Austin Pendleton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

132

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

  • The West Wing

    The West Wing

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Billions

    Billions

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • The Practice

    The Practice

  • The Good Fight

    The Good Fight

  • New Amsterdam

    New Amsterdam

  • The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

  • St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

  • Oz

    Oz

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Finding Nemo

    Finding Nemo

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • 21 Jump Street

    21 Jump Street

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • Homicide: Life on the Street

    Homicide: Life on the Street

  • Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Skidoo

    Skidoo

  • First Family

    First Family

  • Simon

    Simon

  • A Beautiful Mind

    A Beautiful Mind

  • Paint

    Paint

  • Piccadilly Jim

    Piccadilly Jim

  • The Fumbleheads

    The Fumbleheads

  • Finding Dory

    Finding Dory

  • Joan of Arcadia

    Joan of Arcadia

  • Sgt. Bilko

    Sgt. Bilko

  • Hello Again

    Hello Again

  • The Reunion

    The Reunion

  • Good Times

    Good Times

  • Wishcraft

    Wishcraft

  • Life on Mars

    Life on Mars

  • Olympia

    Olympia

  • Hairbrained

    Hairbrained

  • Sue

    Sue

  • New York News

    New York News

  • Greedy

    Greedy

  • Uptown Girls

    Uptown Girls

  • June Moon

    June Moon

  • The Muppet Movie

    The Muppet Movie

  • Queenie in Love

    Queenie in Love

  • Two Much

    Two Much

  • Mr. Nanny

    Mr. Nanny

  • Sunset

    Sunset

  • My Cousin Vinny

    My Cousin Vinny

  • Difficult People

    Difficult People

  • Magic Hour

    Magic Hour

  • The World of Jim Henson

    The World of Jim Henson

  • Manna from Heaven

    Manna from Heaven

  • Petulia

    Petulia

  • Fired Up

    Fired Up

  • Catch-22

    Catch-22

  • Short Circuit

    Short Circuit

  • Theater of War

    Theater of War

  • Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

    Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

  • Diary of the Dead

    Diary of the Dead

  • 5-25-77

    5-25-77

  • Talk to Me

    Talk to Me

  • Masquerade

    Masquerade

  • Fast Food Fast Women

    Fast Food Fast Women

  • Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

  • Off Beat

    Off Beat

  • The Associate

    The Associate

  • American Dreamer

    American Dreamer

  • Searching for Bobby Fischer

    Searching for Bobby Fischer

  • Christmas with the Kranks

    Christmas with the Kranks

  • Liberty!

    Liberty!

  • Joe the King

    Joe the King

  • Cupid

    Cupid

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Leg Work

    Leg Work

  • The Mend

    The Mend

  • The Mirror Has Two Faces

    The Mirror Has Two Faces

  • Guarding Tess

    Guarding Tess

  • Starring Austin Pendleton

    Starring Austin Pendleton

  • The Front Page

    The Front Page

  • Game Change

    Game Change

  • Alex, Inc.

    Alex, Inc.

  • 2 Days in the Valley

    2 Days in the Valley

  • Home for the Holidays

    Home for the Holidays

  • What's Up, Doc?

    What's Up, Doc?

  • The Notorious Bettie Page

    The Notorious Bettie Page

  • Essentials

    Essentials

  • She's Funny That Way

    She's Funny That Way

  • 7 Splinters in Time

    7 Splinters in Time

  • Angela

    Angela

  • My Boyfriend's Back

    My Boyfriend's Back

  • The Belt

    The Belt

  • Amistad

    Amistad

  • Starting Over

    Starting Over

  • Men of Means

    Men of Means

  • Strip Search

    Strip Search

  • Trial and Error

    Trial and Error

  • Raising Flagg

    Raising Flagg

  • Homicide: The Movie

    Homicide: The Movie

  • The Sound of Silence

    The Sound of Silence

  • Broke Even

    Broke Even

  • True Identity

    True Identity

  • The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

    The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

  • The Concert for New York City

    The Concert for New York City

  • The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

    The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

  • The 4th Floor

    The 4th Floor

  • The Pitchfork Retreat

    The Pitchfork Retreat

  • My Man Adam

    My Man Adam

  • Don't Drink the Water

    Don't Drink the Water

  • The Acting Class

    The Acting Class

  • Our Father

    Our Father

  • Edge of Outside

    Edge of Outside

  • The Civilization of Maxwell Bright

    The Civilization of Maxwell Bright

  • Every Little Crook and Nanny

    Every Little Crook and Nanny

  • Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

    Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

  • The Thief Who Came to Dinner

    The Thief Who Came to Dinner

  • When Robert Met Judith

    When Robert Met Judith

  • River Made to Drown In

    River Made to Drown In

  • Four Eyes and Six-Guns

    Four Eyes and Six-Guns

  • The Proprietor

    The Proprietor

  • Rain Without Thunder

    Rain Without Thunder

  • Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

    Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

  • The Great Smokey Roadblock

    The Great Smokey Roadblock

  • Sick in the Head

    Sick in the Head

  • The Mimic

    The Mimic

  • The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

    The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

  • Dirty Work

    Dirty Work

  • Black Box

    Black Box

  • Sounds from a Town I Love

    Sounds from a Town I Love