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Austin Pendleton

Austin Pendleton

Born March 27, 1940 · Warren, Ohio, USA

1

Films reviewed

8.2

Avg. rating

A Beautiful Mind

Best-reviewed

2001

Years active

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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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On theIReview.com

Films featuring Austin Pendletonthat we've reviewed.

A Beautiful Mind poster★ 8.2

A Beautiful Mind

as Thomas King

Ron Howard · 2001

DramaRomance

RT 74%

Review Highlights

AI-summarized critic and audience reaction, pulled from the Fan & Critic Buzz on their highest-rated films with us.

“The public reaction to the movie "A Beautiful Mind" is largely positive, with reviewers praising Russell Crowe and Ron Howard's chemistry as a dynamic duo. The film has been described as accurate and well-crafted in some reviews. Critics have noted that the film handles Nash's struggles with mental illness with sensitivity and care.”

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Selected Filmography

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)TV Series · 1 epas Horace Gorman
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent(2001)TV Series · 1 epas John Manotti
  • Frasier(1993)TV Series · 1 epas Dr. Dorfman
  • The West Wing(1999)TV Series · 1 epas Barry Haskell
  • Person of Interest(2011)TV Series · 1 epas Pilcher
  • Murder, She Wrote(1984)TV Series · 1 epas Barney Gunderson
  • Billions(2016)TV Series · 2 epsas Goose Quill
  • Miami Vice(1984)TV Series · 1 epas Max Rogo
  • Great Performances(1971)TV Series · 1 epas White Rabbit
  • 21 Jump Street(1987)TV Series · 1 epas Mr. Trysla
  • The Practice(1997)TV Series · 1 epas Sam Feldberg
  • Love, American Style(1969)TV Series · 1 ep
  • Oz(1997)TV Series · 11 epsas William Giles
  • The Cosby Show(1984)TV Series · 1 epas Mr. Kensington
  • Homicide: Life on the Street(1993)TV Series · 11 epsas Dr. George Griscom
  • New Amsterdam(2018)TV Series · 1 epas Eli Pembroke
  • Tony Awards(1956)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Nominee
  • The Good Fight(2017)TV Series · 1 epas Dr. Goat
  • Finding Nemo(2003)as Gurgle (voice)
  • Touched by an Angel(1994)TV Series · 1 epas Mr. Piltdown

Sources

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