Austin Pendleton
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.
Personal Details
Movies (40)
Magic Hour
as Joseph
2025
Between Riverside and Crazy
Director (Directing)
2023
Essentials
as Max
2022
The Reunion
2022
Our Father
as Jerry
2021
The Mimic
as The Driver
2021
Paint
as Professor Jacob Winston
2020
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
2019
The Sound of Silence
as Robert Feinway
2019
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
as Self
2019
Olympia
as Himself
2018
7 Splinters in Time
as Fyodor Wax
2018
Sunset
as Julian
2018
Finding Dory
as Gurgle (voice)
2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
2016
She's Funny That Way
as Judge Pendergast
2015
The Mend
as Earl
2014
Hairbrained
as Dapper Man
2013
Black Box
as William Peters
2013
Game Change
as Senator Joe Lieberman
2012
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
as Dr. Masters
2010
5-25-77
as Herb Lightman
2008
Theater of War
as Self
2008
Raising Flagg
as Gus Falk
2006
Dirty Work
as Julian
2006
Edge of Outside
as Self
2006
The Notorious Bettie Page
as Teacher
2005
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
as Jaurice
2005
Christmas with the Kranks
as Umbrella Santa / Marty
2004
Piccadilly Jim
as Peter Pett
2004
Strip Search
as James Perley
2004
Uptown Girls
as Mr. McConkey
2003
Finding Nemo
as Gurgle (voice)
2003
Sick in the Head
2003
Wishcraft
as Mr. Turner
2002
Manna from Heaven
as Two-Digit Doyle
2002
Angela
2002
A Beautiful Mind
as Thomas King
2001
Sounds from a Town I Love
as film buff
2001
The Concert for New York City
as Austin Pendleton film buff
2001
TV Shows (10)
New Amsterdam
as Eli Pembroke
2018
Alex, Inc.
as Wesley Harman
2018
The Good Fight
as Dr. Goat
2017
Billions
2016
Difficult People
as Director
2015
Person of Interest
as Pilcher
2011
Cupid
as Dr. Boyd
2009
Life on Mars
as Dr. Goldman
2008
Joan of Arcadia
as Dietrich Steinholz
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as John Manotti
2001