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