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Austin Pendleton

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Austin Pendleton
Alienated, hopeful-filmmaker Pat Johnson's epic story growing up in rural Illinois, falling in love, and becoming the first fan of the movie that changed everything, 'Star Wars.'
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5-25-77 (2022)
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Actor Austin Pendleton was born March 27, 1940 in Warren, Ohio to Frances and Thorn Pendleton. He graduated from Yale University. He later became an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, and acted in several of the theater's productions. His first film appearance in Petulia (1968), a minor and uncredited role. Since, he has made over 100 appearances in television and film.
BornMarch 27, 1940
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Austin Pendleton in The Front Page (1974)
Jack Lemmon, Carol Burnett, and Austin Pendleton in The Front Page (1974)
Martin Gabel, Vincent Gardenia, and Austin Pendleton in The Front Page (1974)
Orson Welles, Mike Nichols, and Austin Pendleton in Catch-22 (1970)
Orson Welles, Martin Balsam, Mike Nichols, Susanne Benton, Buck Henry, and Austin Pendleton in Catch-22 (1970)
Orson Welles, Martin Balsam, Norman Fell, Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, and Austin Pendleton in Catch-22 (1970)
Orson Welles, Martin Balsam, and Austin Pendleton in Catch-22 (1970)
Barbara Bleier, Liam Mitchell, Austin Pendleton, Juri Henley-Cohn, Suzette Gunn, Susan Feinman, and David Johnson in Sunset (2018)
Barbara Bleier and Austin Pendleton in Sunset (2018)
Austin Pendleton in Starring Austin Pendleton (2016)
Hank Azaria and Austin Pendleton in Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton, and Scott Walker in The Muppet Movie (1979)

Known for

Tim Blaney in Short Circuit (1986)
Short Circuit
6.6
  • Howard Marner
  • 1986
Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, and Jerry Nelson in The Muppet Movie (1979)
The Muppet Movie
7.6
  • Max
  • 1979
Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, and Fred Gwynne in My Cousin Vinny (1992)
My Cousin Vinny
7.6
  • John Gibbons
  • 1992
Albert Brooks in Finding Nemo (2003)
Finding Nemo
8.2
  • Gurgle(voice)
  • 2003

Credits

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Actor

  • The Pitch-Fork
    • Pre-production
  • Essentials
    • Completed
  • Name Dropping
    • Pre-production
  • Fall's Virtue
  • Ball and Vase (2022)
    Ball and Vase
  • 5-25-77 (2022)
    5-25-77
  • Audition in Hell (2022)
    Audition in Hell
  • The Oh Gees (2022)
    The Oh Gees
  • The Reunion (2022)
    The Reunion
  • Around the Sun (2021)
    Around the Sun
  • Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald in The Good Fight (2017)
    The Good Fight
  • The Truth (2011)
    The Truth
  • Our Father (2021)
    Our Father
  • Timothy T Tyler, Jaime Zevallos, Leila Almas Rose, and Randall Krongard in A Girl Named Mara (2020)
    A Girl Named Mara
  • Propaganda! (2020)
    Propaganda!
  • Josh Caras, Olivia Luccardi, and Paul Cooper in Paint (2020)
    Paint
  • Susan Blackwell, John Ellison Conlee, Jeremy Davidson, Stephen Kunken, Richard Masur, John Pankow, Kristine Sutherland, Finnerty Steeves, and Jack Lewars in Before/During/After (2020)
    Before/During/After
  • The Mimic (2020)
    The Mimic

Director

  • Say Goodnight, Gracie (1983)
    Say Goodnight, Gracie

Writer

  • Blind Company (2009)
    Blind Company
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos33

Finding Nemo: 3D BD
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The Muppet Movie: The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition
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The Muppet Movie: The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition
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The Muppet Movie: The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition
The Muppet Movie: The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition
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The Muppet Movie: The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition
The Muppet Movie: The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition
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The Muppet Movie: The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition
Finding Nemo: 3D BD
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Finding Nemo: 3D BD
Finding Nemo: 3D BD
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Finding Nemo: 3D BD
Finding Nemo: 3D BD
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Finding Nemo: 3D BD
Finding Nemo: 3D BD
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Finding Nemo: 3D BD
Finding Nemo: 3D BD
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Personal details

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    • March 27, 1940
    • Warren, Ohio, USA
    • Katina Commings1970 - present (1 child)
  • Other works
    Directed Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton in a Broadway production of The Little Foxes.
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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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.
  • Quotes
    I think every actor who's any good is the Method. Whether they know it or not. You either develop a capacity to believe what you're doing or you don't. And great actors who forswore the Method, John Gielgud, people like that, the man believes everything he's saying, so however he arrives at that, to me that's the Method. That's all it is, a technique to know what you're talking about and mean what you say. I don't make those distinctions. You get Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh, two very different traditions of acting in a movie together and they both believe what they do.

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