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Austin Pendleton

Acting 86 years old Warren, Ohio, USA ★ 1.0
Born: March 27, 1940

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.

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Known For

Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo Gurgle (voice) 2003
A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind Thomas King 2001
Finding Dory
Finding Dory Gurgle (voice) 2016
Short Circuit
Short Circuit Howard Marner 1986
Uptown Girls
Uptown Girls Mr. McConkey 2003

Filmography

Acting Credits (134)

The Pitchfork Retreat
The Pitchfork Retreat Dr. Nacht 2025
Magic Hour
Magic Hour Joseph 2025
Essentials
Essentials Max 2022
The Reunion
The Reunion 2022
Our Father
Our Father Jerry 2021
The Mimic
The Mimic The Driver 2021
Paint
Paint Professor Jacob Winston 2020
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth Self 2019
The Sound of Silence
The Sound of Silence Robert Feinway 2019
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles Self 2019
Olympia
Olympia Self 2018
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam Eli Pembroke 2018
7 Splinters in Time
7 Splinters in Time Fyodor Wax 2018
Sunset
Sunset Julian 2018
Alex, Inc.
Alex, Inc. Wesley Harman 2018
The Good Fight
The Good Fight Dr. Goat 2017
Finding Dory
Finding Dory Gurgle (voice) 2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
Starring Austin Pendleton Self 2016
Billions
Billions Goose Quill 2016
Difficult People
Difficult People Director 2015
She's Funny That Way
She's Funny That Way Judge Pendergast 2015
The Mend
The Mend Earl 2014
Hairbrained
Hairbrained Dapper Man 2013
Black Box
Black Box William Peters 2013
Game Change
Game Change Senator Joe Lieberman 2012
Person of Interest
Person of Interest Pilcher 2011
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Dr. Masters 2010
Cupid
Cupid Dr. Boyd 2009
5-25-77
5-25-77 Herb Lightman 2008
Life on Mars
Life on Mars Dr. Goldman 2008
Theater of War
Theater of War Self 2008
Raising Flagg
Raising Flagg Gus Falk 2006
Dirty Work
Dirty Work Julian 2006
Edge of Outside
Edge of Outside Self 2006
The Notorious Bettie Page
The Notorious Bettie Page Teacher 2006
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright Jaurice 2005
Christmas with the Kranks
Christmas with the Kranks Umbrella Santa / Marty 2004
Piccadilly Jim
Piccadilly Jim Peter Pett 2004
Strip Search
Strip Search James Perley 2004
Joan of Arcadia
Joan of Arcadia Dietrich Steinholz 2003
Uptown Girls
Uptown Girls Mr. McConkey 2003
Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo Gurgle (voice) 2003
Sick in the Head
Sick in the Head 2003
Wishcraft
Wishcraft Mr. Turner 2002
Manna from Heaven
Manna from Heaven Two-Digit Doyle 2002
Angela
Angela 2002
A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind Thomas King 2001
Sounds from a Town I Love
Sounds from a Town I Love film buff 2001
The Concert for New York City
The Concert for New York City Austin Pendleton film buff 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent John Manotti 2001
Queenie in Love
Queenie in Love Alvin 2001
Fast Food Fast Women
Fast Food Fast Women George 2000
The Acting Class
The Acting Class Bobby Austin 2000
Homicide: The Movie
Homicide: The Movie George Griscom 2000
Broke Even
Broke Even Archie 2000
The West Wing
The West Wing Barry Haskell 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Horace Gorman 1999
The 4th Floor
The 4th Floor Albert Collins 1999
Men of Means
Men of Means Jerry Trask 1999
Joe the King
Joe the King Winston 1999
Sue
Sue Bob 1998
Amistad
Amistad Professor Gibbs 1997
Liberty!
Liberty! Benjamin Rush 1997
River Made to Drown In
River Made to Drown In Billy 1997
Oz
Oz William Giles 1997
Trial and Error
Trial and Error Judge Paul Z. Graff 1997
Fired Up
Fired Up Bobby H. 1997
The Practice
The Practice Sam Feldberg 1997
The Fumbleheads
The Fumbleheads Eugene Cleft 1997
The Mirror Has Two Faces
The Mirror Has Two Faces Barry 1996
The Associate
The Associate Aesop Franklin 1996
2 Days in the Valley
2 Days in the Valley Ralph Crupi 1996
The Proprietor
The Proprietor Willy Kunst 1996
Sgt. Bilko
Sgt. Bilko MAJ Ebersole 1996
Two Much
Two Much Dr. Huffeyer 1995
Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays Peter Arnold 1995
New York News
New York News 1995
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet Hamlet 1995
Don't Drink the Water
Don't Drink the Water Chef Oscar 1994
The World of Jim Henson
The World of Jim Henson Max (archive footage) 1994
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel Mr. Piltdown 1994
Guarding Tess
Guarding Tess Earl 1994
Greedy
Greedy Hotel Clerk 1994
Frasier
Frasier Dr. Dorfman 1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer Asa Hoffman 1993
My Boyfriend's Back
My Boyfriend's Back Dr. Bronson 1993
Mr. Nanny
Mr. Nanny Alex Mason, Sr. 1993
Rain Without Thunder
Rain Without Thunder Catholic Priest 1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street Dr. George Griscom 1993
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
Four Eyes and Six-Guns Moustached Passenger 1992
Charlie's Ear
Charlie's Ear Harold Blodgett 1992
My Cousin Vinny
My Cousin Vinny John Gibbons 1992
True Identity
True Identity Director of Othello 1991
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe Lawyer Taylor 1991
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge Mr. Gadbury 1990
American Dreamer
American Dreamer 1990
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt Orloff 1989
Hello Again
Hello Again Junior Lacey 1987
Leg Work
Leg Work Harold Rodman 1987
21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street Mr. Trysla 1987
Short Circuit
Short Circuit Howard Marner 1986
Off Beat
Off Beat Gun Shop Salesman 1986
My Man Adam
My Man Adam Mr. Greenhut 1985
The Equalizer
The Equalizer Jonah 1985
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote Barney Gunderson 1984
The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show Mr. Kensington 1984
Miami Vice
Miami Vice Max Rogo 1984
Talk to Me
Talk to Me Richard Patterson 1984
Masquerade
Masquerade Actor 1983
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland White Rabbit 1983
St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere Mr. Entertainment 1982
First Family
First Family Dr. Alexander Grade 1980
Simon
Simon Dr. Carl Becker 1980
Starting Over
Starting Over Paul 1979
The Muppet Movie
The Muppet Movie Max 1979
The Great Smokey Roadblock
The Great Smokey Roadblock Guido 1978
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase Fancy Car Man (uncredited) 1976
Diary of the Dead
Diary of the Dead Dr. Klein 1976
The Front Page
The Front Page Earl Williams 1974
Good Times
Good Times 1974
June Moon
June Moon Bennie 1974
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
The Thief Who Came to Dinner Zukovsky 1973
Every Little Crook and Nanny
Every Little Crook and Nanny Luther 1972
What's Up, Doc?
What's Up, Doc? Frederick Larrabee 1972
Great Performances
Great Performances Bennie 1971
Great Performances
Great Performances White Rabbit 1971
Catch-22
Catch-22 Lt. Col. Moodus 1970
Love, American Style
Love, American Style 1969
Skidoo
Skidoo Fred the Professor 1968
Petulia
Petulia Intern (uncredited) 1968
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show Self - Guest 1968
Tony Awards
Tony Awards Self - Nominee 1956
The Belt
The Belt
When Robert Met Judith
When Robert Met Judith Robert

Directing Credits (2)

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