Wallace Shawn

Born: 1943-11-12 in New York City, New York, USA

Known For: 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

2026

Toy Story 5 as Rex (voice)
Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self

2025

The Clock as Harold Jenkins

2023

Krapopolis as John Fate (voice)

2021

Gossip Girl as Cyrus Rose
The Addams Family 2 as Mr. Mustela (voice)
Waiting for Godot as Lucky

2020

Rifkin's Festival as Mort Rifkin
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made as Mr. Crocus
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion as Vizzini

2019

Evil as Father Francis Ignatius
Amphibia as Humphrey (voice)
Toy Story 4 as Rex (voice)
Marriage Story as Frank
Forky Asks a Question as Rex (voice)
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time? as Rex (voice)

2018

Big City Greens as Jyle (voice)
Summer Camp Island as Morris Mole (voice)
Animal Crackers as Mr. Woodley (voice)
Book Club as Dr. Derek
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Self

2017

Young Sheldon as John Sturgis
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Herb Smith
The Good Fight as Charles Lester
The Only Living Boy in New York as David
Cop and a Half: New Recruit as Principal Miller
Another Kind of Wedding as Albert
Drawing Home

2016

Search Party as William Badpastor
The Stinky & Dirty Show as Tall (voice)
Graves as Jerry North
Maggie's Plan as Kliegler
Starring Austin Pendleton as Self

2015

Mr. Robot as Mr. Williams
Life in Pieces as Samuel
Robo-Dog as Mr. Willis
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond as Self (archive footage)
Club Penguin Monster Beach Party as Gary the Gadget Guy (voice)
Club Penguin Halloween Panic! as Gary

2014

BoJack Horseman as Wallace Shawn (voice)
The 7D as Not-So-Magic-Mirror (voice)
The Night Shift as Mr. Neville
Mozart in the Jungle as Winslow Elliott
The Mysteries of Laura as Kenneth Walters
Toy Story That Time Forgot as Rex (voice)
The Double as Mr. Papadopoulos
Don Peyote as Dr. Fieldman
The Last Impresario as Self
A Master Builder as Halvard Solness
Phineas and Ferb Save Summer as Saul (voice)
Christmas at Cartwright's as Harry
The Fog of Courage as Eustace Bagge

2013

Admission as Clarence
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner as Self
Toy Story of Terror! as Rex (Voice)

2012

Partysaurus Rex as Rex (voice)
A Late Quartet as Gideon Rosen
Vamps as Dr. Van Helsing

2011

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness as Taotie (voice)
Hawaiian Vacation as Rex (voice)
Small Fry as Rex (voice)
The Speed of Thought as Sandy

2010

Regular Show as Evil Brain (voice)
Toy Story 3 as Rex (voice)
Fish Hooks as Rat King (voice)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore as Calico (voice)
Furry Vengeance as Dr. Christian Burr (uncredited)
Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs as Rex (voice)

2009

The Good Wife as Charles Lester
Jack and the Beanstalk as Booker / Broker / Lancealot Squarejaw
Capitalism: A Love Story as Self
The Windmill Movie as Self
André Gregory and Wallace Shawn

2008

Life on Mars as The Sorcerer
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King as Mr. Gibbles (voice)
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl as Mr. Gibson
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland as Self

2007

Phineas and Ferb as Saul (voice)
Gossip Girl as Cyrus Rose
Damages as Sterling Biddle
The Pixar Story as Rex (voice) (archive footage)
Southland Tales as Baron Von Westphalen
Happily N'Ever After as Munk (voice)
I Could Never Be Your Woman as Math Teacher (uncredited)
New York City Serenade as Wallace Shawn
Strange Culture as Self

2006

Eureka as Dr. Warren Hughes
Air Buddies as Billy (voice)
Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers as Barnacle Paul (voice)
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States as Self

2005

Chicken Little as Principal Fetchit (voice)
Fat Actress as Dr. Von Oy

2004

Desperate Housewives as Lonny Moon
The L Word as William Halsey
The Incredibles as Gilbert Huph (voice)
Melinda and Melinda as Sy
Teacher's Pet as Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)
The Fever ... (Author)
Marie and Bruce ... (Screenplay)
Karroll's Christmas

2003

The Haunted Mansion as Ezra
Duplex as Herman
Monte Walsh as Colonel Wilson
Love Thy Neighbor as Clinic Doctor

1996

Clueless as Mr. Hall
Toy Story Treats as Rex (Voice)
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 as Labrador MC (voice)
House Arrest as Vic Finley
The Story Behind 'Toy Story' as Self
The Wife as Cosmo

1995

Toy Story as Rex (voice)
Clueless as Mr. Wendell Hall
A Goofy Movie as Principal Mazur (voice)
Canadian Bacon as Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
Napoleon as Echidna (voice)
Driving Mr. Pink as Boss Man (voice)
Just Like Dad as Stan Spiegel

1994

Vanya on 42nd Street as Vanya
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as Horatio Byrd

1993

The Nanny as Charles Haste
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Zek
Homicide: Life on the Street as Frank Hopper
The Pink Panther as Boss Man (voice)
The Meteor Man as Mr. Little
The Cemetery Club as Larry
The Magic Bubble as Doctor/Therapist

1992

Nickel & Dime as Everett Willits
Mom and Dad Save the World as Sibor, Semage's Beau
The Double 0 Kid as Cashpot

1991

Civil Wars as Riley Baker
Shadows and Fog as Simon Carr

1989

The Simpsons as Wallace the Hernia (voice)
We're No Angels as Translator
She's Out of Control as Dr. Fishbinder
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills as Howard

1988

The Moderns as Oiseau

1987

The Princess Bride as Vizzini
The Bedroom Window as Henderson's Attorney
Radio Days as Masked Avenger
Prick Up Your Ears as John Lahr
Nice Girls Don't Explode as Ellen

1985

Heaven Help Us as Father Abruzzi
Head Office as Mike Hoover

1984

The Cosby Show as Jeffrey Engels
The Hotel New Hampshire as Freud
The Bostonians as Mr. Pardon
Crackers as Turtle
Micki & Maude as Dr. Elliot Fibel
How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days as Professor Silverfish
My Dinner with Louis as Interviewer

1983

Deal of the Century as Harold DeVoto
Strange Invaders as Earl
Lovesick as Otto Jaffe
Saigon: Year of the Cat as Frank Judd
The First Time as Jules Goldfarb

1982

A Little Sex as Oliver

1981

My Dinner with Andre as Wallace Shawn
Cheaper to Keep Her as Mugger
Strong Medicine as Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)

1980

Atlantic City as Waiter
Simon as Eric Van Dongen

1979

Manhattan as Jeremiah
All That Jazz as Assistant Insurance Man
Starting Over as Workshop Member

1978

Taxi as Arnie Ross

1975

Our Late Night ... (Writer)