Austin Pendleton
Acting
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.
TV Shows(35)
New Amsterdam
Eli Pembroke
2018
Alex, Inc.
Wesley Harman
2018
The Good Fight
Dr. Goat
2017
Billions
Goose Quill
2016
Difficult People
Director
2015
Person of Interest
Pilcher
2011
Cupid
Dr. Boyd
2009
Life on Mars
Dr. Goldman
2008
Joan of Arcadia
Dietrich Steinholz
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
John Manotti
2001
The West Wing
Barry Haskell
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Horace Gorman
1999
Liberty!
Benjamin Rush
1997
Oz
William Giles
1997
Fired Up
Bobby H.
1997
The Practice
Sam Feldberg
1997
New York News
1995
Touched by an Angel
Mr. Piltdown
1994
Frasier
Dr. Dorfman
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Dr. George Griscom
1993
American Dreamer
1990
Tales from the Crypt
Orloff
1989
Leg Work
Harold Rodman
1987
21 Jump Street
Mr. Trysla
1987
The Equalizer
Jonah
1985
Murder, She Wrote
Barney Gunderson
1984
The Cosby Show
Mr. Kensington
1984
Miami Vice
Max Rogo
1984
Masquerade
Actor
1983
St. Elsewhere
Mr. Entertainment
1982
Good Times
1974
Great Performances
Bennie
1971
Love, American Style
1969
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Movies(98)
The Pitchfork Retreat
Dr. Nacht
2025
Magic Hour
Joseph
2025
Essentials
Max
2022
The Reunion
2022
Our Father
Jerry
2021
The Mimic
The Driver
2021
Paint
Professor Jacob Winston
2020
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
2019
The Sound of Silence
Robert Feinway
2019
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Self
2019
Olympia
Self
2018
7 Splinters in Time
Fyodor Wax
2018
Sunset
Julian
2018
Finding Dory
Gurgle (voice)
2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
2016
She's Funny That Way
Judge Pendergast
2015
The Mend
Earl
2014
Hairbrained
Dapper Man
2013
Black Box
William Peters
2013
Game Change
Senator Joe Lieberman
2012
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Dr. Masters
2010
5-25-77
Herb Lightman
2008
Theater of War
Self
2008
Raising Flagg
Gus Falk
2006
Dirty Work
Julian
2006
Edge of Outside
Self
2006
The Notorious Bettie Page
Teacher
2006
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Jaurice
2005
Christmas with the Kranks
Umbrella Santa / Marty
2004
Piccadilly Jim
Peter Pett
2004
Strip Search
James Perley
2004
Uptown Girls
Mr. McConkey
2003
Finding Nemo
Gurgle (voice)
2003
Sick in the Head
2003
Wishcraft
Mr. Turner
2002
Manna from Heaven
Two-Digit Doyle
2002
Angela
2002
A Beautiful Mind
Thomas King
2001
Sounds from a Town I Love
film buff
2001
The Concert for New York City
Austin Pendleton film buff
2001
Queenie in Love
Alvin
2001
Fast Food Fast Women
George
2000
The Acting Class
Bobby Austin
2000
Homicide: The Movie
George Griscom
2000
Broke Even
Archie
2000
The 4th Floor
Albert Collins
1999
Men of Means
Jerry Trask
1999
Joe the King
Winston
1999
Sue
Bob
1998
Amistad
Professor Gibbs
1997
River Made to Drown In
Billy
1997
Trial and Error
Judge Paul Z. Graff
1997
The Fumbleheads
Eugene Cleft
1997
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Barry
1996
The Associate
Aesop Franklin
1996
2 Days in the Valley
Ralph Crupi
1996
The Proprietor
Willy Kunst
1996
Sgt. Bilko
MAJ Ebersole
1996
Two Much
Dr. Huffeyer
1995
Home for the Holidays
Peter Arnold
1995
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Hamlet
1995
Don't Drink the Water
Chef Oscar
1994
The World of Jim Henson
Max (archive footage)
1994
Guarding Tess
Earl
1994
Greedy
Hotel Clerk
1994
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Asa Hoffman
1993
My Boyfriend's Back
Dr. Bronson
1993
Mr. Nanny
Alex Mason, Sr.
1993
Rain Without Thunder
Catholic Priest
1993
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
Moustached Passenger
1992
Charlie's Ear
Harold Blodgett
1992
My Cousin Vinny
John Gibbons
1992
True Identity
Director of Othello
1991
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Lawyer Taylor
1991
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Mr. Gadbury
1990
Hello Again
Junior Lacey
1987
Short Circuit
Howard Marner
1986
Off Beat
Gun Shop Salesman
1986
My Man Adam
Mr. Greenhut
1985
Talk to Me
Richard Patterson
1984
Alice in Wonderland
White Rabbit
1983
First Family
Dr. Alexander Grade
1980
Simon
Dr. Carl Becker
1980
Starting Over
Paul
1979
The Muppet Movie
Max
1979
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Guido
1978
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
1976
Diary of the Dead
Dr. Klein
1976
The Front Page
Earl Williams
1974
June Moon
Bennie
1974
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Zukovsky
1973
Every Little Crook and Nanny
Luther
1972
What's Up, Doc?
Frederick Larrabee
1972
Catch-22
Lt. Col. Moodus
1970
Skidoo
Fred the Professor
1968
Petulia
Intern (uncredited)
1968
The Belt
When Robert Met Judith
Robert