Acting credits
132
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Austin Pendleton
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.3
Low visibility
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Movies: 99Series: 35Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 6168
IMDb ID: nm0671721
Known for: Acting
Born: March 27, 1940
Age: 86
Place of birth: Warren, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2026
Years active: 71
Average TMDB rating: 6.56
Wikidata: Q572004
Other jobs
Director (2)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Austin Pendleton.
The Belt
2026 • Movie
as Dr. Nacht
The Pitchfork Retreat
2025 • Movie
as Joseph
Magic Hour
2025 • Movie
Director
Between Riverside and Crazy
2023 • Movie
as Max
Essentials
2022 • Movie
The Reunion
2022 • Movie
as Jerry
Our Father
2021 • Movie
as The Driver
The Mimic
2021 • Movie
as Professor Jacob Winston
Paint
2020 • Movie
as Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019 • Movie
as Robert Feinway
The Sound of Silence
2019 • Movie
as Self
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
2019 • Movie
as Self
Olympia
2018 • Movie
as Fyodor Wax
7 Splinters in Time
2018 • Movie
as Julian
Sunset
2018 • Movie
as Raphael
Wanderland
2018 • Movie
as Gurgle (voice)
Finding Dory
2016 • Movie
as Self
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016 • Movie
as Judge Pendergast
She's Funny That Way
2015 • Movie
as Earl
The Mend
2014 • Movie
as Dapper Man
Hairbrained
2013 • Movie
as William Peters
Black Box
2013 • Movie
as Senator Joe Lieberman
Game Change
2012 • Movie
as Dr. Masters
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Austin Pendleton.
as Eli Pembroke • 1 eps
New Amsterdam
2018 • Series
as Wesley Harman • 1 eps
Alex, Inc.
2018 • Series
as Dr. Goat • 1 eps
The Good Fight
2017 • Series
as Goose Quill • 2 eps
Billions
2016 • Series
as Director • 1 eps
Difficult People
2015 • Series
as Pilcher • 1 eps
Person of Interest
2011 • Series
as Dr. Boyd • 1 eps
Cupid
2009 • Series
as Dr. Goldman • 1 eps
Life on Mars
2008 • Series
as Dietrich Steinholz • 1 eps
Joan of Arcadia
2003 • Series
as John Manotti • 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 • Series
as Barry Haskell • 1 eps
The West Wing
1999 • Series
as Horace Gorman • 1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 • Series
as Benjamin Rush • 6 eps
Liberty!
1997 • Series
as William Giles • 11 eps
Oz
1997 • Series
as Bobby H. • 1 eps
Fired Up
1997 • Series
as Sam Feldberg • 1 eps
The Practice
1997 • Series
1 eps
New York News
1995 • Series
as Mr. Piltdown • 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
1994 • Series
as Dr. Dorfman • 1 eps
Frasier
1993 • Series
as Dr. George Griscom • 11 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 • Series
1 eps
American Dreamer
1990 • Series
as Orloff • 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
1989 • Series
as Harold Rodman • 1 eps
Leg Work
1987 • Series
as Mr. Trysla • 1 eps
21 Jump Street
1987 • Series