Julian
The Pitchfork Retreat
Movie • 2025
Dr. Nacht
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
Movie • 1992
Moustached Passenger
Alice in Wonderland
Movie • 1983
White Rabbit
Edge of Outside
Movie • 2006
Self
Simon
Movie • 1980
Dr. Carl Becker
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Movie • 2005
Jaurice
Rain Without Thunder
Movie • 1993
Catholic Priest
Theater of War
Movie • 2008
Self
Sgt. Bilko
Movie • 1996
MAJ Ebersole
Manna from Heaven
Movie • 2002
Two-Digit Doyle
She's Funny That Way
Movie • 2015
Judge Pendergast
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
Movie • 1976
Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
Finding Dory
Movie • 2016
Gurgle (voice)
Catch-22
Movie • 1970
Lt. Col. Moodus
Greedy
Movie • 1994
Hotel Clerk
The Fumbleheads
Movie • 1997
Eugene Cleft
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Movie • 1995
Hamlet
Piccadilly Jim
Movie • 2004
Peter Pett
Queenie in Love
Movie • 2001
Alvin
My Man Adam
Movie • 1985
Mr. Greenhut
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Movie • 1996
Barry
The Notorious Bettie Page
Movie • 2006
Teacher
Starring Austin Pendleton
Movie • 2016
Self
Petulia
Movie • 1968
Intern (uncredited)
7 Splinters in Time
Movie • 2018
Fyodor Wax
Olympia
Movie • 2018
Himself
The Sound of Silence
Movie • 2019
Robert Feinway
Talk to Me
Movie • 1984
Richard Patterson
Fast Food Fast Women
Movie • 2000
George
Amistad
Movie • 1997
Professor Gibbs
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Movie • 2019
Self
Diary of the Dead
Movie • 1976
Dr. Klein
The World of Jim Henson
Movie • 1994
Max (archive footage)
My Boyfriend's Back
Movie • 1993
Dr. Bronson
Game Change
Movie • 2012
Senator Joe Lieberman
June Moon
Movie • 1974
Bennie
Home for the Holidays
Movie • 1995
Peter Arnold
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Movie • 2019
Self
Paint
Movie • 2020
Professor Jacob Winston
Strip Search
Movie • 2004
James Perley
Sue
Movie • 1998
Bob
Our Father
Movie • 2021
Jerry
The Mimic
Movie • 2021
The Driver
Sounds from a Town I Love
Movie • 2001
film buff
Broke Even
Movie • 2000
Archie
The Acting Class
Movie • 2000
Bobby Austin
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Movie • 1993
Asa Hoffman
Sick in the Head
Movie • 2003
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Movie • 2010
Dr. Masters
Sunset
Movie • 2018
Julian
The Concert for New York City
Movie • 2001
Austin Pendleton film buff
Magic Hour
Movie • 2025
Joseph
The Belt
Movie
When Robert Met Judith
Movie
Robert
True Identity
Movie • 1991
Director of Othello
Charlie's Ear
Movie • 1992
Harold Blodgett
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Mr. Entertainment
Good Times
TV • 1974
American Dreamer
TV • 1990
Joan of Arcadia
TV • 2003
Dietrich Steinholz
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Mr. Piltdown
The Cosby Show
TV • 1984
Mr. Kensington
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Orloff
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Horace Gorman
Oz
TV • 1997
William Giles
Frasier
TV • 1993
Dr. Dorfman
The Practice
TV • 1997
Sam Feldberg
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Jonah
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
John Manotti
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Dr. George Griscom
Cupid
TV • 2009
Dr. Boyd
New York News
TV • 1995
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Barry Haskell
Billions
TV • 2016
21 Jump Street
TV • 1987
Mr. Trysla
Liberty!
TV • 1997
Benjamin Rush
Life on Mars
TV • 2008
Dr. Goldman
The Good Fight
TV • 2017
Dr. Goat
Person of Interest
TV • 2011
Pilcher
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Fired Up
TV • 1997
Bobby H.
Alex, Inc.
TV • 2018
Wesley Harman
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Max Rogo
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Barney Gunderson
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Bennie
Great Performances
TV • 1971
White Rabbit
New Amsterdam
TV • 2018
Eli Pembroke
Leg Work
TV • 1987
Harold Rodman
Difficult People
TV • 2015
Director
Masquerade
TV • 1983
Actor