
Austin Pendleton
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1940-03-27
Place of birth: Warren, Ohio, USA
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.
Known for

Finding Nemo
2003Gurgle (voice)
A Beautiful Mind
2001Thomas King
The Front Page
1974Earl Williams
Short Circuit
1986Howard Marner
River Made to Drown In
1997Billy
My Cousin Vinny
1992John Gibbons
Don't Drink the Water
1994Chef Oscar
The Muppet Movie
1979Max
The Associate
1996Aesop Franklin
Guarding Tess
1994Earl
Homicide: The Movie
2000George Griscom
What's Up, Doc?
1972Frederick Larrabee
Wishcraft
2002Mr. Turner
Skidoo
1968Fred the Professor
2 Days in the Valley
1996Ralph Crupi
Essentials
2022Max
Christmas with the Kranks
2004Umbrella Santa / Marty
Hello Again
1987Junior Lacey
The Great Smokey Roadblock
1978Guido