Austin Pendleton

Personal Info

Know 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 ...

Acting

2003

Finding Nemo

as Gurgle (voice)

2001

A Beautiful Mind

as Thomas King

1974

The Front Page

as Earl Williams

1986

Short Circuit

as Howard Marner

1992

My Cousin Vinny

as John Gibbons

1994

1996

The Associate

as Aesop Franklin

2000

Homicide: The Movie

as George Griscom

1994

1972

What's Up, Doc?

as Frederick Larrabee

2002

Wishcraft

as Mr. Turner

1968

Skidoo

as Fred the Professor

1996

2 Days in the Valley

as Ralph Crupi

2022

2004

Christmas with the Kranks

as Umbrella Santa / Marty

1987

Hello Again

as Junior Lacey

2003

Uptown Girls

as Mr. McConkey

1995

Two Much

as Dr. Huffeyer

2006

Raising Flagg

as Gus Falk

1997

Trial and Error

as Judge Paul Z. Graff

1999

The 4th Floor

as Albert Collins

1993

Mr. Nanny

as Alex Mason, Sr.

1986

Off Beat

as Gun Shop Salesman

1999

Joe the King

as Winston

1979

2002

1996

The Proprietor

as Willy Kunst

1980

First Family

as Dr. Alexander Grade

1990

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

as Mr. Gadbury

2008

5-25-77

as Herb Lightman

1999

Men of Means

as Jerry Trask

2013

Black Box

as William Peters

2013

Hairbrained

as Dapper Man

2014

The Mend

as Earl

1991

2006

Dirty Work

as Julian

1983

Alice in Wonderland

as White Rabbit

2006

1980

Simon

as Dr. Carl Becker

1993

Rain Without Thunder

as Catholic Priest

2008

1996

Sgt. Bilko

as MAJ Ebersole

2002

Manna from Heaven

as Two-Digit Doyle

2015

She's Funny That Way

as Judge Pendergast

1976

The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)

2016

Finding Dory

as Gurgle (voice)

1970

Catch-22

as Lt. Col. Moodus

1994

Greedy

as Hotel Clerk

1997

The Fumbleheads

as Eugene Cleft

2004

Piccadilly Jim

as Peter Pett

2001

1985

My Man Adam

as Mr. Greenhut

1968

Petulia

as Intern (uncredited)

2018

7 Splinters in Time

as Fyodor Wax

2018

Olympia

as Himself

2019

The Sound of Silence

as Robert Feinway

1984

Talk to Me

as Richard Patterson

1997

Amistad

as Professor Gibbs

1976

Diary of the Dead

as Dr. Klein

1994

The World of Jim Henson

as Max (archive footage)

1993

My Boyfriend's Back

as Dr. Bronson

2012

Game Change

as Senator Joe Lieberman

1974

June Moon

as Bennie

1995

Home for the Holidays

as Peter Arnold

2020

Paint

as Professor Jacob Winston

2004

Strip Search

as James Perley

1998

Sue

as Bob

2021

Our Father

as Jerry

2021

The Mimic

as The Driver

2000

Broke Even

as Archie

2000

The Acting Class

as Bobby Austin

1993

2018

Sunset

as Julian

2001

The Concert for New York City

as Austin Pendleton film buff

2025

Magic Hour

as Joseph

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