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Acting

Austin Pendleton

Career: Active from 1972 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 15
top three billing

Average score: 54/100

Highest rated: 5-25-77
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 85 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Austin Pendleton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.3, average 2.6
Violence
3.1, average 4.1
Adrenaline
4.0, average 4.8
Warfare
0.4, average 1.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Social Commentary 5
Character Study 4
Fast-Paced 3
Romantic Comedy 3
Contemporary Realism 3
Mistaken Identity 2
Slapstick 2
Nostalgic 2
Psychological Drama 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Feel-Good Movie 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

124

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

When Robert Met Judith

as Robert

2020s

7 titles · average score 46

The Pitchfork Retreat

as Dr. Nacht

Magic Hour

as Joseph

Between Riverside and Crazy

Director

Essentials

as Max

The Mimic

43

as The Driver

Our Father

50

as Jerry

Paint

as Professor Jacob Winston

2010s

17 titles · average score 61

The Sound of Silence

58

as Robert Feinway

Sunset

as Julian

7 Splinters in Time

30

as Fyodor Wax

New Amsterdam

56

TV show · as Eli Pembroke

The Good Fight

80

TV show · as Dr. Goat

Billions

76

TV show · as Goose Quill

Finding Dory

79

as Gurgle (voice)

Difficult People

79

TV show · as Director

The Mend

57

as Earl

Black Box

as William Peters

Person of Interest

81

TV show · as Pilcher

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

56

as Dr. Masters

2000s

24 titles · average score 59

5-25-77

86

as Herb Lightman

Life on Mars

73

TV show · as Dr. Goldman

The Civilization of Maxwell Bright

58

as Jaurice

Strip Search

56

as James Perley

Uptown Girls

45

as Mr. McConkey

Finding Nemo

88

as Gurgle (voice)

Joan of Arcadia

82

TV show · as Dietrich Steinholz

Wishcraft

46

as Mr. Turner

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

68

TV show · as John Manotti

A Beautiful Mind

77

as Thomas King

Queenie in Love

64

as Alvin

Broke Even

as Archie

1990s

41 titles · average score 59

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Horace Gorman

Men of Means

as Jerry Trask

The West Wing

83

TV show · as Barry Haskell

Joe the King

66

as Winston

Trial and Error

48

as Judge Paul Z. Graff

The Associate

44

as Aesop Franklin

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

75

as Hamlet

Guarding Tess

56

as Earl

Mr. Nanny

29

as Alex Mason, Sr.

Frasier

85

TV show · as Dr. Dorfman

My Cousin Vinny

77

as John Gibbons

Charlie's Ear

as Harold Blodgett

1980s

18 titles · average score 57

Tales from the Crypt

75

TV show · as Orloff

Hello Again

31

as Junior Lacey

21 Jump Street

42

TV show · as Mr. Trysla

Short Circuit

61

as Howard Marner

The Equalizer

62

TV show · as Jonah

Talk to Me

as Richard Patterson

The Cosby Show

74

TV show · as Mr. Kensington

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Barney Gunderson

Miami Vice

77

TV show · as Max Rogo

Say Goodnight, Gracie

Director

St. Elsewhere

77

TV show · as Mr. Entertainment

Simon

63

as Dr. Carl Becker

1970s

13 titles · average score 63

The Muppet Movie

80

as Max

Starting Over

60

as Paul

The Great Smokey Roadblock

42

as Guido

The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

53

as Fancy Car Man (uncredited)

The Front Page

65

as Earl Williams

Good Times

51

TV show

June Moon

as Bennie

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

58

as Zukovsky

What's Up, Doc?

81

as Frederick Larrabee

Every Little Crook and Nanny

63

as Luther

Great Performances

70

TV show · as White Rabbit / Bennie

Catch-22

73

as Lt. Col. Moodus

1960s

3 titles · average score 54

Love, American Style

43

TV show

Petulia

77

as Intern (uncredited)

Skidoo

43

as Fred the Professor