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Wallace Shawn

Wallace Shawn

Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for Toy Story
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Toy Story

8.0(19.8K)
Toy Story
Rex (voice)
Poster for Toy Story 2
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Toy Story 2

7.6(14.8K)
Toy Story 2
Rex (voice)
Poster for Manhattan
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Manhattan

7.7(2.6K)
Manhattan
Jeremiah
Poster for Toy Story 3
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Toy Story 3

7.8(15.7K)
Toy Story 3
Rex (voice)
Poster for Canadian Bacon
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Canadian Bacon

5.8(0.3K)
Canadian Bacon
Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
Poster for The Princess Bride
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The Princess Bride

7.7(5.1K)
The Princess Bride
Vizzini
Poster for The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

6.6(0.8K)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
George Bond
Poster for Southland Tales
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Southland Tales

5.2(0.6K)
Southland Tales
Baron Von Westphalen
Poster for Happily N'Ever After
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Happily N'Ever After

5.1(0.4K)
Happily N'Ever After
Munk (voice)
Poster for Deal of the Century
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Deal of the Century

4.7(0.1K)
Deal of the Century
Harold DeVoto

Production

Poster for My Dinner with Andre
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My Dinner with Andre

7.5(0.5K)
My Dinner with Andre
Writer
Poster for The Fever
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The Fever

5.4(0.0K)
The Fever
Screenplay
Poster for The Fever
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The Fever

5.4(0.0K)
The Fever
Author
Poster for The Designated Mourner
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The Designated Mourner

5.6(0.0K)
The Designated Mourner
Theatre Play
Poster for The Designated Mourner
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The Designated Mourner

5.6(0.0K)
The Designated Mourner
Writer
Poster for Marie and Bruce
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Marie and Bruce

4.4(0.0K)
Marie and Bruce
Screenplay
Poster for Our Late Night
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Our Late Night

Our Late Night
Writer
Poster for A Master Builder
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A Master Builder

5.9(0.0K)
A Master Builder
Producer
Poster for A Master Builder
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A Master Builder

5.9(0.0K)
A Master Builder
Translator
Poster for A Master Builder
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A Master Builder

5.9(0.0K)
A Master Builder
Screenplay

Gallery

Wallace Shawn portrait
Wallace Shawn portrait
Wallace Shawn portrait