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Austin Pendleton
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<p>Austin Campbell Pendleton (born March 27, 1940) is an American actor, <a href="/facts/Playwright/Mdtsordb">playwright</a>, <a href="/facts/Theatre_director/FkptGJzw">theatre director</a>, and instructor. </p><p>Pendleton is known as a prolific character actor on the stage and screen, whose six-decade career has included roles in films including <i><a href="/facts/Catch-22_(film)/j3U5Gslv">Catch-22</a></i> (1970); <i><a href="/facts/What%27s_Up,_Doc%3F_(1972_film)/5LGgBf5f">What's Up, Doc?</a></i> (1972); <i><a href="/facts/The_Front_Page_(1974_film)/vMSn4qQ1">The Front Page</a></i> (1974); <i><a href="/facts/The_Muppet_Movie/dho1cINQ">The Muppet Movie</a></i> (1979), <i><a href="/facts/Short_Circuit_(1986_film)/RJc2Cqxz">Short Circuit</a></i> (1986); <i><a href="/facts/Mr._%26_Mrs._Bridge/1Vy5QHsC">Mr. & Mrs. Bridge</a></i> (1990); <i><a href="/facts/My_Cousin_Vinny/66IwUEAh">My Cousin Vinny</a></i> (1992); <i><a href="/facts/Mr._Nanny/xNnqBclr">Mr. Nanny</a></i> (1993); <i><a href="/facts/Guarding_Tess/ee47jpJF">Guarding Tess</a></i> (1994); <i><a href="/facts/Amistad_(film)/DCgSlaDo">Amistad</a></i> (1997); <i><a href="/facts/A_Beautiful_Mind_(film)/zTXFqEgW">A Beautiful Mind</a></i> (2001), which earned him a <a href="/facts/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award_for_Outstanding_Performance_by_a_Cast_in_a_Motion_Picture/f5negtz7">Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture</a> nomination; and <i><a href="/facts/Finding_Nemo/47vEIWKD">Finding Nemo</a></i> (2003). </p><p>Pendleton received a <a href="/facts/Tony_Award/Md77rBE0">Tony Award</a> nomination for <a href="/facts/Tony_Award_for_Best_Direction_of_a_Play/VrVqyPhF">Best Direction of a Play</a> for the <a href="/facts/Broadway_(theatre)/6USkK8x9">Broadway</a> revival of <i><a href="/facts/The_Little_Foxes/NbGBX635">The Little Foxes</a></i> in 1981 starring <a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Taylor/Ur7qy9lK">Elizabeth Taylor</a>. He received <a href="/facts/Obie_Award/VJqJQ5zn">Obie</a> and <a href="/facts/Drama_Desk_Award/CUoeA8sc">Drama Desk Awards</a> for Outstanding Performance in <a href="/facts/The_Last_Sweet_Days_of_Isaac/YInXMtFX"><i>The Last Sweet Days of Issac</i></a> in 1970, and an additional <a href="/facts/Drama_Desk_Award/CUoeA8sc">Special Drama Desk Award</a> for being a "Renaissance Man of the American Theatre" in 2007. He received an additional <a href="/facts/Obie_Award/VJqJQ5zn">Obie Award</a> for directing the Off-Broadway revival of <i><a href="/facts/Three_Sisters_(play)/GsoKtXHf">Three Sisters</a></i> in 2011. </p><p>Pendleton's recent Broadway credits include acting in <i><a href="/facts/Choir_Boy/WA1Mwjkq">Choir Boy</a></i> in 2016 and <i><a href="/facts/The_Minutes_(play)/BPk119Rn">The Minutes</a></i> in 2022, and directing <i><a href="/facts/Between_Riverside_and_Crazy/LrecPHI6">Between Riverside and Crazy</a></i>, also in 2022. </p>