Austin Pendleton
Actor
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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As Director
Filmography
Finding Nemo
as Gurgle (voice) 2003
Finding Dory
as Gurgle (voice) 2016
A Beautiful Mind
as Thomas King 2001
My Cousin Vinny
as John Gibbons 1992
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
as Dr. Masters 2010
Short Circuit
as Howard Marner 1986
Amistad
as Professor Gibbs 1997
Christmas with the Kranks
as Umbrella Santa / Marty 2004
Uptown Girls
as Mr. McConkey 2003
She's Funny That Way
as Judge Pendergast 2015
The Muppet Movie
as Max 1979
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Asa Hoffman 1993
What's Up, Doc?
as Frederick Larrabee 1972
Sgt. Bilko
as MAJ Ebersole 1996
The Front Page
as Earl Williams 1974
The Mirror Has Two Faces
as Barry 1996
Guarding Tess
as Earl 1994