Austin Pendleton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 27, 1940
- Birthplace
- 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
- When Robert Met Judith
When Robert Met Judith TBA
as Robert
The Belt 2026
Actor
The Pitchfork Retreat 2025
as Dr. Nacht
Magic Hour 2025
as Joseph
Between Riverside and Crazy 2023
Director
5-25-77 2022
as Herb Lightman
Essentials 2022
as Max
The Reunion 2022
Actor
Our Father 2021
as Jerry
The Mimic 2021
as The Driver
Paint 2020
as Professor Jacob Winston
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth 2019
as Self
The Sound of Silence 2019
as Robert Feinway
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles 2019
as Self
Olympia 2018
as Self
7 Splinters in Time 2018
as Fyodor Wax
Sunset 2018
as Julian
Wanderland 2018
as Raphael
Finding Dory 2016
as Gurgle (voice)
Starring Austin Pendleton 2016
as Self
She's Funny That Way 2015
as Judge Pendergast
The Mend 2014
as Earl
Hairbrained 2013
as Dapper Man
Black Box 2013
as William Peters
Game Change 2012
as Senator Joe Lieberman
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 2010
as Dr. Masters
Theater of War 2008
as Self
Raising Flagg 2006
as Gus Falk
Dirty Work 2006
as Julian
Edge of Outside 2006
as Self
The Notorious Bettie Page 2006
as Teacher
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright 2005
as Jaurice
Christmas with the Kranks 2004
as Umbrella Santa / Marty
Piccadilly Jim 2004
as Peter Pett
Strip Search 2004
as James Perley
Uptown Girls 2003
as Mr. McConkey
Finding Nemo 2003
as Gurgle (voice)
- Sick in the Head
Sick in the Head 2003
Actor
Wishcraft 2002
as Mr. Turner
Manna from Heaven 2002
as Two-Digit Doyle
Angela 2002
Actor
A Beautiful Mind 2001
as Thomas King
The Concert for New York City 2001
as Austin Pendleton film buff
Queenie in Love 2001
as Alvin
Fast Food Fast Women 2000
as George
The Acting Class 2000
as Bobby Austin
Homicide: The Movie 2000
as George Griscom
Broke Even 2000
as Archie
The 4th Floor 1999
as Albert Collins
Men of Means 1999
as Jerry Trask
Joe the King 1999
as Winston
Sue 1998
as Bob
Amistad 1997
as Professor Gibbs
River Made to Drown In 1997
as Billy
Trial and Error 1997
as Judge Paul Z. Graff
The Fumbleheads 1997
as Eugene Cleft
The Mirror Has Two Faces 1996
as Barry
The Associate 1996
as Aesop Franklin
2 Days in the Valley 1996
as Ralph Crupi
The Proprietor 1996
as Willy Kunst
Sgt. Bilko 1996
as Major Ebersole
Two Much 1995
as Dr. Huffeyer
Home for the Holidays 1995
as Peter Arnold
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet 1995
as Hamlet
Don't Drink the Water 1994
as Chef Oscar
The World of Jim Henson 1994
as Max (archive footage)
Guarding Tess 1994
as Earl
Greedy 1994
as Hotel Clerk
Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993
as Asa Hoffman
My Boyfriend's Back 1993
as Dr. Bronson
Mr. Nanny 1993
as Alex Mason, Sr.
Rain Without Thunder 1993
as Catholic Priest
Four Eyes and Six-Guns 1992
as Moustached Passenger
Charlie's Ear 1992
as Harold Blodgett
My Cousin Vinny 1992
as John Gibbons
True Identity 1991
as Director of Othello
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe 1991
as Lawyer Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge 1990
as Mr. Gadbury
Hello Again 1987
as Junior Lacey
Short Circuit 1986
as Howard Marner
Off Beat 1986
as Gun Shop Salesman
My Man Adam 1985
as Mr. Greenhut
Talk to Me 1984
as Richard Patterson
Alice in Wonderland 1983
as White Rabbit
Say Goodnight, Gracie 1983
Director
First Family 1980
as Dr. Alexander Grade
Simon 1980
as Dr. Carl Becker
Starting Over 1979
as Paul
The Muppet Movie 1979
as Max
The Great Smokey Roadblock 1978
as Guido
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase 1976
as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
Diary of the Dead 1976
as Dr. Klein
The Front Page 1974
as Earl Williams
June Moon 1974
as Bennie
The Thief Who Came to Dinner 1973
as Zukovsky
Every Little Crook and Nanny 1972
as Luther
What's Up, Doc? 1972
as Frederick Larrabee
Catch-22 1970
as Lt. Col. Moodus
Skidoo 1968
as Fred the Professor
Petulia 1968
as Intern (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.