Austin Pendleton
Known for Acting · 134 credits
- Born
- 1940-03-27 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Warren, Ohio, USA
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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Known For
TV Shows (35)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Horace Gorman
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as John Manotti
Person of Interest
2011
as Pilcher
Frasier
1993
as Dr. Dorfman
The West Wing
1999
as Barry Haskell
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Barney Gunderson
Billions
2016
as Goose Quill
Miami Vice
1984
as Max Rogo
Love, American Style
1969
The Practice
1997
as Sam Feldberg
Great Performances
1971
as Bennie / White Rabbit
The Good Fight
2017
as Dr. Goat
21 Jump Street
1987
as Mr. Trysla
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Mr. Piltdown
The Cosby Show
1984
as Mr. Kensington
New Amsterdam
2018
as Eli Pembroke
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Dr. George Griscom
Oz
1997
as William Giles
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Mr. Entertainment
The Equalizer
1985
as Jonah
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Orloff
Joan of Arcadia
2003
as Dietrich Steinholz
Good Times
1974
Life on Mars
2008
as Dr. Goldman
Fired Up
1997
as Bobby H.
Difficult People
2015
as Director
New York News
1995
Masquerade
1983
as Actor
American Dreamer
1990
Cupid
2009
as Dr. Boyd
Leg Work
1987
as Harold Rodman
Alex, Inc.
2018
as Wesley Harman
Liberty!
1997
as Benjamin Rush
Movies (99)
Finding Nemo
2003
as Gurgle (voice)
A Beautiful Mind
2001
as Thomas King
Finding Dory
2016
as Gurgle (voice)
Uptown Girls
2003
as Mr. McConkey
My Cousin Vinny
1992
as John Gibbons
Short Circuit
1986
as Howard Marner
Catch-22
1970
as Lt. Col. Moodus
The Muppet Movie
1979
as Max
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
as Dr. Masters
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1996
as Barry
Christmas with the Kranks
2004
as Umbrella Santa / Marty
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
as Asa Hoffman
Paint
2020
as Professor Jacob Winston
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006
as Teacher
2 Days in the Valley
1996
as Ralph Crupi
Starting Over
1979
as Paul
The Associate
1996
as Aesop Franklin
Greedy
1994
as Hotel Clerk
Guarding Tess
1994
as Earl
Piccadilly Jim
2004
as Peter Pett
Sgt. Bilko
1996
as MAJ Ebersole
Game Change
2012
as Senator Joe Lieberman
Home for the Holidays
1995
as Peter Arnold
The Concert for New York City
2001
as Austin Pendleton film buff
She's Funny That Way
2015
as Judge Pendergast
Sue
1998
as Bob
What's Up, Doc?
1972
as Frederick Larrabee
Strip Search
2004
as James Perley
The Front Page
1974
as Earl Williams
Homicide: The Movie
2000
as George Griscom
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
1976
as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
Olympia
2018
as Self
Joe the King
1999
as Winston
My Boyfriend's Back
1993
as Dr. Bronson
Hello Again
1987
as Junior Lacey
Petulia
1968
as Intern (uncredited)
Two Much
1995
as Dr. Huffeyer
Mr. Nanny
1993
as Alex Mason, Sr.
Hairbrained
2013
as Dapper Man
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990
as Mr. Gadbury
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
Don't Drink the Water
1994
as Chef Oscar
The Pitchfork Retreat
2025
as Dr. Nacht
The 4th Floor
1999
as Albert Collins
Sounds from a Town I Love
2001
as film buff
Wishcraft
2002
as Mr. Turner
Skidoo
1968
as Fred the Professor
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
as Self
Trial and Error
1997
as Judge Paul Z. Graff
True Identity
1991
as Director of Othello
The World of Jim Henson
1994
as Max (archive footage)
Simon
1980
as Dr. Carl Becker
First Family
1980
as Dr. Alexander Grade
Manna from Heaven
2002
as Two-Digit Doyle
Theater of War
2008
as Self
Amistad
1997
as Professor Gibbs
Off Beat
1986
as Gun Shop Salesman
The Acting Class
2000
as Bobby Austin
The Sound of Silence
2019
as Robert Feinway
River Made to Drown In
1997
as Billy
The Mimic
2021
as The Driver
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
2019
as Self
The Great Smokey Roadblock
1978
as Guido
7 Splinters in Time
2018
as Fyodor Wax
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992
as Moustached Passenger
Edge of Outside
2006
as Self
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
1991
as Lawyer Taylor
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
2005
as Jaurice
My Man Adam
1985
as Mr. Greenhut
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
1995
as Hamlet
June Moon
1974
as Bennie
The Fumbleheads
1997
as Eugene Cleft
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973
as Zukovsky
Alice in Wonderland
1983
as White Rabbit
Raising Flagg
2006
as Gus Falk
Queenie in Love
2001
as Alvin
5-25-77
2008
as Herb Lightman
Rain Without Thunder
1993
as Catholic Priest
Diary of the Dead
1976
as Dr. Klein
The Proprietor
1996
as Willy Kunst
Every Little Crook and Nanny
1972
as Luther
Men of Means
1999
as Jerry Trask
The Mend
2014
as Earl
Wanderland
2018
as Raphael
Broke Even
2000
as Archie
Angela
2002
Our Father
2021
as Jerry
Fast Food Fast Women
2000
as George
Sick in the Head
2003
Talk to Me
1984
as Richard Patterson
Magic Hour
2025
as Joseph
Dirty Work
2006
as Julian
The Reunion
2022
Sunset
2018
as Julian
Black Box
2013
as William Peters
The Belt
Essentials
2022
as Max
Charlie's Ear
1992
as Harold Blodgett
When Robert Met Judith
as Robert
About Austin Pendleton
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 Motio… With 134 credits spanning from 1956 to 2025, Austin Pendleton has appeared in 99 films and 35 TV shows.
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Most Popular Austin Pendleton Movies
- Finding Nemo (2003) — as Gurgle (voice)
- A Beautiful Mind (2001) — as Thomas King
- Finding Dory (2016) — as Gurgle (voice)
- Uptown Girls (2003) — as Mr. McConkey
- My Cousin Vinny (1992) — as John Gibbons
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