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Austin Pendleton

Known for: 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.

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Uptown Girls 2003Movie Apple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesAmazon Video as Mr. McConkey
Κατς 22 1970Movie Apple TV StoreAmazon Video as Lt. Col. Moodus
The Associate 1996Movie Apple TV Store as Aesop Franklin
The 4th Floor 1999Movie as Albert Collins
Mr. Nanny 1993Movie as Alex Mason, Sr.
Two Much 1995Movie as Dr. Huffeyer
Petulia 1968Movie as Intern (uncredited)
Wishcraft 2002Movie as Mr. Turner
True Identity 1991Movie as Director of Othello
Strip Search 2004Movie HBO Max as James Perley
The Mimic 2021Movie as The Driver
5-25-77 2008Movie as Herb Lightman
Simon 1980Movie as Dr. Carl Becker
Paint 2020Movie as Professor Jacob Winston
First Family 1980Movie as Dr. Alexander Grade