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Austin Pendleton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1940-03-27 (Age: 86)

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.

Filmography (96)

⭐ 0 Role: Dr. Nacht

The Pitchfork Retreat

2025
⭐ 0 Role: Joseph

Magic Hour

2025
⭐ 0 Role: Max

Essentials

2022
⭐ 2.8 Role: Unknown

The Reunion

2022
⭐ 5.0 Role: Jerry

Our Father

2021
⭐ 4.1 Role: The Driver

The Mimic

2021
⭐ 4.7 Role: Professor Jacob Winston

Paint

2020
⭐ 6.5 Role: Self

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

2019
⭐ 5.8 Role: Robert Feinway

The Sound of Silence

2019
⭐ 6.5 Role: Self

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

2019
⭐ 8.0 Role: Self

Olympia

2018
⭐ 4.4 Role: Fyodor Wax

7 Splinters in Time

2018
⭐ 7.5 Role: Julian

Sunset

2018
⭐ 7.0 Role: Gurgle (voice)

Finding Dory

2016
⭐ 6.7 Role: Self

Starring Austin Pendleton

2016