Austin Pendleton: movies and TV shows
Austin Pendleton has 137 credits in the archive: 101 films and 36 TV series, from 1956 to 2026. Highest rated: New Amsterdam (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2026 · busiest year: 1997 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Belt | Film | — | 86 | |
| 2025 | The Pitchfork Retreat | Dr. Nacht | Film | — | 85 |
| 2025 | Magic Hour | Joseph | Film | — | 85 |
| 2023 | Between Riverside and Crazy | Film | — | 83 | |
| 2022 | Essentials | Max | Film | — | 82 |
| 2022 | The Reunion | Film | 2.8 | 82 | |
| 2021 | The Mimic | The Driver | Film | 4.3 | 81 |
| 2021 | Our Father | Jerry | Film | 5.0 | 81 |
| 2020 | Paint | Professor Jacob Winston | Film | 4.7 | 80 |
| 2019 | The Sound of Silence | Robert Feinway | Film | 5.8 | 79 |
| 2019 | Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self | Film | 6.5 | 79 |
| 2019 | Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles | Self | Film | 6.5 | 79 |
| 2018 | New Amsterdam | Eli Pembroke | TV | 8.3 | 78 |
| 2018 | Alex, Inc. | Wesley Harman | TV | 6.3 | 78 |
| 2018 | Olympia | Self | Film | 8.0 | 78 |
| 2018 | Sunset | Julian | Film | 6.3 | 78 |
| 2018 | 7 Splinters in Time | Fyodor Wax | Film | 4.4 | 78 |
| 2018 | Wanderland | Raphael | Film | 5.5 | 78 |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | Dr. Goat | TV | 7.6 | 77 |
| 2016 | Billions | Goose Quill | TV | 7.8 | 76 |
| 2016 | Finding Dory | Gurgle (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 76 |
| 2016 | Starring Austin Pendleton | Self | Film | 6.7 | 76 |
| 2015 | Difficult People | Director | TV | 6.3 | 75 |
| 2015 | She's Funny That Way | Judge Pendergast | Film | 5.9 | 75 |
| 2014 | The Mend | Earl | Film | 4.8 | 74 |
| 2013 | Black Box | William Peters | Film | — | 73 |
| 2013 | Hairbrained | Dapper Man | Film | 5.4 | 73 |
| 2012 | Game Change | Senator Joe Lieberman | Film | 6.9 | 72 |
| 2011 | Person of Interest | Pilcher | TV | 8.1 | 71 |
| 2010 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Dr. Masters | Film | 6.1 | 70 |
| 2009 | Cupid | Dr. Boyd | TV | 5.9 | 69 |
| 2008 | Life on Mars | Dr. Goldman | TV | 6.4 | 68 |
| 2008 | 5-25-77 | Herb Lightman | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 2008 | Theater of War | Self | Film | 6.2 | 68 |
| 2006 | The Notorious Bettie Page | Teacher | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 2006 | Edge of Outside | Self | Film | 5.8 | 66 |
| 2006 | Raising Flagg | Gus Falk | Film | 5.0 | 66 |
| 2006 | Dirty Work | Julian | Film | 3.4 | 66 |
| 2005 | The Civilization of Maxwell Bright | Jaurice | Film | 4.5 | 65 |
| 2004 | Christmas with the Kranks | Umbrella Santa / Marty | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 2004 | Strip Search | James Perley | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 2004 | Piccadilly Jim | Peter Pett | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Gurgle (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 63 |
| 2003 | Joan of Arcadia | Dietrich Steinholz | TV | 7.3 | 63 |
| 2003 | Uptown Girls | Mr. McConkey | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2003 | Sick in the Head | Film | 10.0 | 63 | |
| 2002 | Manna from Heaven | Two-Digit Doyle | Film | 10.0 | 62 |
| 2002 | Angela | Film | 5.9 | 62 | |
| 2002 | Wishcraft | Mr. Turner | Film | 5.2 | 62 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | John Manotti | TV | 7.6 | 61 |
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind | Thomas King | Film | 7.9 | 61 |
| 2001 | The Concert for New York City | Austin Pendleton film buff | Film | 5.1 | 61 |
| 2001 | Queenie in Love | Alvin | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 2001 | Sounds from a Town I Love | film buff | Film | 5.6 | 61 |
| 2000 | Broke Even | Archie | Film | 4.1 | 60 |
| 2000 | Fast Food Fast Women | George | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 2000 | The Acting Class | Bobby Austin | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2000 | Homicide: The Movie | George Griscom | Film | 6.9 | 60 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Horace Gorman | TV | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Barry Haskell | TV | 8.3 | 59 |
| 1999 | Joe the King | Winston | Film | 5.9 | 59 |
| 1999 | The 4th Floor | Albert Collins | Film | 5.7 | 59 |
| 1999 | Men of Means | Jerry Trask | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1998 | Sue | Bob | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1997 | Oz | William Giles | TV | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1997 | The Practice | Sam Feldberg | TV | 7.7 | 57 |
| 1997 | Fired Up | Bobby H. | TV | 7.8 | 57 |
| 1997 | Liberty! | Benjamin Rush | TV | 7.8 | 57 |
| 1997 | Trial and Error | Judge Paul Z. Graff | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1997 | River Made to Drown In | Billy | Film | 5.1 | 57 |
| 1997 | Amistad | Professor Gibbs | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1997 | The Fumbleheads | Eugene Cleft | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1996 | 2 Days in the Valley | Ralph Crupi | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1996 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | Barry | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1996 | Sgt. Bilko | Major Ebersole | Film | 5.9 | 56 |
| 1996 | The Associate | Aesop Franklin | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1996 | The Proprietor | Willy Kunst | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1995 | New York News | TV | 7.0 | 55 | |
| 1995 | Home for the Holidays | Peter Arnold | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1995 | Two Much | Dr. Huffeyer | Film | 5.5 | 55 |
| 1995 | The Fifteen Minute Hamlet | Hamlet | Film | 7.2 | 55 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Mr. Piltdown | TV | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1994 | Guarding Tess | Earl | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1994 | Greedy | Hotel Clerk | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1994 | The World of Jim Henson | Max (archive footage) | Film | 7.4 | 54 |
| 1994 | Don't Drink the Water | Chef Oscar | Film | 5.6 | 54 |
| 1993 | Frasier | Dr. Dorfman | TV | 7.7 | 53 |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Dr. George Griscom | TV | 8.1 | 53 |
| 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer | Asa Hoffman | Film | 7.1 | 53 |
| 1993 | Mr. Nanny | Alex Mason, Sr. | Film | 5.1 | 53 |
| 1993 | My Boyfriend's Back | Dr. Bronson | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1993 | Rain Without Thunder | Catholic Priest | Film | 4.3 | 53 |
| 1992 | My Cousin Vinny | John Gibbons | Film | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1992 | Four Eyes and Six-Guns | Moustached Passenger | Film | 3.5 | 52 |
| 1992 | Charlie's Ear | Harold Blodgett | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1991 | True Identity | Director of Othello | Film | 5.6 | 51 |
| 1991 | The Ballad of the Sad Cafe | Lawyer Taylor | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1990 | American Dreamer | TV | 5.3 | 50 | |
| 1990 | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | Mr. Gadbury | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Orloff | TV | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street | Mr. Trysla | TV | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1987 | Hello Again | Junior Lacey | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1987 | Leg Work | Harold Rodman | TV | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1986 | Short Circuit | Howard Marner | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1986 | Off Beat | Gun Shop Salesman | Film | 4.8 | 46 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Jonah | TV | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1985 | My Man Adam | Mr. Greenhut | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Barney Gunderson | TV | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Mr. Kensington | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Max Rogo | TV | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1984 | Talk to Me | Richard Patterson | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1983 | Masquerade | Actor | TV | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1983 | Say Goodnight, Gracie | Film | 10.0 | 43 | |
| 1983 | Alice in Wonderland | White Rabbit | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | Mr. Entertainment | TV | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1980 | First Family | Dr. Alexander Grade | Film | 3.7 | 40 |
| 1980 | Simon | Dr. Carl Becker | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1979 | Starting Over | Paul | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie | Max | Film | 7.2 | 39 |
| 1978 | The Great Smokey Roadblock | Guido | Film | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1976 | Diary of the Dead | Dr. Klein | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1976 | The Great Texas Dynamite Chase | Fancy Car Man (uncredited) | Film | 4.8 | 36 |
| 1974 | Good Times | TV | 8.0 | 34 | |
| 1974 | The Front Page | Earl Williams | Film | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1974 | June Moon | Bennie | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1973 | The Thief Who Came to Dinner | Zukovsky | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1972 | What's Up, Doc? | Frederick Larrabee | Film | 7.4 | 32 |
| 1972 | Every Little Crook and Nanny | Luther | Film | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Bennie | TV | 6.1 | 31 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | White Rabbit | TV | 6.1 | 31 |
| 1970 | Catch-22 | Lt. Col. Moodus | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | TV | 6.2 | 29 | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 28 |
| 1968 | Petulia | Intern (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1968 | Skidoo | Fred the Professor | Film | 4.7 | 28 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 16 |
| When Robert Met Judith | Robert | Film | — | — |