Cast
Wallace Shawn
Acting
Cast
Wallace Shawn
Known for
Acting
Born
1943-11-12
From
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Wally Shawn, Wallace Michael Shawn, والاس شاون
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.
Toy Story 5
as Rex (voice)
Toy Story
as Rex (voice)
Monsters, Inc.
as Rex (voice) (uncredited)
Toy Story 2
as Rex (voice)
Toy Story 4
as Rex (voice)
Toy Story 3
as Rex (voice)
The Incredibles
as Gilbert Huph (voice)
The Princess Bride
as Vizzini
Chicken Little
as Principal Fetchit (voice)
Clueless
as Mr. Wendell Hall
Marriage Story
as Frank
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
as Calico (voice)
A Goofy Movie
as Principal Mazur (voice)
Toy Story That Time Forgot
as Rex (voice)
Duplex
as Herman
Book Club
as Dr. Derek
Hawaiian Vacation
as Rex (voice)
The Haunted Mansion
as Ezra
Vegas Vacation
as Marty
The Addams Family 2
as Mr. Mustela (voice)
The Bedroom Window
as Henderson's Attorney
I Could Never Be Your Woman
as Math Teacher (uncredited)
Partysaurus Rex
as Rex (voice)
Napoleon
as Echidna (voice)
All That Jazz
as Assistant Insurance Man
Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
as Barnacle Paul (voice)
Happily N'Ever After
as Munk (voice)
Southland Tales
as Baron Von Westphalen
Atlantic City
as Waiter
Starting Over
as Workshop Member
Rifkin’s Festival
as Mort Rifkin
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
as Labrador MC (voice)
The Only Living Boy in New York
as David
Small Fry
as Rex (voice)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
as Rex (voice)
We're No Angels
as Translator
Radio Days
as Masked Avenger
House Arrest
as Vic Finley
Vamps
as Dr. Van Helsing
The Double
as Mr. Papadopoulos
Micki & Maude
as Dr. Elliot Fibel
The Meteor Man
as Mr. Little
Furry Vengeance
as Dr. Christian Burr (uncredited)
Animal Crackers
as Mr. Woodley (voice)
Admission
as Clarence
Air Buddies
as Billy (voice)
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Horatio Byrd
Manhattan
as Jeremiah
The Moderns
as Oiseau
My Favorite Martian
as Coleye
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
as Mr. Crocus
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Booker / Broker / Lancealot Squarejaw
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Broker / Booker / Lancelot Squarejaw
The Hotel New Hampshire
as Freud
The Pixar Story
as Rex (voice) (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
as Mr. Gibbles (voice)
Canadian Bacon
as Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
Critical Care
as Furnaceman
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Self
Melinda and Melinda
as Sy
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
as George Bond
Monte Walsh
as Colonel Wilson
Capitalism: A Love Story
as Self
Don Peyote
as Dr. Fieldman
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
as Mr. Gibson
Shadows and Fog
as Simon Carr
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
Heaven Help Us
as Father Abruzzi
She's Out of Control
as Dr. Fishbinder
A Late Quartet
as Gideon Rosen
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
as Self (archive footage)
A Little Sex
as Oliver
Maggie's Plan
as Kliegler
Cop and a Half: New Recruit
as Principal Miller
Head Office
as Mike Hoover
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
as Tarzan Chimp (voice)
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
as Self
The Bostonians
as Mr. Pardon
New York City Serenade
as Wallace Shawn
Strange Invaders
as Earl
Teacher's Pet
as Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)
My Dinner with Andre
as Wallace Shawn
Deal of the Century
as Harold DeVoto
Mom and Dad Save the World
as Sibor, Semage's Beau
Vanya on 42nd Street
as Vanya
Crackers
as Turtle
Personal Velocity
as Mr. Gelb
Prick Up Your Ears
as John Lahr
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
as Vizzini
Lovesick
as Otto Jaffe
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?
as Rex (voice)
The Prime Gig
as Gene
Phineas and Ferb Save Summer
as Saul (voice)
Just Write
as Arthur Blake
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
as Self
Robo-Dog
as Mr. Willis
Love Thy Neighbor
as Clinic Doctor
Nice Girls Don't Explode
as Ellen
Nickel & Dime
as Everett Willits
The Cemetery Club
as Larry
Another Kind of Wedding
as Albert
How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
as Professor Silverfish
The Wife
as Cosmo
The Last Impresario
as Self
Drawing Home
The Speed of Thought
as Sandy
Just Like Dad
as Stan Spiegel
Christmas at Cartwright's
as Harry
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
as Howard
Simon
as Eric Van Dongen
Mr. St. Nick
as Mimir
Saigon: Year of the Cat
as Frank Judd
The Magic Bubble
as Doctor/Therapist
The Double 0 Kid
as Cashpot
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
as Self
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Noah
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner
as Self
The First Time
as Jules Goldfarb
Cheaper to Keep Her
as Mugger
The Man Who Changed the World
as Buckminster Fuller
Club Penguin Halloween Panic!
as Gary
A Master Builder
as Halvard Solness
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
as Self
Club Penguin Monster Beach Party
as Gary the Gadget Guy (voice)
Waiting for Godot
as Lucky
Driving Mr. Pink
as Boss Man (voice)
Strange Culture
as Self
Karroll's Christmas
The Clock
as Harold Jenkins
Strong Medicine
as Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)
The Fog of Courage
as Eustace Bagge
Toy Story of Terror!
as Rex (Voice)
The Windmill Movie
as Self
André Gregory and Wallace Shawn
My Dinner with Louis
as Interviewer