Wallace Shawn

Known for ActingBorn 1943-11-12 (age 82)New York City, New York, USA

Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2017–2024), and voicing Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present). Shawn also appeared in The Bostonians (1984), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), My Favorite Martian (1999), The Double (2013), Maggie's Plan (2015), and Marriage Story (2019). He appeared in six Woody Allen films including Manhattan (1979), Radio Days (1987), and Rifkin's Festival (2020). His television work includes recurring roles as Jeff Engels in The Cosby Show (1987–1991), Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl (2008–2012), and Father Frank Ignatius in Evil (2022–2024). Shawn is also a playwright; his plays include the Obie Award–winning Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985), The Designated Mourner (1996) and Grasses of a Thousand Colors (2008). He wrote and starred, with Andre Gregory, in the 1981 avant-garde drama My Dinner with Andre, and played the title role in A Master Builder (2013), a film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play. Haymarket Books published his books Essays (2009) and Night Thoughts (2017). Description above from the Wikipedia article Wallace Shawn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Club Penguin Halloween Panic!

Club Penguin Monster Beach Party

Driving Mr. Pink

Amphibia

Regular Show

BoJack Horseman

Mr. Robot

Gossip Girl

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Stargate SG-1

Young Sheldon

Phineas and Ferb Save Summer

Homicide: Life on the Street

Evil

The Nanny

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

Phineas and Ferb

Desperate Housewives

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Toy Story

Marriage Story

Nickel & Dime

Summer Camp Island

The Simpsons

Toy Story 3

Monsters, Inc.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Eureka

The Incredibles

The Story Behind 'Toy Story'

The Good Fight

The L Word

The Good Wife

Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King

Toy Story 4

Mozart in the Jungle

The Pixar Story

The Night Shift

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Toy Story 2

Big City Greens

As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'

The Princess Bride

Damages

Krapopolis

Gossip Girl

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

Manhattan