Wallace Shawn
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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.
Known for
Credits
Toy Story 5 (2026)
as Rex (voice)
Toy Story (1995)
as Rex (voice)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
as Rex (voice) (uncredited)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
as Rex (voice)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
as Rex (voice)
Toy Story 4 (2019)
as Rex (voice)
The Incredibles (2004)
as Gilbert Huph (voice)
The Princess Bride (1987)
as Vizzini
Chicken Little (2005)
as Principal Fetchit (voice)
Clueless (1995)
as Mr. Wendell Hall
A Goofy Movie (1995)
as Principal Mazur (voice)
The Addams Family 2 (2021)
as Mr. Mustela (voice)
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
as Ezra
Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)
as Rex (voice)
Marriage Story (2019)
as Frank
Small Fry (2011)
as Rex (voice)
Manhattan (1979)
as Jeremiah
Hawaiian Vacation (2011)
as Rex (voice)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
as Calico (voice)
The Double (2014)
as Mr. Papadopoulos
Duplex (2003)
as Herman
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)
as Labrador MC (voice)
Book Club (2018)
as Dr. Derek
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000)
as Rex (voice)
Vegas Vacation (1997)
as Marty
Southland Tales (2007)
as Baron Von Westphalen
Air Buddies (2006)
as Billy (voice)
All That Jazz (1979)
as Assistant Insurance Man
Happily N'Ever After (2007)
as Munk (voice)
The Pixar Story (2007)
as Rex (voice) (archive footage)
I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)
as Math Teacher (uncredited)
The Clock (2025)
as Harold Jenkins
Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers (2006)
as Barnacle Paul (voice)
Partysaurus Rex (2012)
as Rex (voice)
We're No Angels (1989)
as Translator
Shadows and Fog (1991)
as Simon Carr
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King (2008)
as Mr. Gibbles (voice)
The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)
as David
Animal Crackers (2018)
as Mr. Woodley (voice)
Rifkin's Festival (2020)
as Mort Rifkin
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
as Self
My Favorite Martian (1999)
as Coleye
Furry Vengeance (2010)
as Dr. Christian Burr (uncredited)
Starting Over (1979)
as Workshop Member
Maggie's Plan (2016)
as Kliegler
Vamps (2012)
as Dr. Van Helsing
Melinda and Melinda (2004)
as Sy
Atlantic City (1980)
as Waiter
The Bedroom Window (1987)
as Henderson's Attorney
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
as George Bond
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
as Wallace Shawn
Canadian Bacon (1995)
as Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
The Meteor Man (1993)
as Mr. Little
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (2020)
as Mr. Crocus
A Late Quartet (2012)
as Gideon Rosen
Jack and the Beanstalk (2009)
as Booker / Broker / Lancealot Squarejaw
Radio Days (1987)
as Masked Avenger
She's Out of Control (1989)
as Dr. Fishbinder
Admission (2013)
as Clarence
Heaven Help Us (1985)
as Father Abruzzi
The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
as Freud
House Arrest (1996)
as Vic Finley
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)
as Mr. Gibson
Monte Walsh (2003)
as Colonel Wilson
Teacher's Pet (2004)
as Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)
Deal of the Century (1983)
as Harold DeVoto
Head Office (1985)
as Mike Hoover
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998)
as Tarzan Chimp (voice)
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
as John Lahr
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
as Vanya
Critical Care (1997)
as Furnaceman
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time? (2019)
as Rex (voice)
A Little Sex (1982)
as Oliver
Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
as Sibor, Semage's Beau
The Bostonians (1984)
as Mr. Pardon
Cop and a Half: New Recruit (2017)
as Principal Miller
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)
as Howard
The Prime Gig (2001)
as Gene
Micki & Maude (1984)
as Dr. Elliot Fibel
The Speed of Thought (2011)
as Sandy
New York City Serenade (2007)
as Wallace Shawn
The Moderns (1988)
as Oiseau
Another Kind of Wedding (2017)
as Albert
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
as Horatio Byrd
Personal Velocity (2002)
as Mr. Gelb
Don Peyote (2014)
as Dr. Fieldman
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Strange Invaders (1983)
as Earl
Nickel & Dime (1992)
as Everett Willits
Phineas and Ferb Save Summer (2014)
as Saul (voice)
Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20 (2026)
as Self
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018)
as Self
Mr. St. Nick (2002)
as Mimir
Karroll's Christmas (2004)
Actor
Crackers (1984)
as Turtle
The Double 0 Kid (1992)
as Cashpot
Robo-Dog (2015)
as Mr. Willis
The Magic Bubble (1993)
as Doctor/Therapist
The Last Impresario (2014)
as Self
Just Like Dad (1995)
as Stan Spiegel
The Cemetery Club (1993)
as Larry
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland (2008)
as Self
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' (2001)
as Self
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion (2020)
as Vizzini
How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days (1984)
as Professor Silverfish
Lovesick (1983)
as Otto Jaffe
Christmas at Cartwright's (2014)
as Harry
Club Penguin Halloween Panic! (2015)
as Gary
A Master Builder (2014)
as Halvard Solness
Club Penguin Monster Beach Party (2015)
as Gary the Gadget Guy (voice)
Drawing Home (2017)
Actor
Simon (1980)
as Eric Van Dongen
Just Write (1997)
as Arthur Blake
Driving Mr. Pink (1995)
as Boss Man (voice)
Cheaper to Keep Her (1981)
as Mugger
Starring Austin Pendleton (2016)
as Self
The Story Behind 'Toy Story' (1996)
as Self
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man (1999)
Actor
Saigon: Year of the Cat (1983)
as Frank Judd
Strong Medicine (1981)
as Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)
The Fog of Courage (2014)
as Eustace Bagge
Love Thy Neighbor (2003)
as Clinic Doctor
My Dinner with Louis (1984)
as Interviewer
Nice Girls Don't Explode (1987)
as Ellen
Waiting for Godot (2021)
as Lucky
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner (2013)
as Self
The Wife (1996)
as Cosmo
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States (2006)
as Self
The First Time (1983)
as Jules Goldfarb
The Windmill Movie (2009)
as Self
Noah (1998)
Actor
Strange Culture (2007)
as Self
The Man Who Changed the World (—)
as Buckminster Fuller
André Gregory and Wallace Shawn (2009)
Actor
Toy Story of Terror! (2013)
as Rex (Voice)