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

Person of Interest

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The West Wing

Frasier

Murder, She Wrote

Billions

Miami Vice

All Movies (99)

• The Pitchfork Retreat2025 · as Dr. Nacht
• Magic Hour2025 · as Joseph
• Essentials2022 · as Max
• The Reunion2022
• Our Father2021 · as Jerry
• The Mimic2021 · as The Driver
• Paint2020 · as Professor Jacob Winston
• Alan Pakula: Going for Truth2019 · as Self
• The Sound of Silence2019 · as Robert Feinway
• Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles2019 · as Self
• Olympia2018 · as Self
• 7 Splinters in Time2018 · as Fyodor Wax
• Sunset2018 · as Julian
• Wanderland2018 · as Raphael
• Finding Dory2016 · as Gurgle (voice)
• Starring Austin Pendleton2016 · as Self
• She's Funny That Way2015 · as Judge Pendergast
• The Mend2014 · as Earl
• Hairbrained2013 · as Dapper Man
• Black Box2013 · as William Peters
• Game Change2012 · as Senator Joe Lieberman
• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps2010 · as Dr. Masters
• 5-25-772008 · as Herb Lightman
• Theater of War2008 · as Self
• Raising Flagg2006 · as Gus Falk
• Dirty Work2006 · as Julian
• Edge of Outside2006 · as Self
• The Notorious Bettie Page2006 · as Teacher
• The Civilization of Maxwell Bright2005 · as Jaurice
• Christmas with the Kranks2004 · as Umbrella Santa / Marty
• Piccadilly Jim2004 · as Peter Pett
• Strip Search2004 · as James Perley
• Uptown Girls2003 · as Mr. McConkey
• Finding Nemo2003 · as Gurgle (voice)
• Sick in the Head2003
• Wishcraft2002 · as Mr. Turner
• Manna from Heaven2002 · as Two-Digit Doyle
• Angela2002
• A Beautiful Mind2001 · as Thomas King
• Sounds from a Town I Love2001 · as film buff
• The Concert for New York City2001 · as Austin Pendleton film buff
• Queenie in Love2001 · as Alvin
• Fast Food Fast Women2000 · as George
• The Acting Class2000 · as Bobby Austin
• Homicide: The Movie2000 · as George Griscom
• Broke Even2000 · as Archie
• The 4th Floor1999 · as Albert Collins
• Men of Means1999 · as Jerry Trask
• Joe the King1999 · as Winston
• Sue1998 · as Bob
• Amistad1997 · as Professor Gibbs
• River Made to Drown In1997 · as Billy
• Trial and Error1997 · as Judge Paul Z. Graff
• The Fumbleheads1997 · as Eugene Cleft
• The Mirror Has Two Faces1996 · as Barry
• The Associate1996 · as Aesop Franklin
• 2 Days in the Valley1996 · as Ralph Crupi
• The Proprietor1996 · as Willy Kunst
• Sgt. Bilko1996 · as Major Ebersole
• Two Much1995 · as Dr. Huffeyer
• Home for the Holidays1995 · as Peter Arnold
• The Fifteen Minute Hamlet1995 · as Hamlet
• Don't Drink the Water1994 · as Chef Oscar
• The World of Jim Henson1994 · as Max (archive footage)
• Guarding Tess1994 · as Earl
• Greedy1994 · as Hotel Clerk
• Searching for Bobby Fischer1993 · as Asa Hoffman
• My Boyfriend's Back1993 · as Dr. Bronson
• Mr. Nanny1993 · as Alex Mason, Sr.
• Rain Without Thunder1993 · as Catholic Priest
• Four Eyes and Six-Guns1992 · as Moustached Passenger
• Charlie's Ear1992 · as Harold Blodgett
• My Cousin Vinny1992 · as John Gibbons
• True Identity1991 · as Director of Othello
• The Ballad of the Sad Cafe1991 · as Lawyer Taylor
• Mr. & Mrs. Bridge1990 · as Mr. Gadbury
• Hello Again1987 · as Junior Lacey
• Short Circuit1986 · as Howard Marner
• Off Beat1986 · as Gun Shop Salesman
• My Man Adam1985 · as Mr. Greenhut
• Talk to Me1984 · as Richard Patterson
• Alice in Wonderland1983 · as White Rabbit
• First Family1980 · as Dr. Alexander Grade
• Simon1980 · as Dr. Carl Becker
• Starting Over1979 · as Paul
• The Muppet Movie1979 · as Max
• The Great Smokey Roadblock1978 · as Guido
• The Great Texas Dynamite Chase1976 · as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
• Diary of the Dead1976 · as Dr. Klein
• The Front Page1974 · as Earl Williams
• June Moon1974 · as Bennie
• The Thief Who Came to Dinner1973 · as Zukovsky
• Every Little Crook and Nanny1972 · as Luther
• What's Up, Doc?1972 · as Frederick Larrabee
• Catch-221970 · as Lt. Col. Moodus
• Skidoo1968 · as Fred the Professor
• Petulia1968 · as Intern (uncredited)
• The Belt—
• When Robert Met Judith— · as Robert

All TV Shows (36)

• New Amsterdam2018 · as Eli Pembroke
• Alex, Inc.2018 · as Wesley Harman
• The Good Fight2017 · as Dr. Goat
• Billions2016 · as Goose Quill
• Difficult People2015 · as Director
• Person of Interest2011 · as Pilcher
• Cupid2009 · as Dr. Boyd
• Life on Mars2008 · as Dr. Goldman
• Joan of Arcadia2003 · as Dietrich Steinholz
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as John Manotti
• The West Wing1999 · as Barry Haskell
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Horace Gorman
• Liberty!1997 · as Benjamin Rush
• Oz1997 · as William Giles
• Fired Up1997 · as Bobby H.
• The Practice1997 · as Sam Feldberg
• New York News1995
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Mr. Piltdown
• Frasier1993 · as Dr. Dorfman
• Homicide: Life on the Street1993 · as Dr. George Griscom
• American Dreamer1990
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Orloff
• Leg Work1987 · as Harold Rodman
• 21 Jump Street1987 · as Mr. Trysla
• The Equalizer1985 · as Jonah
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Barney Gunderson
• The Cosby Show1984 · as Mr. Kensington
• Miami Vice1984 · as Max Rogo
• Masquerade1983 · as Actor
• St. Elsewhere1982 · as Mr. Entertainment
• Good Times1974
• Great Performances1971 · as Bennie
• Great Performances1971 · as White Rabbit
• Love, American Style1969
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee