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.

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Known For

New Amsterdam 2018 ★ 8.3
The Good Fight 2017 ★ 7.6
Billions 2016 ★ 7.8
Person of Interest 2011 ★ 8.1
Finding Nemo 2003 ★ 7.8
Joan of Arcadia 2003 ★ 7.3
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2001 ★ 7.6
A Beautiful Mind 2001 ★ 7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 ★ 8.0
The West Wing 1999 ★ 8.3
The Practice 1997 ★ 7.7
Oz 1997 ★ 8.0
Touched by an Angel 1994 ★ 7.2
Frasier 1993 ★ 7.7
Homicide: Life on the Street 1993 ★ 8.1
Tales from the Crypt 1989 ★ 8.0
21 Jump Street 1987 ★ 7.3
The Equalizer 1985 ★ 7.1
Murder, She Wrote 1984 ★ 7.5
Miami Vice 1984 ★ 7.4
The Cosby Show 1984 ★ 7.0
St. Elsewhere 1982 ★ 5.7
Great Performances 1971 ★ 6.1
Love, American Style 1969 ★ 6.2