Austin Pendleton
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Horace Gorman
1999
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
John Manotti
2001
Series
Person of Interest
Pilcher
2011
Series
The West Wing
Barry Haskell
1999
Series
Frasier
Dr. Dorfman
1993
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Barney Gunderson
1984
Series
Billions
Goose Quill
2016
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
Miami Vice
Max Rogo
1984
Film
Finding Nemo
Gurgle (voice)
2003
Series
The Practice
Sam Feldberg
1997
Series
Oz
William Giles
1997
Series
Great Performances
Bennie
1971
Series
Great Performances
White Rabbit
1971
Series
21 Jump Street
Mr. Trysla
1987
Series
New Amsterdam
Eli Pembroke
2018
Series
The Good Fight
Dr. Goat
2017
Series
Homicide: Life on the Street
Dr. George Griscom
1993
Series
The Cosby Show
Mr. Kensington
1984
Series
St. Elsewhere
Mr. Entertainment
1982
Series
Love, American Style
1969
Series
Touched by an Angel
Mr. Piltdown
1994
Series
Tales from the Crypt
Orloff
1989
Series
The Equalizer
Jonah
1985
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Film
A Beautiful Mind
Thomas King
2001
Series
Joan of Arcadia
Dietrich Steinholz
2003
Film
Finding Dory
Gurgle (voice)
2016
Series
Good Times
1974
Series
Life on Mars
Dr. Goldman
2008
Film
Uptown Girls
Mr. McConkey
2003
Series
Difficult People
Director
2015
Film
Short Circuit
Howard Marner
1986
Film
My Cousin Vinny
John Gibbons
1992
Film
Catch-22
Lt. Col. Moodus
1970
Film
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Dr. Masters
2010
Series
Fired Up
Bobby H.
1997
Film
Christmas with the Kranks
Umbrella Santa / Marty
2004
Film
Starting Over
Paul
1979
Film
The Muppet Movie
Max
1979
Series
New York News
1995
Series
Masquerade
Actor
1983
Series
American Dreamer
1990
Series
Cupid
Dr. Boyd
2009
Film
Sgt. Bilko
Major Ebersole
1996
Film
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Asa Hoffman
1993
Film
Guarding Tess
Earl
1994
Series
Leg Work
Harold Rodman
1987
Film
2 Days in the Valley
Ralph Crupi
1996
Film
Hello Again
Junior Lacey
1987
Film
She's Funny That Way
Judge Pendergast
2015
Film
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Barry
1996
Film
The Front Page
Earl Williams
1974
Series
Liberty!
Benjamin Rush
1997
Film
Greedy
Hotel Clerk
1994
Film
Mr. Nanny
Alex Mason, Sr.
1993
Series
Alex, Inc.
Wesley Harman
2018
Film
5-25-77
Herb Lightman
2008
Film
Two Much
Dr. Huffeyer
1995
Film
Off Beat
Gun Shop Salesman
1986
Film
Petulia
Intern (uncredited)
1968
Film
The Notorious Bettie Page
Teacher
2006
Film
What's Up, Doc?
Frederick Larrabee
1972
Film
The Associate
Aesop Franklin
1996
Film
Home for the Holidays
Peter Arnold
1995
Film
The Concert for New York City
Austin Pendleton film buff
2001
Film
The 4th Floor
Albert Collins
1999
Film
Wishcraft
Mr. Turner
2002
Film
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Mr. Gadbury
1990
Film
The Sound of Silence
Robert Feinway
2019
Film
The World of Jim Henson
Max (archive footage)
1994
Film
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
2019
Film
Joe the King
Winston
1999
Film
Sue
Bob
1998
Film
Game Change
Senator Joe Lieberman
2012
Film
Strip Search
James Perley
2004
Film
True Identity
Director of Othello
1991
Film
Trial and Error
Judge Paul Z. Graff
1997
Film
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
2016
Film
Homicide: The Movie
George Griscom
2000
Film
Every Little Crook and Nanny
Luther
1972
Film
Broke Even
Archie
2000
Film
Fast Food Fast Women
George
2000
Film
My Boyfriend's Back
Dr. Bronson
1993
Film
Queenie in Love
Alvin
2001
Film
Sunset
Julian
2018
Film
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Zukovsky
1973
Film
Olympia
Self
2018
Film
Don't Drink the Water
Chef Oscar
1994
Film
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Jaurice
2005
Film
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
1976
Film
Hairbrained
Dapper Man
2013
Film
Piccadilly Jim
Peter Pett
2004
Film
June Moon
Bennie
1974
Film
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Lawyer Taylor
1991
Film
The Mimic
The Driver
2021
Film
First Family
Dr. Alexander Grade
1980
Film
Manna from Heaven
Two-Digit Doyle
2002
Film
The Acting Class
Bobby Austin
2000
Film
The Pitchfork Retreat
Dr. Nacht
2025
Film
Amistad
Professor Gibbs
1997
Film
Angela
2002
Film
Skidoo
Fred the Professor
1968
Film
Diary of the Dead
Dr. Klein
1976
Film
Simon
Dr. Carl Becker
1980
Film
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Guido
1978
Film
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
Moustached Passenger
1992
Film
Paint
Professor Jacob Winston
2020
Film
Alice in Wonderland
White Rabbit
1983
Film
Sounds from a Town I Love
film buff
2001
Film
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Hamlet
1995
Film
7 Splinters in Time
Fyodor Wax
2018
Film
Raising Flagg
Gus Falk
2006
Film
Edge of Outside
Self
2006
Film
Rain Without Thunder
Catholic Priest
1993
Film
Talk to Me
Richard Patterson
1984
Film
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Self
2019
Film
River Made to Drown In
Billy
1997
Film
Theater of War
Self
2008
Film
Men of Means
Jerry Trask
1999
Film
Wanderland
Raphael
2018
Film
The Mend
Earl
2014
Film
My Man Adam
Mr. Greenhut
1985
Film
Essentials
Max
2022
Film
Our Father
Jerry
2021
Film
Charlie's Ear
Harold Blodgett
1992
Film
The Proprietor
Willy Kunst
1996
Film
Dirty Work
Julian
2006
When Robert Met Judith
Robert
Film
Magic Hour
Joseph
2025
Film
The Fumbleheads
Eugene Cleft
1997
Sick in the Head
2003
Film
Black Box
William Peters
2013
Film
The Reunion
2022
Film
The Belt
2026