Wallace Shawn
Acting
Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2017–2024), and voicing Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present). Shawn also appeared in The Bostonians (1984), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), My Favorite Martian (1999), The Double (2013), Maggie's Plan (2015), and Marriage Story (2019). He appeared in six Woody Allen films including Manhattan (1979), Radio Days (1987), and Rifkin's Festival (2020). His television work includes recurring roles as Jeff Engels in The Cosby Show (1987–1991), Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl (2008–2012), and Father Frank Ignatius in Evil (2022–2024). Shawn is also a playwright; his plays include the Obie Award–winning Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985), The Designated Mourner (1996) and Grasses of a Thousand Colors (2008). He wrote and starred, with Andre Gregory, in the 1981 avant-garde drama My Dinner with Andre, and played the title role in A Master Builder (2013), a film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play. Haymarket Books published his books Essays (2009) and Night Thoughts (2017). Description above from the Wikipedia article Wallace Shawn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TV Shows(54)
Krapopolis
John Fate (voice)
2023
Gossip Girl
Cyrus Rose
2021
Evil
Father Francis Ignatius
2019
Amphibia
Humphrey (voice)
2019
Summer Camp Island
Morris Mole (voice)
2018
Big City Greens
Jyle (voice)
2018
Young Sheldon
John Sturgis
2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Herb Smith
2017
The Good Fight
Charles Lester
2017
Search Party
William Badpastor
2016
Graves
Jerry North
2016
The Stinky & Dirty Show
Tall (voice)
2016
Life in Pieces
Samuel
2015
Mr. Robot
Mr. Williams
2015
The Mysteries of Laura
Kenneth Walters
2014
BoJack Horseman
Wallace Shawn (voice)
2014
The 7D
Not-So-Magic-Mirror (voice)
2014
The Night Shift
Mr. Neville
2014
Mozart in the Jungle
Winslow Elliott
2014
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
Taotie (voice)
2011
Regular Show
Evil Brain (voice)
2010
Fish Hooks
Rat King (voice)
2010
Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs
Rex (voice)
2010
The Good Wife
Charles Lester
2009
Life on Mars
The Sorcerer
2008
Gossip Girl
Cyrus Rose
2007
Phineas and Ferb
Saul (voice)
2007
Damages
Sterling Biddle
2007
Eureka
Dr. Warren Hughes
2006
Fat Actress
Dr. Von Oy
2005
Desperate Housewives
Lonny Moon
2004
The L Word
William Halsey
2004
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Film Professor
2001
Crossing Jordan
Howard Stiles
2001
Blonde
I.E. Shinn
2001
Teacher's Pet
Principal Strickler (voice)
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Roy Batters
1999
Family Guy
Bertram (voice)
1999
The Lionhearts
(voice)
1998
Sex and the City
Martin Gable
1998
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
Ally McBeal
Mr. Dune
1997
Stargate SG-1
Arlos
1997
King of the Hill
Philip Ny (voice)
1997
Clueless
Mr. Hall
1996
Toy Story Treats
Rex (Voice)
1996
The Nanny
Charles Haste
1993
The Pink Panther
Boss Man (voice)
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Frank Hopper
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Zek
1993
Civil Wars
Riley Baker
1991
The Simpsons
Wallace the Hernia (voice)
1989
The Cosby Show
Jeffrey Engels
1984
Taxi
Arnie Ross
1978
Movies(135)
Toy Story 5
Rex (voice)
2026
The Clock
Harold Jenkins
2025
The Addams Family 2
Mr. Mustela (voice)
2021
Waiting for Godot
Lucky
2021
Rifkin’s Festival
Mort Rifkin
2020
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Vizzini
2020
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Mr. Crocus
2020
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?
Rex (voice)
2019
Marriage Story
Frank
2019
Toy Story 4
Rex (voice)
2019
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Self
2018
Animal Crackers
Mr. Woodley (voice)
2018
Book Club
Dr. Derek
2018
Another Kind of Wedding
Albert
2017
Drawing Home
2017
Cop and a Half: New Recruit
Principal Miller
2017
The Only Living Boy in New York
David
2017
Maggie's Plan
Kliegler
2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
2016
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Self (archive footage)
2015
Club Penguin Halloween Panic!
Gary
2015
Robo-Dog
Mr. Willis
2015
Club Penguin Monster Beach Party
Gary the Gadget Guy (voice)
2015
Christmas at Cartwright's
Harry
2014
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Rex (voice)
2014
The Fog of Courage
Eustace Bagge
2014
A Master Builder
Halvard Solness
2014
The Last Impresario
Self
2014
Phineas and Ferb Save Summer
Saul (voice)
2014
Don Peyote
Dr. Fieldman
2014
The Double
Mr. Papadopoulos
2014
Toy Story of Terror!
Rex (Voice)
2013
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner
Self
2013
Admission
Clarence
2013
A Late Quartet
Gideon Rosen
2012
Partysaurus Rex
Rex (voice)
2012
Vamps
Dr. Van Helsing
2012
Small Fry
Rex (voice)
2011
Hawaiian Vacation
Rex (voice)
2011
The Speed of Thought
Sandy
2011
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Calico (voice)
2010
Toy Story 3
Rex (voice)
2010
Furry Vengeance
Dr. Christian Burr (uncredited)
2010
Jack and the Beanstalk
Booker / Broker / Lancealot Squarejaw
2009
Capitalism: A Love Story
Self
2009
The Windmill Movie
Self
2009
André Gregory and Wallace Shawn
2009
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
Mr. Gibbles (voice)
2008
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Mr. Gibson
2008
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
Self
2008
Southland Tales
Baron Von Westphalen
2007
New York City Serenade
Wallace Shawn
2007
The Pixar Story
Rex (voice) (archive footage)
2007
I Could Never Be Your Woman
Math Teacher (uncredited)
2007
Strange Culture
Self
2007
Happily N'Ever After
Munk (voice)
2007
Air Buddies
Billy (voice)
2006
Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
Barnacle Paul (voice)
2006
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
Self
2006
Chicken Little
Principal Fetchit (voice)
2005
Karroll's Christmas
2004
Melinda and Melinda
Sy
2004
The Incredibles
Gilbert Huph (voice)
2004
Teacher's Pet
Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)
2004
The Haunted Mansion
Ezra
2003
Love Thy Neighbor
Clinic Doctor
2003
Duplex
Herman
2003
Monte Walsh
Colonel Wilson
2003
Mr. St. Nick
Mimir
2002
Personal Velocity
Mr. Gelb
2002
Monsters, Inc.
Rex (voice) (uncredited)
2001
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
Self
2001
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
George Bond
2001
The Prime Gig
Gene
2001
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
Rex (voice)
2000
Toy Story 2
Rex (voice)
1999
My Favorite Martian
Coleye
1999
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
Noah
1998
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
Tarzan Chimp (voice)
1998
Critical Care
Furnaceman
1997
Just Write
Arthur Blake
1997
Vegas Vacation
Marty
1997
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Self
1996
The Wife
Cosmo
1996
House Arrest
Vic Finley
1996
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
Labrador MC (voice)
1996
Toy Story
Rex (voice)
1995
Just Like Dad
Stan Spiegel
1995
Clueless
Mr. Wendell Hall
1995
Napoleon
Echidna (voice)
1995
Canadian Bacon
Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
1995
Driving Mr. Pink
Boss Man (voice)
1995
A Goofy Movie
Principal Mazur (voice)
1995
Vanya on 42nd Street
Vanya
1994
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Horatio Byrd
1994
The Meteor Man
Mr. Little
1993
The Magic Bubble
Doctor/Therapist
1993
The Cemetery Club
Larry
1993
The Double 0 Kid
Cashpot
1992
Mom and Dad Save the World
Sibor, Semage's Beau
1992
Nickel & Dime
Everett Willits
1992
Shadows and Fog
Simon Carr
1991
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Howard
1989
We're No Angels
Translator
1989
She's Out of Control
Dr. Fishbinder
1989
The Moderns
Oiseau
1988
The Princess Bride
Vizzini
1987
Prick Up Your Ears
John Lahr
1987
Nice Girls Don't Explode
Ellen
1987
Radio Days
Masked Avenger
1987
The Bedroom Window
Henderson's Attorney
1987
Head Office
Mike Hoover
1985
Heaven Help Us
Father Abruzzi
1985
Micki & Maude
Dr. Elliot Fibel
1984
How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
Professor Silverfish
1984
My Dinner with Louis
Interviewer
1984
The Bostonians
Mr. Pardon
1984
The Hotel New Hampshire
Freud
1984
Crackers
Turtle
1984
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Frank Judd
1983
Deal of the Century
Harold DeVoto
1983
Strange Invaders
Earl
1983
The First Time
Jules Goldfarb
1983
Lovesick
Otto Jaffe
1983
A Little Sex
Oliver
1982
Strong Medicine
Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)
1981
My Dinner with Andre
Wallace Shawn
1981
Cheaper to Keep Her
Mugger
1981
Atlantic City
Waiter
1980
Simon
Eric Van Dongen
1980
All That Jazz
Assistant Insurance Man
1979
Starting Over
Workshop Member
1979
Manhattan
Jeremiah
1979
The Man Who Changed the World
Buckminster Fuller