Wallace Shawn
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Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American character actor, voice artist, playwright and essayist. His film roles have included those of Wally Shawn (a fictionalized version of himself) in the Louis Malle directed drama My Dinner with Andre (1981), John Lahr in Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. James Hall in Clueless (1995) and providing the voice of Rex in the Toy Story franchise. He also plays Dr. John Sturgis on the television series Young Sheldon. He has previously appeared in a variety of television series, including recurring roles as Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as Manny in the game Kings Quest (2016) and Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl (2008–2012).
His plays include Obie Award winning Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985), The Designated Mourner (1996) and Grasses of a Thousand Colors (2008). He also co-wrote the screenplay for My Dinner with Andre with Andre Gregory, and he scripted A Master Builder (2013), a film adaptation of the play by Henrik Ibsen, which he also starred in. His book Essays was published in 2009 by Haymarket Books.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1979 | Manhattan | Jeremiah | |
| 1979 | Starting Over | Workshop Member | |
| 1979 | All That Jazz | Assistant Insurance Man | |
| 1980 | Simon | Eric Van Dongen | |
| 1980 | Atlantic City | Waiter | Credited as Wally Shawn |
| 1981 | Cheaper to Keep Her | Mugger | |
| 1981 | My Dinner with Andre | Wally Shawn | Also screenwriter |
| 1981 | Strong Medicine | Uncredited | |
| 1982 | A Little Sex | Oliver | |
| 1983 | How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days | Professor Silverfish | |
| 1983 | Lovesick | Otto Jaffe | |
| 1983 | The First Time | Jules Goldfarb | |
| 1983 | Strange Invaders | Earl | |
| 1983 | Deal of the Century | Harold DeVoto | |
| 1983 | Saigon: Year of the Cat | Frank Judd | |
| 1984 | Crackers | Turtle | |
| 1984 | The Hotel New Hampshire | Freud | |
| 1984 | The Bostonians | Mr. Pardon | |
| 1984 | Micki + Maude | Elliot Fibel | |
| 1985 | Heaven Help Us | Father Abruzzi | |
| 1985 | Head Office | Mike Hoover | |
| 1987 | The Bedroom Window | Henderson's Attorney | |
| 1987 | Radio Days | Masked Avenger | |
| 1987 | Nice Girls Don't Explode | Ellen | |
| 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | John Lahr | |
| 1987 | The Princess Bride | Vizzini | |
| 1988 | The Moderns | Oiseau | |
| 1989 | She's Out of Control | Dr. Fishbinder | |
| 1989 | Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills | Howard | |
| 1989 | We're No Angels | Translator | |
| 1991 | Shadows and Fog | Simon Carr | |
| 1992 | Unbecoming Age | Dr. Block | |
| 1992 | Nickel & Dime | Everett Willits | |
| 1992 | Mom and Dad Save the World | Sibor | |
| 1993 | The Cemetery Club | Larry | |
| 1993 | The Meteor Man | Mr. Little | |
| 1993 | Eligible Dentist | ||
| 1994 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Horatio Byrd | |
| 1994 | Vanya on 42nd Street | Vanya | |
| 1995 | The Wife | Cosmo | |
| 1995 | Napoleon | Echidna | |
| 1995 | Canadian Bacon | Canadian Prime Minister | |
| 1995 | A Goofy Movie | Mazur | Voice |
| 1995 | Clueless | Mr. Wendell Hall | |
| 1995 | Just Like Dad | Stan Speigel | |
| 1995 | Toy Story | Rex | Voice |
| 1996 | All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 | Labrador MC | |
| 1996 | House Arrest | Vic Finley | |
| 1997 | Vegas Vacation | Marty | |
| 1997 | Just Write | Arthur Blake | |
| 1997 | Critical Care | Furnaceman | |
| 1998 | Blind Men | ||
| 1998 | Noah | Zack | |
| 1999 | The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man | ||
| 1999 | My Favorite Martian | Coleye | |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | Rex | Voice |
| 2000 | The Prime Gig | Gene | |
| 2001 | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | George Bond | |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | Rex | Voice Uncredited |
| 2002 | Sun Gods | Spaulding | |
| 2002 | Love Thy Neighbor | Clinic Doctor | |
| 2002 | Personal Velocity: Three Portraits | Mr. Gelb | |
| 2002 | Mr. St. Nick | Mimir | |
| 2003 | Monte Walsh | Colonel Wilson | |
| 2003 | Duplex | Herman | |
| 2003 | The Haunted Mansion | Ezra | |
| 2004 | Teacher's Pet | Crosby Strickler | Voice |
| 2004 | Melinda and Melinda | Sy | |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Gilbert Huph | Voice |
| 2004 | Karroll's Christmas | Zeb Rosecog | |
| 2005 | Chicken Little | Principal Fetchit | Voice |
| 2006 | The 12th Man | Marty | |
| 2006 | Southland Tales | Baron Von Westphalen | |
| 2006 | Air Buddies | Billy | Voice |
| 2007 | Happily N'Ever After | Munk | |
| 2007 | I Could Never Be Your Woman | Math Teacher | Uncredited |
| 2007 | New York City Serenade | Himself | |
| 2008 | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | Mr. Gibson | |
| 2008 | Mia and the Migoo | Migoo | Voice English language version |
| 2009 | Capitalism: A Love Story | Himself | Documentary |
| 2010 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Broker / Booker / Lancelot Squarejaw | |
| 2010 | Furry Vengeance | Christian Burr | |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Rex | Voice |
| 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Calico | |
| 2011 | The Speed of Thought | Sandy | |
| 2011 | Tower Heist | Mr. McBurns | |
| 2011 | Hawaiian Vacation | Rex | Voice Short film |
| 2011 | Small Fry | ||
| 2012 | Partysaurus Rex | ||
| 2012 | A Late Quartet | Gideon Rosen | |
| 2012 | Vamps | Van Helsing | |
| 2013 | Admission | Clarence | |
| 2013 | Toy Story of Terror! | Rex | Voice Television special |
| 2013 | The Double | Mr. Papadopoulos | |
| 2014 | Don Peyote | Psychotherapist | |
| 2014 | A Master Builder | Halvard Solness | Also screenwriter |
