Austin Pendleton's Main TV Roles [no roles found]

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 2007 - Lovely by Surprise 2006 - Raising Flagg 2005 - The Notorious Bettie Page 2004 - Piccadilly Jim 2004 - Christmas with the Kranks 2003 - Uptown Girls 2003 - Finding Nemo 2002 - Wishcraft 2001 - A Beautiful Mind 1997 - Amistad 1997 - Trial and Error 1996 - 2 Days in the Valley 1996 - The Mirror Has Two Faces 1996 - The Associate 1996 - Sgt. Bilko 1995 - Two much 1995 - Home for the Holidays 1994 - Greedy 1994 - Guarding Tess 1993 - Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993 - Mr. Nanny 1993 - My Boyfriend's Back 1992 - My Cousin Vinny 1987 - Hello Again 1986 - Short Circuit 1986 - Off Beat 1979 - The Muppet Movie 1974 - The Front Page 1972 - What's Up, Doc? 1970 - Catch-22 1968 - Petulia 1968 - Skidoo

BIOGRAPHY:

Austin Pendleton (born March 27, 1940) is an American film, television, and stage actor, a playwright, and a theatre director and instructor.

Life and career Pendleton was born in Warren, Ohio, the son of Frances Manchester Pendleton, a professional actress, and Thorn Pendleton, who ran a tool company.[1][2] Pendleton is a graduate of Yale University, where he was a member of Scroll and Key Society. As a stage actor, he has appeared in The Last Sweet Days of Isaac (for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance and an Obie Award ), The Diary of Anne Frank, Grand Hotel, Goodtime Charley, The Little Foxes, The Sunset Limited, Fiddler on the Roof, and Up from Paradise.
Pendleton penned the plays Uncle Bob, Booth, and Orson's Shadow, all of which were staged off-Broadway. His direction of Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes garnered him a Tony Award nomination. Additional directing credits include Spoils of War by Michael Weller, The Runner Stumbles by Milan Stitt, and The Size of the World by Charles Evered.
Pendleton served as Artistic Director for Circle Repertory Company with associate artistic director Lynne Thigpen.
Pendleton is an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. He began his artistic relationship there by directing Ralph Pape's Say Goodnight, Gracie for the 1979-80 season. In addition to directing at Steppenwolf, Mr. Pendleton has appeared as an actor in such Steppenwolf productions as Uncle Vanya, Valparaiso and Educating Rita. In the seventh and final season of Homicide: Life on the Street he portrayed Dr. George Griscom, a medical examiner with a quirky outlook on his profession and a dark sense of humor. He also appeared in the Tales from the Crypt episode "Doctor of Horror" as a doctor with a bizarre obsession. In the 1970s, Pendleton had a small role on "Good Times"; he played Mr. Hargrove the Director who recommended Michael Evans to attend trade school instead of college due to a low score on an IQ test.





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