Austin Pendleton
Acting
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.
Born: March 27, 1940
Place of Birth: Warren, Ohio, USA
Known For
New Amsterdam
The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.
The West Wing
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
Homicide: Life on the Street
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
Person of Interest
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.
Olympia
Follow Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis behind the scenes in this affectionate profile of a stalwart New Yorker and beloved stage and screen treasure.
Good Times
Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, which is itself a spin-off of All in the Family along with The Jeffersons. The series is set in Chicago. The first two seasons were taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood. In the fall of 1975, the show moved to Metromedia Square, where Norman Lear's own production company was housed.
Oz
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
Fired Up
Fired Up is a short-lived 1997–1998 situation comedy airing on NBC. It lasted for two seasons and 28 episodes. The series, the first from Grammnet Productions, starred Sharon Lawrence and Leah Remini. The series was about a self-centered promotions executive and her mouthy assistant. The pair got fired from their jobs, and instead of getting other jobs, they teamed up to create a business as equal partners.
Tales from the Crypt
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Filmography
as Dr. Nacht
as Joseph
as Max
as Jerry
as The Driver
as Professor Jacob Winston
as Self
as Robert Feinway
as Himself
as Eli Pembroke
as Fyodor Wax
as Julian
as Wesley Harman
as Dr. Goat
as Gurgle (voice)
as Self
as Director
as Judge Pendergast
as Earl
as Dapper Man
as William Peters
as Senator Joe Lieberman
as Pilcher
as Dr. Masters
as Dr. Boyd
as Herb Lightman
as Dr. Goldman
as Self
as Gus Falk
as Julian
as Self
as Teacher
as Jaurice
as Umbrella Santa / Marty
as Peter Pett
as James Perley
as Dietrich Steinholz
as Mr. McConkey
as Gurgle (voice)
as Mr. Turner
as Two-Digit Doyle
as Thomas King
as film buff
as Austin Pendleton film buff
as John Manotti
as Alvin
as George
as Bobby Austin
as George Griscom
as Archie
as Barry Haskell
as Horace Gorman
as Albert Collins
as Jerry Trask
as Winston
as Bob
as Professor Gibbs
as Benjamin Rush
as Billy
as William Giles
as Judge Paul Z. Graff
as Bobby H.
as Sam Feldberg
as Eugene Cleft
as Barry
as Aesop Franklin
as Ralph Crupi
as Willy Kunst
as MAJ Ebersole
as Dr. Huffeyer
as Peter Arnold
as Hamlet
as Chef Oscar
as Max (archive footage)
as Mr. Piltdown
as Earl
as Hotel Clerk
as Dr. Dorfman
as Asa Hoffman
as Dr. Bronson
as Alex Mason, Sr.
as Catholic Priest
as Dr. George Griscom
as Moustached Passenger
as John Gibbons
as Director of Othello
as Lawyer Taylor
as Mr. Gadbury
as Orloff
as Junior Lacey
as Harold Rodman
as Mr. Trysla
as Howard Marner
as Gun Shop Salesman
as Mr. Greenhut
as Jonah
as Barney Gunderson
as Mr. Kensington
as Max Rogo
as Richard Patterson
as Actor
as White Rabbit
as Mr. Entertainment
as Dr. Alexander Grade
as Dr. Carl Becker
as Paul
as Max
as Guido
as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)
as Dr. Klein
as Earl Williams
as Bennie
as Zukovsky
as Luther
as Frederick Larrabee
as Bennie
as White Rabbit
as Lt. Col. Moodus
as Fred the Professor
as Intern (uncredited)
as Self - Guest