About
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...
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999
Person of InterestSeries • 2011
Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries • 2001
FrasierSeries • 1993
The West WingSeries • 1999
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
Great PerformancesSeries • 1971
BillionsSeries • 2016
Miami ViceSeries • 1984
Homicide: Life on the StreetSeries • 1993
Love, American StyleSeries • 1969
The PracticeSeries • 1997
New AmsterdamSeries • 2018
The Cosby ShowSeries • 1984
St. ElsewhereSeries • 1982
The Good FightSeries • 2017
OzSeries • 1997
Touched by an AngelSeries • 1994
21 Jump StreetSeries • 1987
The EqualizerSeries • 1985
Tales from the CryptSeries • 1989
Finding NemoMovie • 2003
Joan of ArcadiaSeries • 2003
Good TimesSeries • 1974