Actor

Austin Pendleton

Birthday: March 27, 1940

Born in: Warren, Ohio, USA

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.

Movie Credits

The Pitchfork Retreat (2025) as Dr. Nacht
Age: 85
Magic Hour (2025) as Joseph
Age: 84
Essentials (2022) as Max
Age: 82
The Reunion (2022)
Age: 81
Our Father (2021) as Jerry
Age: 80
The Mimic (2021) as The Driver
Age: 80
Paint (2020) as Professor Jacob Winston
Age: 80
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019) as Self
Age: 79
The Sound of Silence (2019) as Robert Feinway
Age: 79
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019) as Self
Age: 79
Olympia (2018) as Himself
Age: 78
7 Splinters in Time (2018) as Fyodor Wax
Age: 78
Sunset (2018) as Julian
Age: 78
Finding Dory (2016) as Gurgle (voice)
Age: 76
Starring Austin Pendleton (2016) as Self
Age: 76
She's Funny That Way (2015) as Judge Pendergast
Age: 75
The Mend (2014) as Earl
Age: 73
Hairbrained (2013) as Dapper Man
Age: 73
Black Box (2013) as William Peters
Age: 73
Game Change (2012) as Senator Joe Lieberman
Age: 71
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) as Dr. Masters
Age: 70
5-25-77 (2008) as Herb Lightman
Age: 68
Theater of War (2008) as Self
Age: 68
Raising Flagg (2006) as Gus Falk
Age: 66
Dirty Work (2006) as Julian
Age: 66
Edge of Outside (2006) as Self
Age: 66
The Notorious Bettie Page (2005) as Teacher
Age: 65
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (2005) as Jaurice
Age: 65
Christmas with the Kranks (2004) as Umbrella Santa / Marty
Age: 64
Piccadilly Jim (2004) as Peter Pett
Age: 64
Strip Search (2004) as James Perley
Age: 64
Uptown Girls (2003) as Mr. McConkey
Age: 63
Finding Nemo (2003) as Gurgle (voice)
Age: 63
Sick in the Head (2003)
Age: 62
Wishcraft (2002) as Mr. Turner
Age: 62
Manna from Heaven (2002) as Two-Digit Doyle
Age: 62
Angela (2002)
Age: 62
A Beautiful Mind (2001) as Thomas King
Age: 61
Sounds from a Town I Love (2001) as film buff
Age: 61
The Concert for New York City (2001) as Austin Pendleton film buff
Age: 61
Queenie in Love (2001) as Alvin
Age: 61
Fast Food Fast Women (2000) as George
Age: 60
The Acting Class (2000) as Bobby Austin
Age: 60
Homicide: The Movie (2000) as George Griscom
Age: 59
Broke Even (2000) as Archie
Age: 59
The 4th Floor (1999) as Albert Collins
Age: 59
Men of Means (1999) as Jerry Trask
Age: 59
Joe the King (1999) as Winston
Age: 58
Sue (1998) as Bob
Age: 58
Amistad (1997) as Professor Gibbs
Age: 57
River Made to Drown In (1997) as Billy
Age: 57
Trial and Error (1997) as Judge Paul Z. Graff
Age: 57
The Fumbleheads (1997) as Eugene Cleft
Age: 56
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) as Barry
Age: 56
The Associate (1996) as Aesop Franklin
Age: 56
2 Days in the Valley (1996) as Ralph Crupi
Age: 56
The Proprietor (1996) as Willy Kunst
Age: 56
Sgt. Bilko (1996) as MAJ Ebersole
Age: 56
Two Much (1995) as Dr. Huffeyer
Age: 55
Home for the Holidays (1995) as Peter Arnold
Age: 55
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet (1995) as Hamlet
Age: 54
Don't Drink the Water (1994) as Chef Oscar
Age: 54
The World of Jim Henson (1994) as Max (archive footage)
Age: 54
Guarding Tess (1994) as Earl
Age: 53
Greedy (1994) as Hotel Clerk
Age: 53
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) as Asa Hoffman
Age: 53
My Boyfriend's Back (1993) as Dr. Bronson
Age: 53
Mr. Nanny (1993) as Alex Mason, Sr.
Age: 53
Rain Without Thunder (1993) as Catholic Priest
Age: 52
Four Eyes and Six-Guns (1992) as Moustached Passenger
Age: 52
My Cousin Vinny (1992) as John Gibbons
Age: 51
True Identity (1991) as Director of Othello
Age: 51
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991) as Lawyer Taylor
Age: 51
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) as Mr. Gadbury
Age: 50
Hello Again (1987) as Junior Lacey
Age: 47
Short Circuit (1986) as Howard Marner
Age: 46
Off Beat (1986) as Gun Shop Salesman
Age: 46
My Man Adam (1985) as Mr. Greenhut
Age: 45
Talk to Me (1984) as Richard Patterson
Age: 43
Alice in Wonderland (1983) as White Rabbit
Age: 43
First Family (1980) as Dr. Alexander Grade
Age: 40
Simon (1980) as Dr. Carl Becker
Age: 39
Starting Over (1979) as Paul
Age: 39
The Muppet Movie (1979) as Max
Age: 39
The Great Smokey Roadblock (1978) as Guido
Age: 38
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976) as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
Age: 36
Diary of the Dead (1976) as Dr. Klein
Age: 35
The Front Page (1974) as Earl Williams
Age: 34
June Moon (1974) as Bennie
Age: 33
The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973) as Zukovsky
Age: 32
Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972) as Luther
Age: 32
What's Up, Doc? (1972) as Frederick Larrabee
Age: 31
Catch-22 (1970) as Lt. Col. Moodus
Age: 30
The Belt (Unknown)
Age: Unknown
When Robert Met Judith (Unknown) as Robert
Age: Unknown
Skidoo (1968) as Fred the Professor
Age: 28
Petulia (1968) as Intern (uncredited)
Age: 28