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Austin Pendleton

Mar 27, 1940 (85 years old) in Warren, Ohio, USA

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

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Horace Gorman
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
John Manotti
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Frasier
Dr. Dorfman
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Love, American Style
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The Cosby Show
Mr. Kensington
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The West Wing
Barry Haskell
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The Practice
Sam Feldberg
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Murder, She Wrote
Barney Gunderson
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Miami Vice
Max Rogo
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Homicide: Life on the Street
Dr. George Griscom

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