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Austin Pendleton

Acting Born Mar 27, 1940 Warren, Ohio, USA 24 credits

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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Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Horace Gorman

Person of Interest

as Pilcher

The West Wing

as Barry Haskell

Frasier

as Dr. Dorfman

Murder, She Wrote

as Barney Gunderson

Billions

as Goose Quill

New Amsterdam

as Eli Pembroke
Film

Finding Nemo

as Gurgle (voice)

Full filmography

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Horace Gorman
  • Person of Interest (2011) as Pilcher
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as John Manotti
  • The West Wing (1999) as Barry Haskell
  • Frasier (1993) as Dr. Dorfman
  • Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Barney Gunderson
  • Billions (2016) as Goose Quill
  • Miami Vice (1984) as Max Rogo
  • The Cosby Show (1984) as Mr. Kensington
  • The Practice (1997) as Sam Feldberg
  • New Amsterdam (2018) as Eli Pembroke
  • Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) as Dr. George Griscom
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee
  • Oz (1997) as William Giles
  • Great Performances (1971) as Bennie
  • Great Performances (1971) as White Rabbit
  • The Good Fight (2017) as Dr. Goat
  • 21 Jump Street (1987) as Mr. Trysla
  • Touched by an Angel (1994) as Mr. Piltdown
  • Love, American Style (1969)
  • The Equalizer (1985) as Jonah
  • St. Elsewhere (1982) as Mr. Entertainment
  • Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Orloff
  • Finding Nemo (2003) as Gurgle (voice)