Austin Pendleton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

131

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-03-27 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Warren, Ohio, USA

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 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

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Person of Interest

    Person of Interest

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The West Wing

    The West Wing

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • Billions

    Billions

  • The Practice

    The Practice

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Oz

    Oz

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

  • Finding Nemo

    Finding Nemo

  • The Good Fight

    The Good Fight

  • New Amsterdam

    New Amsterdam

  • Homicide: Life on the Street

    Homicide: Life on the Street

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • 21 Jump Street

    21 Jump Street

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Christmas with the Kranks

    Christmas with the Kranks

  • A Beautiful Mind

    A Beautiful Mind

  • Joan of Arcadia

    Joan of Arcadia

  • Good Times

    Good Times

  • Finding Dory

    Finding Dory

  • Short Circuit

    Short Circuit

  • My Cousin Vinny

    My Cousin Vinny

  • Black Box

    Black Box

  • Difficult People

    Difficult People

  • Life on Mars

    Life on Mars

  • Hairbrained

    Hairbrained

  • The Reunion

    The Reunion

  • Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

  • Paint

    Paint

  • River Made to Drown In

    River Made to Drown In

  • Game Change

    Game Change

  • Our Father

    Our Father

  • Two Much

    Two Much

  • Uptown Girls

    Uptown Girls

  • The Associate

    The Associate

  • Olympia

    Olympia

  • Skidoo

    Skidoo

  • Magic Hour

    Magic Hour

  • Catch-22

    Catch-22

  • Home for the Holidays

    Home for the Holidays

  • Guarding Tess

    Guarding Tess

  • Wishcraft

    Wishcraft

  • The Mend

    The Mend

  • Simon

    Simon

  • Sunset

    Sunset

  • Piccadilly Jim

    Piccadilly Jim

  • Sgt. Bilko

    Sgt. Bilko

  • Alex, Inc.

    Alex, Inc.

  • June Moon

    June Moon

  • Raising Flagg

    Raising Flagg

  • Hello Again

    Hello Again

  • The Mimic

    The Mimic

  • Greedy

    Greedy

  • The Muppet Movie

    The Muppet Movie

  • The Mirror Has Two Faces

    The Mirror Has Two Faces

  • First Family

    First Family

  • Sue

    Sue

  • The Fumbleheads

    The Fumbleheads

  • Petulia

    Petulia

  • Mr. Nanny

    Mr. Nanny

  • Fired Up

    Fired Up

  • Dirty Work

    Dirty Work

  • Liberty!

    Liberty!

  • 2 Days in the Valley

    2 Days in the Valley

  • Rain Without Thunder

    Rain Without Thunder

  • The Notorious Bettie Page

    The Notorious Bettie Page

  • New York News

    New York News

  • The Sound of Silence

    The Sound of Silence

  • Searching for Bobby Fischer

    Searching for Bobby Fischer

  • The Front Page

    The Front Page

  • Off Beat

    Off Beat

  • Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

    Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

  • She's Funny That Way

    She's Funny That Way

  • The 4th Floor

    The 4th Floor

  • Trial and Error

    Trial and Error

  • Edge of Outside

    Edge of Outside

  • Joe the King

    Joe the King

  • Talk to Me

    Talk to Me

  • Fast Food Fast Women

    Fast Food Fast Women

  • 7 Splinters in Time

    7 Splinters in Time

  • 5-25-77

    5-25-77

  • The Great Smokey Roadblock

    The Great Smokey Roadblock

  • Four Eyes and Six-Guns

    Four Eyes and Six-Guns

  • Leg Work

    Leg Work

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • What's Up, Doc?

    What's Up, Doc?

  • The Thief Who Came to Dinner

    The Thief Who Came to Dinner

  • The Concert for New York City

    The Concert for New York City

  • Manna from Heaven

    Manna from Heaven

  • Cupid

    Cupid

  • The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

    The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

  • Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

    Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

  • Theater of War

    Theater of War

  • Queenie in Love

    Queenie in Love

  • My Boyfriend's Back

    My Boyfriend's Back

  • Don't Drink the Water

    Don't Drink the Water

  • Homicide: The Movie

    Homicide: The Movie

  • American Dreamer

    American Dreamer

  • Diary of the Dead

    Diary of the Dead

  • Sounds from a Town I Love

    Sounds from a Town I Love

  • The Pitchfork Retreat

    The Pitchfork Retreat

  • The World of Jim Henson

    The World of Jim Henson

  • Every Little Crook and Nanny

    Every Little Crook and Nanny

  • My Man Adam

    My Man Adam

  • When Robert Met Judith

    When Robert Met Judith

  • Strip Search

    Strip Search

  • Amistad

    Amistad

  • The Acting Class

    The Acting Class

  • Starting Over

    Starting Over

  • Starring Austin Pendleton

    Starring Austin Pendleton

  • The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

    The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

  • Angela

    Angela

  • Broke Even

    Broke Even

  • The Civilization of Maxwell Bright

    The Civilization of Maxwell Bright

  • The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

    The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

  • Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

    Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

  • Essentials

    Essentials

  • The Proprietor

    The Proprietor

  • The Belt

    The Belt

  • Sick in the Head

    Sick in the Head

  • Men of Means

    Men of Means