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