Acting credits
128
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Austin Pendleton
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.1
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Movies: 96Series: 34Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 6168
IMDb ID: nm0671721
Known for: Acting
Born: March 27, 1940
Age: 85
Place of birth: Warren, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1968 - 2025
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 6.53
Wikidata: Q572004
Other jobs
Director (2)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Austin Pendleton.
The Pitchfork Retreat
as Dr. Nacht
2025 Movie
Magic Hour
as Joseph
2025 Movie
Between Riverside and Crazy
Director
2023 Movie
Essentials
as Max
2022 Movie
2.8
The Reunion
2022 Movie
5.0
Our Father
as Jerry
2021 Movie
4.1
The Mimic
as The Driver
2021 Movie
4.7
Paint
as Professor Jacob Winston
2020 Movie
6.5
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
2019 Movie
5.8
The Sound of Silence
as Robert Feinway
2019 Movie
6.5
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
as Self
2019 Movie
8.0
Olympia
as Himself
2018 Movie
4.4
7 Splinters in Time
as Fyodor Wax
2018 Movie
7.5
Sunset
as Julian
2018 Movie
7.0
Finding Dory
as Gurgle (voice)
2016 Movie
6.7
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
2016 Movie
5.9
She's Funny That Way
as Judge Pendergast
2015 Movie
4.8
The Mend
as Earl
2014 Movie
5.4
Hairbrained
as Dapper Man
2013 Movie
Black Box
as William Peters
2013 Movie
6.9
Game Change
as Senator Joe Lieberman
2012 Movie
6.1
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
as Dr. Masters
2010 Movie
5.8
5-25-77
as Herb Lightman
2008 Movie
6.2
Theater of War
as Self
2008 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Austin Pendleton.
8.3
New Amsterdam
as Eli Pembroke • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.3
Alex, Inc.
as Wesley Harman • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.5
The Good Fight
as Dr. Goat • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.7
Billions
2 eps
2016 Series
6.2
Difficult People
as Director • 1 eps
2015 Series
8.1
Person of Interest
as Pilcher • 1 eps
2011 Series
5.9
Cupid
as Dr. Boyd • 1 eps
2009 Series
6.4
Life on Mars
as Dr. Goldman • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.3
Joan of Arcadia
as Dietrich Steinholz • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as John Manotti • 1 eps
2001 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as Barry Haskell • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Horace Gorman • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.8
Liberty!
as Benjamin Rush • 6 eps
1997 Series
8.0
Oz
as William Giles • 11 eps
1997 Series
8.0
Fired Up
as Bobby H. • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.6
The Practice
as Sam Feldberg • 1 eps
1997 Series
New York News
1 eps
1995 Series
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as Mr. Piltdown • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.7
Frasier
as Dr. Dorfman • 1 eps
1993 Series
8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Dr. George Griscom • 11 eps
1993 Series
4.5
American Dreamer
1 eps
1990 Series
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Orloff • 1 eps
1989 Series
5.0
Leg Work
as Harold Rodman • 1 eps
1987 Series
7.2
21 Jump Street
as Mr. Trysla • 1 eps
1987 Series