Actor info
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Name :
Austin Pendleton
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Born :
March 27, 1940 in Warren, Ohio, USA (86 years old)
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
99 films (1968–2026)
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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.
Notable films
- Finding Dory (2016) as Gurgle (voice)
- Finding Nemo (2003) as Gurgle (voice)
- Uptown Girls (2003) as Mr. McConkey
- A Beautiful Mind (2001) as Thomas King
- Starting Over (1979) as Paul
