Austin Pendleton

Known For: Acting
Born: March 27, 1940
Place of Birth: Warren, Ohio, USA

Austin Pendleton

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-Broad…

Filmography

The Belt

2026

The Pitchfork Retreat

2025 · Dr. Nacht

Magic Hour

2025 · Joseph

Between Riverside and Crazy

2023 · Director

Essentials

2022 · Max

The Reunion

2022

Our Father

2021 · Jerry

The Mimic

2021 · The Driver

Paint

2020 · Professor Jacob Winston

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

2019 · Self

The Sound of Silence

2019 · Robert Feinway

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

2019 · Self

Olympia

2018 · Self

New Amsterdam

2018 · Eli Pembroke

7 Splinters in Time

2018 · Fyodor Wax

Sunset

2018 · Julian

Wanderland

2018 · Raphael

Alex, Inc.

2018 · Wesley Harman

The Good Fight

2017 · Dr. Goat

Finding Dory

2016 · Gurgle (voice)

Starring Austin Pendleton

2016 · Self

Billions

2016 · Goose Quill

Difficult People

2015 · Director

She's Funny That Way

2015 · Judge Pendergast

The Mend

2014 · Earl

Hairbrained

2013 · Dapper Man

Black Box

2013 · William Peters

Game Change

2012 · Senator Joe Lieberman

Person of Interest

2011 · Pilcher

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

2010 · Dr. Masters

Cupid

2009 · Dr. Boyd

5-25-77

2008 · Herb Lightman

Life on Mars

2008 · Dr. Goldman

Theater of War

2008 · Self

Raising Flagg

2006 · Gus Falk

Dirty Work

2006 · Julian

Edge of Outside

2006 · Self

The Notorious Bettie Page

2006 · Teacher

The Civilization of Maxwell Bright

2005 · Jaurice

Christmas with the Kranks

2004 · Umbrella Santa / Marty

Piccadilly Jim

2004 · Peter Pett

Strip Search

2004 · James Perley

Joan of Arcadia

2003 · Dietrich Steinholz

Uptown Girls

2003 · Mr. McConkey

Finding Nemo

2003 · Gurgle (voice)

Sick in the Head

Sick in the Head

2003

Wishcraft

2002 · Mr. Turner

Manna from Heaven

2002 · Two-Digit Doyle

Angela

2002

A Beautiful Mind

2001 · Thomas King

Sounds from a Town I Love

2001 · film buff

The Concert for New York City

2001 · Austin Pendleton film buff

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001 · John Manotti

Queenie in Love

2001 · Alvin

Fast Food Fast Women

2000 · George

The Acting Class

2000 · Bobby Austin

Homicide: The Movie

2000 · George Griscom

Broke Even

2000 · Archie

The West Wing

1999 · Barry Haskell

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 · Horace Gorman

The 4th Floor

1999 · Albert Collins

Men of Means

1999 · Jerry Trask

Joe the King

1999 · Winston

Sue

1998 · Bob

Amistad

1997 · Professor Gibbs

Liberty!

1997 · Benjamin Rush

River Made to Drown In

1997 · Billy

Oz

1997 · William Giles

Trial and Error

1997 · Judge Paul Z. Graff

Fired Up

1997 · Bobby H.

The Practice

1997 · Sam Feldberg

The Fumbleheads

1997 · Eugene Cleft

The Mirror Has Two Faces

1996 · Barry

The Associate

1996 · Aesop Franklin

2 Days in the Valley

1996 · Ralph Crupi

The Proprietor

1996 · Willy Kunst

Sgt. Bilko

1996 · Major Ebersole

Two Much

1995 · Dr. Huffeyer

Home for the Holidays

1995 · Peter Arnold

New York News

1995

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

1995 · Hamlet

Don't Drink the Water

1994 · Chef Oscar

The World of Jim Henson

1994 · Max (archive footage)

Touched by an Angel

1994 · Mr. Piltdown

Guarding Tess

1994 · Earl

Greedy

1994 · Hotel Clerk

Frasier

1993 · Dr. Dorfman

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993 · Asa Hoffman

My Boyfriend's Back

1993 · Dr. Bronson

Mr. Nanny

1993 · Alex Mason, Sr.

Rain Without Thunder

1993 · Catholic Priest

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993 · Dr. George Griscom

Four Eyes and Six-Guns

1992 · Moustached Passenger

Charlie's Ear

1992 · Harold Blodgett

My Cousin Vinny

1992 · John Gibbons

True Identity

1991 · Director of Othello

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

1991 · Lawyer Taylor

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

1990 · Mr. Gadbury

American Dreamer

1990

Tales from the Crypt

1989 · Orloff

Hello Again

1987 · Junior Lacey

Leg Work

1987 · Harold Rodman

21 Jump Street

1987 · Mr. Trysla

Short Circuit

1986 · Howard Marner

Off Beat

1986 · Gun Shop Salesman

My Man Adam

1985 · Mr. Greenhut

The Equalizer

1985 · Jonah

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Barney Gunderson

The Cosby Show

1984 · Mr. Kensington

Miami Vice

1984 · Max Rogo

Talk to Me

1984 · Richard Patterson

Masquerade

1983 · Actor

Alice in Wonderland

1983 · White Rabbit

Say Goodnight, Gracie

1983 · Director

St. Elsewhere

1982 · Mr. Entertainment

First Family

1980 · Dr. Alexander Grade

Simon

1980 · Dr. Carl Becker

Starting Over

1979 · Paul

The Muppet Movie

1979 · Max

The Great Smokey Roadblock

1978 · Guido

The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

1976 · Fancy Car Man (uncredited)

Diary of the Dead

1976 · Dr. Klein

The Front Page

1974 · Earl Williams

Good Times

1974

June Moon

1974 · Bennie

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

1973 · Zukovsky

Every Little Crook and Nanny

1972 · Luther

What's Up, Doc?

1972 · Frederick Larrabee

Great Performances

1971 · Bennie, White Rabbit

Catch-22

1970 · Lt. Col. Moodus

Love, American Style

1969

Skidoo

1968 · Fred the Professor

Petulia

1968 · Intern (uncredited)

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

Tony Awards

1956 · Self - Nominee

When Robert Met Judith

When Robert Met Judith

— · Robert

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