People
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... Read More
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Pitchfork Retreat as Dr. Nacht | 2025-12-06 |
| Magic Hour as Joseph | 2025-02-05 |
| Essentials as Max | 2022-07-30 |
| The Reunion | 2022-01-28 |
| Our Father as Jerry | 2021-03-17 |
| The Mimic as The Driver | 2021-02-05 |
| Paint as Professor Jacob Winston | 2020-12-15 |
| Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self | 2019-10-12 |
| The Sound of Silence as Robert Feinway | 2019-09-13 |
| Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles as Self | 2019-08-23 |
| Olympia as Himself | 2018-11-11 |
| 7 Splinters in Time as Fyodor Wax | 2018-07-13 |
| Sunset as Julian | 2018-04-27 |
| Finding Dory as Gurgle (voice) | 2016-06-16 |
| Starring Austin Pendleton as Self | 2016-04-01 |
| She's Funny That Way as Judge Pendergast | 2015-04-22 |
| The Mend as Earl | 2014-03-09 |
| Hairbrained as Dapper Man | 2013-11-25 |
| Black Box as William Peters | 2013-09-27 |
| Game Change as Senator Joe Lieberman | 2012-02-28 |
| Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Dr. Masters | 2010-09-20 |
| 5-25-77 as Herb Lightman | 2008-10-17 |
| Theater of War as Self | 2008-04-28 |
| Raising Flagg as Gus Falk | 2006-11-10 |
| Dirty Work as Julian | 2006-09-12 |
| Edge of Outside as Self | 2006-06-11 |
| The Notorious Bettie Page as Teacher | 2006-04-14 |
| The Civilization of Maxwell Bright as Jaurice | 2005-06-06 |
| Christmas with the Kranks as Umbrella Santa / Marty | 2004-11-24 |
| Piccadilly Jim as Peter Pett | 2004-11-01 |
| Strip Search as James Perley | 2004-04-27 |
| Uptown Girls as Mr. McConkey | 2003-08-15 |
| Finding Nemo as Gurgle (voice) | 2003-05-30 |
| Sick in the Head | 2003-01-01 |
| Wishcraft as Mr. Turner | 2002-09-25 |
| Manna from Heaven as Two-Digit Doyle | 2002-09-14 |
| Angela | 2002-06-07 |
| A Beautiful Mind as Thomas King | 2001-12-14 |
| The Concert for New York City as Austin Pendleton film buff | 2001-10-20 |
| Sounds from a Town I Love as film buff | 2001-10-20 |
| Queenie in Love as Alvin | 2001-09-12 |
| Fast Food Fast Women as George | 2000-07-27 |
| The Acting Class as Bobby Austin | 2000-04-29 |
| Homicide: The Movie as George Griscom | 2000-02-13 |
| Broke Even as Archie | 2000-01-01 |
| The 4th Floor as Albert Collins | 1999-07-31 |
| Men of Means as Jerry Trask | 1999-05-25 |
| Joe the King as Winston | 1999-01-22 |
| Sue as Bob | 1998-09-10 |
| Amistad as Professor Gibbs | 1997-12-10 |
| River Made to Drown In as Billy | 1997-10-01 |
| Trial and Error as Judge Paul Z. Graff | 1997-05-30 |
| The Fumbleheads as Eugene Cleft | 1997-01-01 |
| The Mirror Has Two Faces as Barry | 1996-11-15 |
| The Associate as Aesop Franklin | 1996-10-25 |
| 2 Days in the Valley as Ralph Crupi | 1996-09-11 |
| The Proprietor as Willy Kunst | 1996-09-09 |
| Sgt. Bilko as MAJ Ebersole | 1996-03-29 |
| Two Much as Dr. Huffeyer | 1995-12-01 |
| Home for the Holidays as Peter Arnold | 1995-11-02 |
| The Fifteen Minute Hamlet as Hamlet | 1995-01-01 |
| Don't Drink the Water as Chef Oscar | 1994-12-18 |
| The World of Jim Henson as Max (archive footage) | 1994-11-23 |
| Guarding Tess as Earl | 1994-03-11 |
| Greedy as Hotel Clerk | 1994-03-04 |
| Searching for Bobby Fischer as Asa Hoffman | 1993-08-13 |
| My Boyfriend's Back as Dr. Bronson | 1993-08-06 |
| Mr. Nanny as Alex Mason, Sr. | 1993-04-02 |
| Rain Without Thunder as Catholic Priest | 1993-02-05 |
| Four Eyes and Six-Guns as Moustached Passenger | 1992-12-07 |
| Charlie's Ear as Harold Blodgett | 1992-04-28 |
| My Cousin Vinny as John Gibbons | 1992-03-13 |
| True Identity as Director of Othello | 1991-08-23 |
| The Ballad of the Sad Cafe as Lawyer Taylor | 1991-03-28 |
| Mr. & Mrs. Bridge as Mr. Gadbury | 1990-11-23 |
| Hello Again as Junior Lacey | 1987-11-06 |
| Short Circuit as Howard Marner | 1986-05-09 |
| Off Beat as Gun Shop Salesman | 1986-04-10 |
| My Man Adam as Mr. Greenhut | 1985-10-25 |
| Talk to Me as Richard Patterson | 1984-01-10 |
| Alice in Wonderland as White Rabbit | 1983-10-03 |
| First Family as Dr. Alexander Grade | 1980-12-25 |
| Simon as Dr. Carl Becker | 1980-02-01 |
| Starting Over as Paul | 1979-10-05 |
| The Muppet Movie as Max | 1979-06-22 |
| The Great Smokey Roadblock as Guido | 1978-06-21 |
| The Great Texas Dynamite Chase as Fancy Car Man (uncredited) | 1976-07-01 |
| Diary of the Dead as Dr. Klein | 1976-01-01 |
| The Front Page as Earl Williams | 1974-11-01 |
| June Moon as Bennie | 1974-01-30 |
| The Thief Who Came to Dinner as Zukovsky | 1973-03-01 |
| Every Little Crook and Nanny as Luther | 1972-06-14 |
| What's Up, Doc? as Frederick Larrabee | 1972-03-09 |
| Catch-22 as Lt. Col. Moodus | 1970-06-24 |
| Skidoo as Fred the Professor | 1968-12-19 |
| Petulia as Intern (uncredited) | 1968-06-10 |

