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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Austin Pendleton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies & TV Shows
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Finding Nemo (2003) — Gurgle (voice)
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Finding Dory (2016) — Gurgle (voice)
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A Beautiful Mind (2001) — Thomas King
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Horace Gorman
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Person of Interest (2011) — Pilcher
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My Cousin Vinny (1992) — John Gibbons
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) — Dr. Masters
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Short Circuit (1986) — Howard Marner
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Amistad (1997) — Professor Gibbs
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Christmas with the Kranks (2004) — Umbrella Santa / Marty
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Uptown Girls (2003) — Mr. McConkey
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New Amsterdam (2018) — Eli Pembroke
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Billions (2016) — Goose Quill
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Tales from the Crypt (1989) — Orloff
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Frasier (1993) — Dr. Dorfman
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Oz (1997) — William Giles
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She's Funny That Way (2015) — Judge Pendergast
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The Muppet Movie (1979) — Max
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Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) — Asa Hoffman
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The West Wing (1999) — Barry Haskell
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Miami Vice (1984) — Max Rogo
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The Cosby Show (1984) — Mr. Kensington
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What's Up, Doc? (1972) — Frederick Larrabee
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Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Barney Gunderson
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Sgt. Bilko (1996) — Major Ebersole
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The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) — Barry
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The Front Page (1974) — Earl Williams
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) — John Manotti
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Catch-22 (1970) — Lt. Col. Moodus
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Guarding Tess (1994) — Earl
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Game Change (2012) — Senator Joe Lieberman
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The Good Fight (2017) — Dr. Goat
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2 Days in the Valley (1996) — Ralph Crupi
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Greedy (1994) — Hotel Clerk
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The Associate (1996) — Aesop Franklin
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Mr. Nanny (1993) — Alex Mason, Sr.
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21 Jump Street (1987) — Mr. Trysla
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Home for the Holidays (1995) — Peter Arnold
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The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) — Teacher
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Touched by an Angel (1994) — Mr. Piltdown