Austin Pendleton

Austin Pendleton

Infobox actor



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birthplace = Warren, Ohio

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

Early career

Born in Warren, Ohio, 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), "The Diary of Anne Frank," "Grand Hotel", "Goodtime Charley," "The Little Foxes", "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 "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".

Recent work

He has had several television roles as well including a recurring role on HBO's "Oz". He did his voice-over work as Gurgle in "Finding Nemo".

In August 2006, Pendleton appeared as the Chaplain in Bertholt Brecht's "Mother Courage and Her Children" with Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline in the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater production directed by George C. Wolfe at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, New York City (photo, above, right).

In 2007, he appeared as Friar Lawrence in the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater's production of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

Pendleton currently teaches acting at the HB Studio and directing at The New School for Drama, both in Greenwich Village.

Filmography

* "Finding Nemo (Gurgle)"
* "A Beautiful Mind"
* "What's Up, Doc?"
* "Simon"
* "Skidoo"
* "Searching for Bobby Fischer"
* "Catch-22"
* "Guarding Tess"
* "The Front Page"
* "Short Circuit"
* "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge"
* "Mr. Nanny"
* "My Cousin Vinny"
* "The Muppet Movie"
* "Trial and Error"

External links

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* Austin Pendleton at the Internet Broadway Database:


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