Austin Pendleton
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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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.0156 |
| Birthday | 1940-03-27 |
| Place of Birth | Warren, Ohio, USA |
| Also Known As |
2003
Finding Nemo
7.818/20464
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6.643/1606
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5.438/168
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2006
Raising Flagg
5/6
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5.489/88
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Mr. Nanny
5.153/200
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4.81/21
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Joe the King
6/46
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6.396/67
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7/18
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2.8/3
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Angela
5.875/4
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Every Little Crook and Nanny
7.5/2
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7/2
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First Family
4.167/6
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6.071/78
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Men of Means
7/1
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5.786/14
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3.4/6
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Four Eyes and Six-Guns
3.5/4
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Alice in Wonderland
6.8/6
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Edge of Outside
5.8/4
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Simon
6.333/24
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4.5/10
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Rain Without Thunder
4.333/6
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Theater of War
6.2/4
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Sgt. Bilko
5.888/390
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2002
Manna from Heaven
10/1
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5.944/709
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The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
4.788/27
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Finding Dory
7.039/12616
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Catch-22
6.671/351
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Greedy
6.164/283
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The Fumbleheads
5.5/2
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The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
7.167/6
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2004
Piccadilly Jim
6.611/18
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2001
Queenie in Love
6.333/9
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My Man Adam
6.8/5
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1996
The Mirror Has Two Faces
6.721/378
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The Notorious Bettie Page
6.285/186
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Starring Austin Pendleton
6.7/3
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1968
Petulia
5.97/50
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2018
7 Splinters in Time
4.4/21
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Olympia
8/3
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2019
The Sound of Silence
5.8/38
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1984
Talk to Me
9/1
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2000
Fast Food Fast Women
6.25/38
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Amistad
7/1411
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2019
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
6.5/12
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Diary of the Dead
7.125/8
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The World of Jim Henson
7.429/7
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1993
My Boyfriend's Back
5.725/91
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Game Change
6.917/344
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1974
June Moon
9/1
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June Moon
1995
Home for the Holidays
6.246/191
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2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
6.5/4
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Paint
4.7/3
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2004
Strip Search
6.213/47
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Strip Search
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Sue
6.76/25
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2021
Our Father
5/1
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2021
The Mimic
4.1/7
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The Mimic
2001
Sounds from a Town I Love
5.634/41
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Sounds from a Town I Love
2000
Broke Even
4.125/4
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2000
The Acting Class
6/3
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
7.064/635
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2003
Sick in the Head
10/1
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2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
6.1/1678
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Sunset
7.5/1
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2001
The Concert for New York City
5.125/16
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0/0
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0/0
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0/0
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5.594/32
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7/1
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