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Austin Pendleton


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Developed a stutter when young but it never affected his acting work. He didn't find a working cure for it until the 1980s. See more trivia »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (125 titles)
2014 Eastside Irish (pre-production)
Sotidi
 
2013/I Black Box (post-production)
William Peters
 
2013 Omphalos
Fyodor Wax
 
2012 Game Change (TV movie)
Senator Joe Lieberman
 
2011 Person of Interest (TV series)
Pilcher
Foe (2011) … Pilcher
 
2011 Fake Henrik Zetterberg (TV series)
Old Man Kraft
 
2009 Cupid (TV series)
Dr. Boyd
Pilot (2009) … Dr. Boyd
 
2009 Life on Mars (TV series)
Dr. Goldman
 
2007 Lovely by Surprise
Jackson
 
2007 Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage (short)
Gurgle (voice)
 
2007 5-25-77
Herb Lightman
 
2007 Oh Boy (short)
Teacher
 
2006 Raising Flagg
Gus Falk
 
2006 Dirty Work
Julian
 
2005 The Notorious Bettie Page
Teacher
 
2005 Joan of Arcadia (TV series)
Dietrich Steinholz
Secret Service (2005) … Dietrich Steinholz
 
2004 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)
John Manotti
Inert Dwarf (2004) … John Manotti
 
2004 Strip Search (TV movie)
James Perley
 
2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
Horace Gorman
Control (2003) … Horace Gorman
 
2003 Sick in the Head (TV movie)
 
2003 Uptown Girls
Mr. McConkey
 
2003 Finding Nemo
Gurgle (voice)
 
2002 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Mr. Piltdown
The Christmas Watch (2002) … Mr. Piltdown
 
2002 Manna from Heaven
Two-Digit Doyle
 
2002/II Angela (short)
 
2002 Wishcraft
Mr. Turner
 
2001-2002 100 Centre Street (TV series)
Al Cox
Babies (2002) … Al Cox
 
1998-2002 Oz (TV series)
William Giles
Visitation (2002) … William Giles
Even the Score (2001) … William Giles
 
2001 The Education of Max Bickford (TV series)
Harry
 
2001 Queenie in Love
Alvin
 
2000 Fast Food Fast Women
George
 
2000 The West Wing (TV series)
Barry Haskell
Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics (2000) … Barry Haskell
 
2000 The Acting Class
Bobby Austin
 
2000 Broke Even
Archie
 
2000 The Summer of My Deflowering (short)
(segment "Angela")
 
2000 Clowns
Dean
 
1999 The 4th Floor
Mr. Collins
 
1999 Men of Means
Jerry Trask
 
1999 Joe the King
Winston
 
1999 Skirty Winner
Francois Truffaut
 
1999 Brokendown Love Story (short)
Lucky
 
1998 Charlie Hoboken
Harry Cedars
 
1998 Tracey Takes On... (TV series)
Professor Kenneth Hawkins
Age (1998) … Professor Kenneth Hawkins
 
1997 Amistad
Professor Gibbs
 
1997 Liberty! The American Revolution (TV mini-series)
Benjamin Rush
Are We to Be a Nation? 1783-1788 (1997) … Benjamin Rush
The Reluctant Revolutionaries: 1763-1774 (1997) … Benjamin Rush
 
1997 Sue
Bob
 
1997 Fired Up (TV series)
Bobby H.
The Next Day (1997) … Bobby H.
 
1997 The Practice (TV series)
Sam Feldberg
Part VI (1997) … Sam Feldberg (uncredited)
 
1997 Frasier (TV series)
Dr. Dorfman
Three Days of the Condo (1997) … Dr. Dorfman
 
1997 The Fanatics
Eugene Cleft
 
1997 River Made to Drown In
Billy
 
1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces
Barry
 
1996 The Associate
Aesop Franklin
 
1996 The Proprietor
Willy Kunst
 
1996 2 Days in the Valley
Ralph Crupi
 
1996 Sgt. Bilko
Maj. Ebersole
 
1995 Two Much
Dr. Huffeyer
 
1995 Home for the Holidays
Peter Arnold
 
1995 New York News (TV series)
 
1995 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Orloff
Doctor of Horror (1995) … Orloff
 
1995 Long Island Fever (TV movie)
Dr.Motts
 
1994 Don't Drink the Water (TV movie)
Chef Oscar
 
1994 The Cosby Mysteries (TV series)
Maynard Caldwell
One Day at a Time (1994) … Maynard Caldwell
 
1994 Guarding Tess
Earl Fowler
 
1994 Greedy
Hotel Clerk
 
1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer
Asa Hoffman
 
1993 My Boyfriend's Back
Dr. Bronson
 
1993 Mr. Nanny
Alex Mason, Sr.
 
1992 Four Eyes and Six-Guns (TV movie)
 
1992 Charlie's Ear
Harold Blodgett
 
1992 Rain Without Thunder
Catholic Priest
 
1992 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Barney Gunderson
Angel of Death (1992) … Barney Gunderson
 
1992 My Cousin Vinny
John Gibbons
 
1991 Lethal Innocence (TV movie)
Paul Kent
 
1991 True Identity
Dirctor of Othello (uncredited)
 
1991 The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Lawyer Taylor
 
1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Mr. Gadbury
 
1990 21 Jump Street (TV series)
Mr. Trysla
Back to School (1990) … Mr. Trysla
 
1990 American Dreamer (TV series)
Flight of the Dodo (1990)
 
1989 Anything But Love (TV series)
Max Templeton
Mr. Mom (1989) … Max Templeton
 
1989 B.L. Stryker (TV series)
Danny Lennox
Blind Chess (1989) … Danny Lennox
 
1989 The Cosby Show (TV series)
Mr. Kensington
Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten (1989) … Mr. Kensington
 
1986-1989 The Equalizer (TV series)
Jonah
Solo (1987) … Jonah
Nightscape (1986) … Jonah
 
1988 Spenser: For Hire (TV series)
The Professor
The Big Fight (1988) … The Professor
 
1987 Hello Again
Junior Lacey
 
1987 Leg Work (TV series)
Harold Rodman
The Best Couple I Know (1987) … Harold Rodman
 
1986 Off Beat
Gun Shop Salesman
 
1986 Miami Vice (TV series)
Max Rogo
Yankee Dollar (1986) … Max Rogo
 
1985 My Man Adam
Mr. Greenhut
 
1985 Love, Long Distance (TV movie)
Dr Arthur Ruskin
 
1983-1984 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
Mr. Entertainment / Bob Moran
Vanity (1984) … Mr. Entertainment / Bob Moran
 
1984 Talk to Me
Richard Patterson
 
1974-1983 Great Performances (TV series)
Bennie / White Rabbit
June Moon (1974) … Bennie
 
1980 First Family
Dr. Alexander Grade
 
1980 Simon
Dr. Carl Becker
 
1979 Starting Over
Paul
 
1978 Big City Boys (TV movie)
Harry Buckman
 
1977 You're Gonna Love It Here (TV movie)
Harry Rogers
 
1976 Diary of the Dead
Dr. Klein
 
1974 Good Times (TV series)
Donald Hargrove
The I.Q. Test (1974) … Donald Hargrove
 
1972-1973 Love, American Style (TV series)
Barney Dereemus (segment "Love and the Caller") / Leo (segment "Love and the Pretty Secretary")
Love and the Bonded Separation/Love and the Fractured Fibula/Love and the Pretty Secretary (1973) … Leo (segment "Love and the Pretty Secretary")
 
1973 The Thief Who Came to Dinner
Zukovsky
 
1968 One Life to Live (TV series)
Role Unknown (1980s)
 
1968 Petulia
Intern (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
2002 Manna from Heaven (performer: "Blue Skies", "Clancy Lower the Boom")
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1983 Say Goodnight, Gracie (TV movie)
 
Show ShowThanks (7 titles)
2012 Sleepwalk with Me (the filmmakers wish to thank)
 
2010 It's All Relative (short) (special thanks)
 
2001 Chelsea Walls (special thanks)
 
2000 Once in the Life (thanks)
 
2000 Hamlet (special thanks)
 
1995 Jupiter's Wife (documentary) (special thanks)
 
1990 Antigone/Rites of Passion (the producer wishes to thank)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
2014 Method or Madness? (documentary) (filming)
Himself
 
2013 The Austin Pendleton Project (documentary) (filming)
Himself
 
2009 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Michael Stahl-David: Behind the Star (TV series)
Himself
Beyond the Jungle (2008) … Himself
Call Me Austin (2008) … Himself
He's a Teenager (2008) … Himself
Teen of the Jungle (2008) … Himself
 
2006 Edge of Outside (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Character Studies (TV series)
Himself
Amanda (2005) … Himself
 
1998 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
Elizabeth Taylor (1998) … Himself
 
1996 The Extra
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2005 Kermit: A Frog's Life (video short)
Max (uncredited)
 
2003 Finding Nemo (Video Game)
Gurgle (voice)
 
1994 Great Performances (TV series)
 
1990 The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (TV documentary)
Max (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Played Mr. Dussel in Broadway adapted version of "The Diary of Anne Frank". See more »

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

(2000, on making My Cousin Vinny) Oh God. Oh Jesus. That was rough. I desperately didn't want to do that. When I was an adolescent, I had a terrible problem with my speech. Terrible stammer. And I loved the way they used that in the script. I thought the script was wonderful, and I thought the idea of having a public defender who couldn't talk and was blissfully unaware of his shortcoming was... See more »

Trivia:

Developed a stutter when young but it never affected his acting work. He didn't find a working cure for it until the 1980s. See more »

Star Sign:

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