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Austin Pendleton
Known for: ActingAustin 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 56
A Beautiful Mind
+4
as Thomas King 
Finding Nemo
+2
as Gurgle (voice) 
The Muppet Movie
+1
as Max 
Catch-22
as Lt. Col. Moodus 
Uptown Girls
+4
as Mr. McConkey 
Short Circuit
+3
as Howard Marner 
My Cousin Vinny
+7
as John Gibbons 
Christmas with the Kranks
+4
as Umbrella Santa / Marty 
She's Funny That Way
+4
as Judge Pendergast 
Greedy
as Hotel Clerk 
Guarding Tess
+3
as Earl 
The Mirror Has Two Faces
+2
as Barry 
2 Days in the Valley
+2
as Ralph Crupi 
What's Up, Doc?
+3
as Frederick Larrabee 
The Associate
as Aesop Franklin 
Petulia
as Intern (uncredited) 
The 4th Floor
as Albert Collins 
The Front Page
as Earl Williams 
Sgt. Bilko
+2
as Major Ebersole 
Searching for Bobby Fischer
+2
as Asa Hoffman 
Starting Over
+1
as Paul 
The Sound of Silence
+2
as Robert Feinway 
The Notorious Bettie Page
as Teacher 
Home for the Holidays
+7
as Peter Arnold 
My Boyfriend's Back
as Dr. Bronson 
Mr. Nanny
+3
as Alex Mason, Sr. 
True Identity
as Director of Othello 
Hello Again
as Junior Lacey 
Two Much
as Dr. Huffeyer 
Joe the King
as Winston 
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self 
Game Change
+2
as Senator Joe Lieberman 
Don't Drink the Water
as Chef Oscar 
Wishcraft
as Mr. Turner 
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
+4
as Self 
7 Splinters in Time
+2
as Fyodor Wax 
Trial and Error
as Judge Paul Z. Graff 
Hairbrained
+1
as Dapper Man 
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
as Hamlet 
River Made to Drown In
as Billy 
Our Father
+3
as Jerry 
Strip Search
+2
as James Perley 
Sue
as Bob 
The Great Smokey Roadblock
as Guido 
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
as Mr. Gadbury 
Sunset
+2
as Julian 
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
as Lawyer Taylor 
The Mimic
+3
as The Driver 
The Proprietor
as Willy Kunst 
Simon
as Dr. Carl Becker 
Paint
+3
as Professor Jacob Winston 
5-25-77
+1
as Herb Lightman 
First Family
as Dr. Alexander Grade 
Rain Without Thunder
as Catholic Priest 
Men of Means
as Jerry Trask