Austin Pendleton
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-03-27 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Warren, Ohio, USA
Austin Pendleton
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.
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Acting
The Pitchfork Retreat
as Dr. Nacht
(2025)
Magic Hour
as Joseph
(2022)
(2022)
Essentials
as Max
(2021)
The Mimic
as The Driver
(2021)
Our Father
as Jerry
(2020)
Paint
as Professor Jacob Winston
(2019)
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
as Himself
(2019)
The Sound of Silence
as Robert Feinway
(2019)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
(2018)
7 Splinters in Time
as Fyodor Wax
(2018)
Olympia
as Himself
(2018)
Sunset
as Julian
(2016)
Finding Dory
as Gurgle (voice)
(2016)
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
(2015)
She's Funny That Way
as Judge Pendergast
(2014)
The Mend
as Earl
(2013)
Hairbrained
as Dapper Man
(2013)
Black Box
as William Peters
(2012)
Game Change
as Senator Joe Lieberman
(2010)
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
as Dr. Masters
(2008)
5-25-77
as Herb Lightman
(2008)
Theater of War
as Self
(2006)
Raising Flagg
as Gus Falk
(2006)
Edge of Outside
as Self
(2006)
Dirty Work
as Julian
(2005)
The Notorious Bettie Page
as Teacher
(2005)
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
as Jaurice
(2004)
Christmas with the Kranks
as Umbrella Santa / Marty
(2004)
Strip Search
as James Perley
(2004)
Piccadilly Jim
as Peter Pett
(2003)
Finding Nemo
as Gurgle (voice)
(2003)
Uptown Girls
as Mr. McConkey
(2003)
(2002)
Wishcraft
as Mr. Turner
(2002)
Manna from Heaven
as Two-Digit Doyle
(2002)
(2001)
A Beautiful Mind
as Thomas King
(2001)
The Concert for New York City
as Austin Pendleton film buff
(2001)
Sounds from a Town I Love
as film buff
(2001)
Queenie in Love
as Alvin
(2000)
Homicide: The Movie
as George Griscom
(2000)
Fast Food Fast Women
as George
(2000)
The Acting Class
as Bobby Austin
(2000)
Broke Even
as Archie
(1999)
The 4th Floor
as Albert Collins
(1999)
Joe the King
as Winston
(1999)
Men of Means
as Jerry Trask
(1998)
Sue
as Bob
(1997)
Amistad
as Professor Gibbs
(1997)
Trial and Error
as Judge Paul Z. Graff
(1997)
The Fumbleheads
as Eugene Cleft
(1997)
River Made to Drown In
as Billy
(1996)
2 Days in the Valley
as Ralph Crupi
(1996)
Sgt. Bilko
as MAJ Ebersole
(1996)
The Mirror Has Two Faces
as Barry
(1996)
The Associate
as Aesop Franklin
(1996)
The Proprietor
as Willy Kunst
(1995)
Home for the Holidays
as Peter Arnold
(1995)
Two Much
as Dr. Huffeyer
(1995)
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
as Hamlet
(1994)
Greedy
as Hotel Clerk
(1994)
Guarding Tess
as Earl
(1994)
Don't Drink the Water
as Chef Oscar
(1994)
The World of Jim Henson
as Max (archive footage)
(1993)
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Asa Hoffman
(1993)
Mr. Nanny
as Alex Mason, Sr.
(1993)
My Boyfriend's Back
as Dr. Bronson
(1993)
Rain Without Thunder
as Catholic Priest
(1992)
My Cousin Vinny
as John Gibbons
(1992)
(1991)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
as Lawyer Taylor
(1990)
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
as Mr. Gadbury
(1987)
Hello Again
as Junior Lacey
(1986)
Short Circuit
as Howard Marner
(1986)
Off Beat
as Gun Shop Salesman
(1985)
My Man Adam
as Mr. Greenhut
(1984)
Talk to Me
as Richard Patterson
(1983)
Alice in Wonderland
as White Rabbit
(1980)
Simon
as Dr. Carl Becker
(1980)
First Family
as Dr. Alexander Grade
(1979)
The Muppet Movie
as Max
(1979)
Starting Over
as Paul
(1978)
The Great Smokey Roadblock
as Guido
(1976)
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
(1976)
Diary of the Dead
as Dr. Klein
(1974)
The Front Page
as Earl Williams
(1974)
June Moon
as Bennie
(1973)
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
as Zukovsky
(1972)
What's Up, Doc?
as Frederick Larrabee
(1972)
Every Little Crook and Nanny
as Luther
(1970)
Catch-22
as Lt. Col. Moodus
(1968)
Skidoo
as Fred the Professor
(1968)
Petulia
as Intern (uncredited)
Crew
(2023)
Between Riverside and Crazy
Director