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
- Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made as Mr. Crocus
- Rifkin's Festival as Mort Rifkin
- 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
- Summer Camp Island as Morris Mole (voice)
- Big City Greens as Jyle (voice)
- Book Club as Dr. Derek
- Animal Crackers as Mr. Woodley (voice)
- What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Self
2017
- Young Sheldon as John Sturgis
- The Good Fight as Charles Lester
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Herb Smith
- The Only Living Boy in New York as David
- Another Kind of Wedding as Albert
- Cop and a Half: New Recruit as Principal Miller
- Drawing Home
2016
- Graves as Jerry North
- The Stinky & Dirty Show as Tall (voice)
- Search Party as William Badpastor
- Maggie's Plan as Kliegler
- Starring Austin Pendleton as Self
2015
- Mr. Robot as Mr. Williams
- Life in Pieces as Samuel
- Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond as Self (archive footage)
- Club Penguin Halloween Panic! as Gary
- Robo-Dog as Mr. Willis
- Club Penguin Monster Beach Party as Gary the Gadget Guy (voice)
2014
- BoJack Horseman as Wallace Shawn (voice)
- The 7D as Not-So-Magic-Mirror (voice)
- Mozart in the Jungle as Winslow Elliott
- The Mysteries of Laura as Kenneth Walters
- The Night Shift as Mr. Neville
- Toy Story That Time Forgot as Rex (voice)
- The Double as Mr. Papadopoulos
- Christmas at Cartwright's as Harry
- Don Peyote as Dr. Fieldman
- A Master Builder as Halvard Solness
- The Fog of Courage as Eustace Bagge
- The Last Impresario as Self
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)
- Vamps as Dr. Van Helsing
- A Late Quartet as Gideon Rosen
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)
- Fish Hooks as Rat King (voice)
- Toy Story 3 as Rex (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
- Capitalism: A Love Story as Self
- Jack and the Beanstalk as Booker / Broker / Lancealot Squarejaw
- 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
2007
- Phineas and Ferb as Saul (voice)
- Gossip Girl as Cyrus Rose
- Damages as Sterling Biddle
- The Pixar Story as Rex (voice) (archive footage)
- Happily N'Ever After as Munk (voice)
- I Could Never Be Your Woman as Math Teacher (uncredited)
- Southland Tales as Baron Von Westphalen
- New York City Serenade as Wallace Shawn
- Strange Culture as Self
2006
- Eureka as Dr. Warren Hughes
- Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers as Barnacle Paul (voice)
- Air Buddies as Billy (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
2002
- Personal Velocity as Mr. Gelb
- Mr. St. Nick as Mimir
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Film Professor
- Crossing Jordan as Howard Stiles
- Monsters, Inc. as Rex (voice) (uncredited)
- Blonde as I.E. Shinn
- The Curse of the Jade Scorpion as George Bond
- The Prime Gig as Gene
- As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' as Self
2000
- Teacher's Pet as Principal Strickler (voice)
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins as Rex (voice)
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Roy Batters
- Family Guy as Bertram (voice)
- Toy Story 2 as Rex (voice)
- SpongeBob SquarePants as SpongeBob's House (voice)
- My Favorite Martian as Coleye
- The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1998
- Sex and the City as Martin Gable
- The Lionhearts as (voice)
- The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story as Tarzan Chimp (voice)
- Noah
1997
- Stargate SG-1 as Arlos
- King of the Hill as Philip Ny (voice)
- Ally McBeal as Mr. Dune
- The Wonderful World of Disney
- Vegas Vacation as Marty
- Critical Care as Furnaceman
- Just Write as Arthur Blake
- The Designated Mourner ... (Theatre Play)
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)
- A Goofy Movie as Principal Mazur (voice)
- Clueless as Mr. Wendell Hall
- Canadian Bacon as Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
- Just Like Dad as Stan Spiegel
- Driving Mr. Pink as Boss Man (voice)
1994
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as Horatio Byrd
- Vanya on 42nd Street as Vanya
1993
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Zek
- The Nanny as Charles Haste
- 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
- The Double 0 Kid as Cashpot
- Mom and Dad Save the World as Sibor, Semage's Beau
- Nickel & Dime as Everett Willits
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
- Radio Days as Masked Avenger
- The Bedroom Window as Henderson's Attorney
- Prick Up Your Ears as John Lahr
- Nice Girls Don't Explode as Ellen
1985
- Head Office as Mike Hoover
- Heaven Help Us as Father Abruzzi
1984
- The Cosby Show as Jeffrey Engels
- The Hotel New Hampshire as Freud
- Micki & Maude as Dr. Elliot Fibel
- The Bostonians as Mr. Pardon
- How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days as Professor Silverfish
- My Dinner with Louis as Interviewer
- Crackers as Turtle
1983
- Deal of the Century as Harold DeVoto
- Strange Invaders as Earl
- Saigon: Year of the Cat as Frank Judd
- Lovesick as Otto Jaffe
- 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
- All That Jazz as Assistant Insurance Man
- Starting Over as Workshop Member
- Manhattan as Jeremiah
1978
- Taxi as Arnie Ross
1975
- Our Late Night ... (Writer)