Austin Pendleton
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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
Credits
Finding Nemo (2003)
as Gurgle (voice)
Finding Dory (2016)
as Gurgle (voice)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
as Thomas King
The Muppet Movie (1979)
as Max
Uptown Girls (2003)
as Mr. McConkey
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
as John Gibbons
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
as Umbrella Santa / Marty
Short Circuit (1986)
as Howard Marner
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
as Dr. Masters
Catch-22 (1970)
as Lt. Col. Moodus
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
as Asa Hoffman
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
as Barry
She's Funny That Way (2015)
as Judge Pendergast
Guarding Tess (1994)
as Earl
Greedy (1994)
as Hotel Clerk
Sgt. Bilko (1996)
as Major Ebersole
The Associate (1996)
as Aesop Franklin
2 Days in the Valley (1996)
as Ralph Crupi
Starting Over (1979)
as Paul
The Front Page (1974)
as Earl Williams
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
as Frederick Larrabee
Mr. Nanny (1993)
as Alex Mason, Sr.
Game Change (2012)
as Senator Joe Lieberman
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)
as Teacher
Hello Again (1987)
as Junior Lacey
Home for the Holidays (1995)
as Peter Arnold
Sunset (2018)
as Julian
My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
as Dr. Bronson
The 4th Floor (1999)
as Albert Collins
Wishcraft (2002)
as Mr. Turner
The Sound of Silence (2019)
as Robert Feinway
Two Much (1995)
as Dr. Huffeyer
Joe the King (1999)
as Winston
Off Beat (1986)
as Gun Shop Salesman
Petulia (1968)
as Intern (uncredited)
Homicide: The Movie (2000)
as George Griscom
Don't Drink the Water (1994)
as Chef Oscar
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
as Mr. Gadbury
7 Splinters in Time (2018)
as Fyodor Wax
True Identity (1991)
as Director of Othello
5-25-77 (2008)
as Herb Lightman
Strip Search (2004)
as James Perley
Trial and Error (1997)
as Judge Paul Z. Graff
Hairbrained (2013)
as Dapper Man
Piccadilly Jim (2004)
as Peter Pett
The Concert for New York City (2001)
as Austin Pendleton film buff
Sue (1998)
as Bob
The World of Jim Henson (1994)
as Max (archive footage)
The Mimic (2021)
as The Driver
The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
as Zukovsky
The Pitchfork Retreat (2025)
as Dr. Nacht
Queenie in Love (2001)
as Alvin
June Moon (1974)
as Bennie
Manna from Heaven (2002)
as Two-Digit Doyle
The Great Smokey Roadblock (1978)
as Guido
Olympia (2018)
as Self
Rain Without Thunder (1993)
as Catholic Priest
My Man Adam (1985)
as Mr. Greenhut
Diary of the Dead (1976)
as Dr. Klein
Amistad (1997)
as Professor Gibbs
Alice in Wonderland (1983)
as White Rabbit
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019)
as Self
Skidoo (1968)
as Fred the Professor
Theater of War (2008)
as Self
Fast Food Fast Women (2000)
as George
The Acting Class (2000)
as Bobby Austin
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976)
as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
Starring Austin Pendleton (2016)
as Self
Edge of Outside (2006)
as Self
First Family (1980)
as Dr. Alexander Grade
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet (1995)
as Hamlet
Wanderland (2018)
as Raphael
The Proprietor (1996)
as Willy Kunst
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (2005)
as Jaurice
River Made to Drown In (1997)
as Billy
Four Eyes and Six-Guns (1992)
as Moustached Passenger
The Mend (2014)
as Earl
Sick in the Head (2003)
Actor
Raising Flagg (2006)
as Gus Falk
Simon (1980)
as Dr. Carl Becker
Magic Hour (2025)
as Joseph
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019)
as Self
Paint (2020)
as Professor Jacob Winston
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
as Lawyer Taylor
Broke Even (2000)
as Archie
Dirty Work (2006)
as Julian
The Fumbleheads (1997)
as Eugene Cleft
Sounds from a Town I Love (2001)
as film buff
Angela (2002)
Actor
When Robert Met Judith (—)
as Robert
Talk to Me (1984)
as Richard Patterson
Men of Means (1999)
as Jerry Trask
Our Father (2021)
as Jerry
Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972)
as Luther
The Reunion (2022)
Actor
Essentials (2022)
as Max
Charlie's Ear (1992)
as Harold Blodgett
Black Box (2013)
as William Peters
The Belt (2026)
Actor