Acting credits
188
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Wallace Shawn
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 136Series: 56Crew credits: 6
TMDB ID: 12900
IMDb ID: nm0001728
Known for: Acting
Born: November 12, 1943
Age: 82
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 2026
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.66
Wikidata: Q311068
Also known as
Wally Shawn • Wallace Michael Shawn • والاس شاون
Other jobs
Screenplay (2)Writer (2)Producer (1)Theatre Play (1)
Biography
Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2017–2024), and voicing Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present). Shawn also appeared in The Bostonians (1984), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), My Favorite Martian (1999), The Double (2013), Maggie's Plan (2015), and Marriage Story (2019). He appeared in six Woody Allen films including Manhattan (1979), Radio Days (1987), and Rifkin's Festival (2020). His television work includes recurring roles as Jeff Engels in The Cosby Show (1987–1991), Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl (2008–2012), and Father Frank Ignatius in Evil (2022–2024). Shawn is also a playwright; his plays include the Obie Award–winning Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985), The Designated Mourner (1996) and Grasses of a Thousand Colors (2008). He wrote and starred, with Andre Gregory, in the 1981 avant-garde drama My Dinner with Andre, and played the title role in A Master Builder (2013), a film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play. Haymarket Books published his books Essays (2009) and Night Thoughts (2017).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Wallace Shawn.
Toy Story 5
as Rex (voice)
2026 Movie
Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20
as Self
2026 Movie
The Clock
as Harold Jenkins
2025 Movie
The Addams Family 2
as Mr. Mustela (voice)
2021 Movie
Waiting for Godot
as Lucky
2021 Movie
Rifkin's Festival
as Mort Rifkin
2020 Movie
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
as Vizzini
2020 Movie
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
as Mr. Crocus
2020 Movie
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?
as Rex (voice)
2019 Movie
Marriage Story
as Frank
2019 Movie
Toy Story 4
as Rex (voice)
2019 Movie
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Self
2018 Movie
Animal Crackers
as Mr. Woodley (voice)
2018 Movie
Book Club
as Dr. Derek
2018 Movie
Another Kind of Wedding
as Albert
2017 Movie
Drawing Home
2017 Movie
Cop and a Half: New Recruit
as Principal Miller
2017 Movie
The Only Living Boy in New York
as David
2017 Movie
Maggie's Plan
as Kliegler
2016 Movie
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
2016 Movie
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
as Self (archive footage)
2015 Movie
Club Penguin Halloween Panic!
as Gary
2015 Movie
Robo-Dog
as Mr. Willis
2015 Movie
Club Penguin Monster Beach Party
as Gary the Gadget Guy (voice)
2015 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Wallace Shawn.
Krapopolis
as John Fate (voice) • 1 eps
2023 Series
Gossip Girl
as Cyrus Rose • 1 eps
2021 Series
Forky Asks a Question
as Rex (voice) • 1 eps
2019 Series
Evil
as Father Francis Ignatius • 10 eps
2019 Series
Amphibia
as Humphrey (voice) • 1 eps
2019 Series
Summer Camp Island
as Morris Mole (voice) • 1 eps
2018 Series
Big City Greens
as Jyle (voice) • 1 eps
2018 Series
Young Sheldon
as John Sturgis • 53 eps
2017 Series
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Herb Smith • 2 eps
2017 Series
The Good Fight
as Charles Lester • 5 eps
2017 Series
Search Party
as William Badpastor • 2 eps
2016 Series
Graves
as Jerry North • 3 eps
2016 Series
The Stinky & Dirty Show
as Tall (voice) • 5 eps
2016 Series
Life in Pieces
as Samuel • 1 eps
2015 Series
Mr. Robot
as Mr. Williams • 1 eps
2015 Series
The Mysteries of Laura
as Kenneth Walters • 1 eps
2014 Series
BoJack Horseman
as Wallace Shawn (voice) • 1 eps
2014 Series
The 7D
as Not-So-Magic-Mirror (voice) • 1 eps
2014 Series
The Night Shift
as Mr. Neville • 1 eps
2014 Series
Mozart in the Jungle
as Winslow Elliott • 6 eps
2014 Series
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
as Taotie (voice) • 2 eps
2011 Series
Regular Show
as Evil Brain (voice) • 1 eps
2010 Series
Fish Hooks
as Rat King (voice) • 1 eps
2010 Series
Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs
as Rex (voice) • 3 eps
2010 Series