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Stuart Pankin

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Stuart Pankin
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A familiar face on both the big and small screen, comic character actor Stuart Pankin is a five-time nominated, CableAce Award winner for HBO's award-winning series "Not Necessarily The News." He is well known for providing the voice of Earl Sinclair, the blustery father, on the Emmy award-winning "Dinosaurs." (He sang on, and composed two songs for, the Disney album "Dinosaurs: The Big Songs", and performed Earl on the "Dinosaurs: Classic Tales" tape release.) Best-known film (member: AMPAS) credits include "Honey We Shrunk Ourselves" (the first live action made-for-video feature), "Fatal Attraction", "The Artist", "The Hollywood Knights," "Mannequin on the Move," "The Dirt Bike Kid," "Second Sight," "Encounter in the Third Dimension" and "Misadventures in 3-D" (IMAX 3-D movies) as the live Professor, and voice of the adorable animated robot. A series regular on nine prime-time television productions and pilots (member: ATAS), he has guest-starred on over 300 television shows. He has also provided many cartoon voices for the popular series "Animaniacs," "Batman," "Superman," "Aladdin," "Lilo and Stitch" and "Darkwing Duck." On stage, Pankin has performed with the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Brooklyn Academy of Music Repertory Company, the American Place Theatre, the Repertory Company of Lincoln Center, and the Folger Shakespeare Theatre, with "The Winter's Tale," "The Inspector General," "Bartholomew Fair" and "The Three Sisters", among his favorites. He created the roles of Reuben and Queen Victoria in the New York premiere of Andrew Lloyd Weber's "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." He starred in over seventy Off Broadway, summer, and regional theatre productions. Pankin starred in, co-wrote and co-executive produced the Stuart Pankin Cinemax Comedy Experiment ("Hump!" the musical comedy version of "Richard III"), in which he played five roles, and sang his own original music. The Electronic Retail Association nominated him for Best Celebrity Presenter.
BornApril 8, 1946
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 3 nominations

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Anne Bloom, Danny Breen, Mitchell Laurance, Stuart Pankin, and Lucy Webb in Not Necessarily the News (1982)
Stuart Pankin in Not Necessarily the News (1982)
Anne Bloom, Danny Breen, Mitchell Laurance, Audrie Neenan, and Stuart Pankin in Not Necessarily the News (1982)
Stuart Pankin in Not Necessarily the News (1982)
Anne Bloom, Danny Breen, Audrie Neenan, and Stuart Pankin in Not Necessarily the News (1982)
Stuart Pankin in Not Necessarily the News (1982)
Stuart Pankin in Not Necessarily the News (1982)
Stuart Pankin and Lucy Webb in Not Necessarily the News (1982)
Stuart Pankin and Lucy Webb in Not Necessarily the News (1982)
Stuart Pankin in Not Necessarily the News (1982)
Danny Breen, Stuart Pankin, and Lucy Webb in Not Necessarily the News (1982)
Stuart Pankin in Not Necessarily the News (1982)

Known for

Arachnophobia (1990)
Arachnophobia
6.5
  • Sheriff Parsons
  • 1990
Michael Douglas and Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction (1987)
Fatal Attraction
6.9
  • Jimmy
  • 1987
Congo (1995)
Congo
5.3
  • Boyd
  • 1995
Anne Bloom, Danny Breen, Mitchell Laurance, Stuart Pankin, and Lucy Webb in Not Necessarily the News (1982)
Not Necessarily the News
7.5
TV Series
  • Bob Charles

Credits

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Actor

  • Mariette Hartley and Jerry Sroka in Our Almost Completely True Story (2022)
    Our Almost Completely True Story
    • Buster
    • 2022
  • Deep in the Forest (2021)
    Deep in the Forest
    • Max Steiner
    • 2021
  • Pilot Season (2021)
    Pilot Season
    • Ron
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2021
  • Stuart Pankin, Ty Mayberry, and Betsy Roth in The Great Family (2020)
    The Great Family
    • Milkman Mike
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Robert Carradine, Tara Reid, and John Ashton in American Christmas (2019)
    American Christmas
    • Jim
    • 2019
  • Richard Riehle and Ben Solenberger in See Ya (2017)
    See Ya
    • Morris
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Anywhere, U.S.A. (2017)
    Anywhere, U.S.A.
    • Frank Hanson (as Stu Pankin)
    • Short
    • 2017
  • I Might Be Famous (2017)
    I Might Be Famous
    • Pat Wonders
    • Short
    • 2017
  • The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show (2015)
    The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
    • The Huns Commander (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Amy Gumenick in The Binding (2016)
    The Binding
    • Plank
    • 2016
  • Underachievers (2016)
    Underachievers
    • Principal Harvey
    • TV Movie
    • 2016
  • The Biz (2015)
    The Biz
    • Saul
    • TV Short
    • 2015
  • Cloris Leachman, Danielle Fishel, Ben Savage, Tania Gunadi, Ceci Balagot, Rowan Blanchard, Sabrina Carpenter, Ava Kolker, August Maturo, Ivy George, and Cooper J. Friedman in Girl Meets World (2014)
    Girl Meets World
    • Principal Yancy
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • You'll Be Fine (2014)
    You'll Be Fine
    • Dave
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Conjuring Orson (2014)
    Conjuring Orson
    • Eli Klein
    • Short
    • 2014

Writer

  • Dinosaurs: I'm the Baby (Gotta Love Me) (1993)
    Dinosaurs: I'm the Baby (Gotta Love Me)
    • Writer
    • Music Video
    • 1993

Soundtrack

  • Patton Oswalt, Felicia Day, Baron Vaughn, Jonah Ray, and Hampton Yount in Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017)
    Mystery Science Theater 3000
    • lyrics: "I'm the Baby (Gotta Love Me)"
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time (2000)
    Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time
    • performer: "Book Song", "S'posed to Be
    • Video
    • 2000
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Videos62

The Artist: International Trailer
Clip 2:28
The Artist: International Trailer
Dinosaurs
Clip 0:08
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs
Clip 0:04
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs: Seasons 1 & 2
Clip 0:45
Dinosaurs: Seasons 1 & 2
Arachnophobia
Clip 0:59
Arachnophobia
Arachnophobia
Clip 1:29
Arachnophobia
Dinosaurs: The Complete Third & Fourth Seasons
Clip 1:46
Dinosaurs: The Complete Third & Fourth Seasons
Dinosaurs: The Complete Third & Fourth Seasons
Clip 1:26
Dinosaurs: The Complete Third & Fourth Seasons
Dinosaurs: The Complete Third & Fourth Seasons
Clip 1:19
Dinosaurs: The Complete Third & Fourth Seasons
Dinosaurs: The Complete Third & Fourth Seasons
Clip 1:12
Dinosaurs: The Complete Third & Fourth Seasons
Dinosaurs: The Complete Third & Fourth Seasons
Clip 1:49
Dinosaurs: The Complete Third & Fourth Seasons
Dinosaurs: The Complete Third & Fourth Seasons
Clip 1:08
Dinosaurs: The Complete Third & Fourth Seasons

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Stu Pankin
  • Height
    • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
  • Born
    • April 8, 1946
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Spouse
    • Joy PankinAugust 31, 1974 - present (1 child)
  • Other works
    TV commercial: AMD computer processors
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    • 1 Article

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    Best known for his roles in HBO's Not Necessarily the News (1982), and as Michael Douglas's best friend in Fatal Attraction (1987).

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