Wallace Shawn
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 (52)
Toy Story 5
The Addams Family 2
Toy Story 4
Marriage Story
Animal Crackers
Book Club
The Only Living Boy in New York
The Double
Admission
Vamps
A Late Quartet
Toy Story 3
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Furry Vengeance
Jack and the Beanstalk
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Southland Tales
Happily N'Ever After
I Could Never Be Your Woman
Air Buddies
Chicken Little
The Incredibles
Teacher's Pet
Duplex
The Haunted Mansion
Monsters, Inc.
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
Toy Story 2
My Favorite Martian
Vegas Vacation
Critical Care
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
House Arrest
Toy Story
A Goofy Movie
Clueless
Canadian Bacon
Napoleon
Vanya on 42nd Street
The Meteor Man
Shadows and Fog
She's Out of Control
We're No Angels
The Moderns
The Princess Bride
The Bedroom Window
Radio Days
My Dinner with Andre
All That Jazz
Manhattan
