The Belt
2026 · Movie
Austin Pendleton
1940-03-27
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Warren, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography
The Pitchfork Retreat
2025 · Movie
as Dr. Nacht
Magic Hour
2025 · Movie
as Joseph
Essentials
2022 · Movie
as Max
The Reunion
2022 · Movie
Our Father
2021 · Movie
as Jerry
The Mimic
2021 · Movie
as The Driver
Paint
2020 · Movie
as Professor Jacob Winston
The Sound of Silence
2019 · Movie
as Robert Feinway
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
2019 · Movie
as Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019 · Movie
as Self
7 Splinters in Time
2018 · Movie
as Fyodor Wax
Olympia
2018 · Movie
as Self
Sunset
2018 · Movie
as Julian
Wanderland
2018 · Movie
as Raphael
Alex, Inc.
2018 · TV Show
as Wesley Harman
New Amsterdam
2018 · TV Show
as Eli Pembroke
The Good Fight
2017 · TV Show
as Dr. Goat
Finding Dory
2016 · Movie
as Gurgle (voice)
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016 · Movie
as Self
Billions
2016 · TV Show
as Goose Quill
She's Funny That Way
2015 · Movie
as Judge Pendergast
Difficult People
2015 · TV Show
as Director
The Mend
2014 · Movie
as Earl
Black Box
2013 · Movie
as William Peters
Hairbrained
2013 · Movie
as Dapper Man
Game Change
2012 · Movie
as Senator Joe Lieberman
Person of Interest
2011 · TV Show
as Pilcher
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010 · Movie
as Dr. Masters
Cupid
2009 · TV Show
as Dr. Boyd
5-25-77
2008 · Movie
as Herb Lightman
Theater of War
2008 · Movie
as Self
Life on Mars
2008 · TV Show
as Dr. Goldman
Raising Flagg
2006 · Movie
as Gus Falk
Dirty Work
2006 · Movie
as Julian
Edge of Outside
2006 · Movie
as Self
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006 · Movie
as Teacher
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
2005 · Movie
as Jaurice
Christmas with the Kranks
2004 · Movie
as Umbrella Santa / Marty
Piccadilly Jim
2004 · Movie
as Peter Pett
Strip Search
2004 · Movie
as James Perley
Finding Nemo
2003 · Movie
as Gurgle (voice)
Uptown Girls
2003 · Movie
as Mr. McConkey
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Sick in the Head
2003 · Movie
Joan of Arcadia
2003 · TV Show
as Dietrich Steinholz
Wishcraft
2002 · Movie
as Mr. Turner
Angela
2002 · Movie
Manna from Heaven
2002 · Movie
as Two-Digit Doyle
A Beautiful Mind
2001 · Movie
as Thomas King
Queenie in Love
2001 · Movie
as Alvin
Sounds from a Town I Love
2001 · Movie
as film buff
The Concert for New York City
2001 · Movie
as Austin Pendleton film buff
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · TV Show
as John Manotti
Homicide: The Movie
2000 · Movie
as George Griscom
Fast Food Fast Women
2000 · Movie
as George
Broke Even
2000 · Movie
as Archie
The Acting Class
2000 · Movie
as Bobby Austin
The 4th Floor
1999 · Movie
as Albert Collins
Joe the King
1999 · Movie
as Winston
Men of Means
1999 · Movie
as Jerry Trask
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
as Horace Gorman
The West Wing
1999 · TV Show
as Barry Haskell
Sue
1998 · Movie
as Bob
River Made to Drown In
1997 · Movie
as Billy
Trial and Error
1997 · Movie
as Judge Paul Z. Graff
The Fumbleheads
1997 · Movie
as Eugene Cleft
Amistad
1997 · Movie
as Professor Gibbs
Oz
1997 · TV Show
as William Giles
The Practice
1997 · TV Show
as Sam Feldberg
Liberty!
1997 · TV Show
as Benjamin Rush
Fired Up
1997 · TV Show
as Bobby H.
The Associate
1996 · Movie
as Aesop Franklin
2 Days in the Valley
1996 · Movie
as Ralph Crupi
The Proprietor
1996 · Movie
as Willy Kunst
Sgt. Bilko
1996 · Movie
as Major Ebersole
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1996 · Movie
as Barry
Two Much
1995 · Movie
as Dr. Huffeyer
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
1995 · Movie
as Hamlet
Home for the Holidays
1995 · Movie
as Peter Arnold
New York News
1995 · TV Show
Don't Drink the Water
1994 · Movie
as Chef Oscar
Guarding Tess
1994 · Movie
as Earl
Greedy
1994 · Movie
as Hotel Clerk
The World of Jim Henson
1994 · Movie
as Max (archive footage)
Touched by an Angel
1994 · TV Show
as Mr. Piltdown
Mr. Nanny
1993 · Movie
as Alex Mason, Sr.
Rain Without Thunder
1993 · Movie
as Catholic Priest
My Boyfriend's Back
1993 · Movie
as Dr. Bronson
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993 · Movie
as Asa Hoffman
Frasier
1993 · TV Show
as Dr. Dorfman
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · TV Show
as Dr. George Griscom
My Cousin Vinny
1992 · Movie
as John Gibbons
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992 · Movie
as Moustached Passenger
Charlie's Ear
1992 · Movie
as Harold Blodgett
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
1991 · Movie
as Lawyer Taylor
True Identity
1991 · Movie
as Director of Othello
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990 · Movie
as Mr. Gadbury
American Dreamer
1990 · TV Show
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · TV Show
as Orloff
Hello Again
1987 · Movie
as Junior Lacey
21 Jump Street
1987 · TV Show
as Mr. Trysla
Leg Work
1987 · TV Show
as Harold Rodman
Short Circuit
1986 · Movie
as Howard Marner
Off Beat
1986 · Movie
as Gun Shop Salesman
My Man Adam
1985 · Movie
as Mr. Greenhut
The Equalizer
1985 · TV Show
as Jonah
Talk to Me
1984 · Movie
as Richard Patterson
The Cosby Show
1984 · TV Show
as Mr. Kensington
Miami Vice
1984 · TV Show
as Max Rogo
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV Show
as Barney Gunderson
Alice in Wonderland
1983 · Movie
as White Rabbit
Masquerade
1983 · TV Show
as Actor
St. Elsewhere
1982 · TV Show
as Mr. Entertainment
First Family
1980 · Movie
as Dr. Alexander Grade
Simon
1980 · Movie
as Dr. Carl Becker
The Muppet Movie
1979 · Movie
as Max
Starting Over
1979 · Movie
as Paul
The Great Smokey Roadblock
1978 · Movie
as Guido
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
1976 · Movie
as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
Diary of the Dead
1976 · Movie
as Dr. Klein
The Front Page
1974 · Movie
as Earl Williams
June Moon
1974 · Movie
as Bennie
Good Times
1974 · TV Show
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973 · Movie
as Zukovsky
What's Up, Doc?
1972 · Movie
as Frederick Larrabee
Every Little Crook and Nanny
1972 · Movie
as Luther
Great Performances
1971 · TV Show
as Bennie, White Rabbit
Catch-22
1970 · Movie
as Lt. Col. Moodus
Love, American Style
1969 · TV Show
Skidoo
1968 · Movie
as Fred the Professor
Petulia
1968 · Movie
as Intern (uncredited)
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
as Self - Nominee
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When Robert Met Judith
· Movie
as Robert
