Wallace Shawn

Wallace Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, voice actor, playwright, essayist and comedian. His film roles have included those of Wally Shawn in My Dinner with Andre, Vizzini in The Princess Bride, Mr. Hall in Clueless and Rex in the Toy Story franchise. He has also appeared in a variety of television series, including recurring roles as Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl and as Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. His plays include The Designated Mourner, Aunt Dan and Lemon and Grasses of a Thousand Colors. He also co-wrote the screenplay for My Dinner with Andre and he scripted A Master Builder, a film adaptation of of the play by Henrik Ibsen, which he also starred in. His book Essays was published in 2009 by Haymarket Books.

Known For: Acting

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

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1979	Manhattan	Jeremiah	77
2	1979	Starting Over	Workshop Member	64
3	1979	All That Jazz	Assistant Insurance Man	75
4	1980	Simon	Eric Van Dongen	62
5	1980	Atlantic City	Waiter	68
6	1981	Cheaper to Keep Her	Mugger	40
7	1981	My Dinner with Andre	Wallace "Wally" Shawn	75
8	1981	Strong Medicine	Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)	56
9	1982	A Little Sex	Oliver	34
10	1983	Lovesick	Otto Jaffe	55
11	1983	The First Time	Jules Goldfarb	50
12	1983	Strange Invaders	Earl	48
13	1983	Deal of the Century	Harold DeVoto	48
14	1983	Saigon: Year Of The Cat	Frank Judd	46
15	1984	Crackers	Turtle	44
16	1984	The Hotel New Hampshire	Freud	56
17	1984	The Bostonians	Mr. Pardon	55
18	1984	My Dinner with Louis	Interviewer	0
19	1984	How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days	Professor Silverfish	40
20	1984	Micki + Maude	Dr. Elliot Fibel	56
21	1985	Heaven Help Us	Father Abruzzi	64
22	1985	Head Office	Mike Hoover	52
23	1987	The Bedroom Window	Henderson's Attorney	64
24	1987	Radio Days	Masked Avenger	70
25	1987	Nice Girls Don't Explode	Ellen	52
26	1987	Prick Up Your Ears	John Lahr	66
27	1987	The Princess Bride	Vizzini	77
28	1988	The Moderns	Oiseau	58
29	1989	She's Out of Control	Dr. Fishbinder	52
30	1989	We're No Angels	Translator	61
31	1989	Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills	Howard	56
32	1991	Shadows and Fog	Simon Carr	67
33	1992	The Magic Bubble	Doctor/Therapist	24
34	1992	Nickel & Dime	Everett Willits	0
35	1992	Mom and Dad Save the World	Sibor, Semage's Beau	49
36	1992	The Double 0 Kid	Cashpot	49
37	1993	The Cemetery Club	Larry	53
38	1993	The Meteor Man	Mr. Little	58
39	1994	Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle	Horatio Byrd	60
40	1994	Vanya on 42nd Street	Vanya	66
41	1995	A Goofy Movie	Principal Mazur (voice)	70
42	1995	Driving Mr. Pink	Boss Man (voice)	0
43	1995	The Wife	Cosmo	52
44	1995	Canadian Bacon	Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald	58
45	1995	Napoleon	Echidna (voice)	61
46	1995	Clueless	Mr. Wendell Hall	73
47	1995	Just Like Dad	Stan Spiegel	43
48	1995	Toy Story	Rex (voice)	80
49	1996	All Dogs Go to Heaven 2	Labrador MC (voice)	59
50	1996	House Arrest	Victor Finley	53
51	1996	The Story Behind 'Toy Story'	Self	79
52	1997	Vegas Vacation	Marty	60
53	1997	Just Write	Arthur Blake	51
54	1997	Critical Care	Furnaceman	64
55	1998	The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story	Tarzan Chimp (voice)	58
56	1998	Noah		54
57	1999	The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man		0
58	1999	My Favorite Martian	Coleye	56
59	1999	Toy Story 2	Rex (voice)	76
60	2000	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins	Rex (voice)	64
61	2001	The Prime Gig	Gene	59
62	2001	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	George Bond	66
63	2001	As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'	Self	73
64	2001	Monsters, Inc.	Rex (voice) (uncredited)	78
65	2002	Personal Velocity	Mr. Gelb	58
66	2002	Mr. St. Nick	Mimir	56
67	2003	Monte Walsh	Colonel Wilson	61
68	2003	Duplex	Herman	61
69	2003	The Haunted Mansion	Ezra	57
70	2004	Teacher's Pet	Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)	60
71	2004	The Incredibles	Gilbert Huph (voice)	77
72	2004	Melinda and Melinda	Sy	62
73	2004	Karroll's Christmas		44
74	2005	Love Thy Neighbor	Clinic Doctor	10
75	2005	Chicken Little	Principal Fetchit (voice)	59
76	2006	Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States	Self	0
77	2006	Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers	Barnacle Paul (voice)	69
78	2006	Air Buddies	Billy (voice)	59
79	2007	Happily N'Ever After	Munk (voice)	50
80	2007	Strange Culture	Self	47
81	2007	I Could Never Be Your Woman	Izzie's Teacher	59
82	2007	I Could Never Be Your Woman	Math Teacher (uncredited)	59
83	2007	The Pixar Story	Rex (voice) (archive footage)	75
84	2007	Southland Tales	Baron Von Westphalen	52
85	2008	USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland	Self	0
86	2008	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	Mr. Gibson	64
87	2008	Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King	Mr. Gibbles (voice)	77
88	2009	André Gregory and Wallace Shawn		0
89	2009	The Windmill Movie	Self	70
90	2009	Capitalism: A Love Story	Self	71
91	2009	Jack and the Beanstalk	Booker / Broker / Lancealot Squarejaw	53
92	2009	Jack and the Beanstalk	Broker / Booker / Lancelot Squarejaw	53
93	2010	Furry Vengeance	Dr. Christian Burr (uncredited)	50
94	2010	Toy Story 3	Rex (voice)	78
95	2010	Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore	Calico (voice)	52
96	2011	The Speed of Thought	Sandy	46
97	2011	Hawaiian Vacation	Rex (voice)	70
98	2011	Small Fry	Rex (voice)	69
99	2012	Vamps	Dr. Van Helsing	53
100	2012	Partysaurus Rex	Rex (voice)	71
101	2012	A Late Quartet	Gideon Rosen	67
102	2013	Admission	Clarence	56
103	2013	Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner	Self	38
104	2013	Toy Story of Terror!	Rex (Voice)	72
105	2014	The Double	Mr. Papadopoulos	65
106	2014	Don Peyote	Psychotherapist	37
107	2014	Phineas and Ferb Save Summer	Saul (voice)	0
108	2014	A Master Builder	Halvard Solness	61
109	2014	The Fog of Courage	Eustace Bagge	69
110	2014	Toy Story That Time Forgot	Rex (voice)	70
111	2014	Christmas at Cartwright's	Harry	56
112	2015	Club Penguin Monster Beach Party	Gary the Gadget Guy (voice)	100
113	2015	Robo-Dog	Mr. Willis	63
114	2015	Club Penguin Halloween Panic!	Gary	100
115	2015	Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond	Self (archive footage)	68
116	2016	Starring Austin Pendleton	Self	67
117	2016	Maggie's Plan	Kliegler	57
118	2017	Animal Crackers	Mr. Woodley (voice)	62
119	2017	The Only Living Boy in New York	David	64
120	2017	Cop and a Half: New Recruit	Principal Miller	57
121	2017	Another Kind of Wedding	Albert	55
122	2018	Book Club	Dr. Derek	62
123	2018	What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Self	72
124	2019	Toy Story 4	Rex (voice)	75
125	2019	Marriage Story	Frank	77
126	2019	Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?	Rex (voice)	60
127	2020	Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made	Mr. Crocus	62
128	2020	A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion	Vizzini	63
129	2020	Rifkin’s Festival	Mort Rifkin	61
130	2021	Waiting for Godot	Lucky	50
131	2021	The Addams Family 2	Mr. Mustela (voice)	70

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Taxi	Arnie Ross	72
2	1978	Taxi	Arnie	72
3	1984	The Cosby Show	Jeffrey Engels	70
4	1989	The Simpsons	Wallace the Hernia (voice)	80
5	1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Zek	79
6	1993	Homicide: Life on the Street		80
7	1993	The Pink Panther	Boss Man (voice)	68
8	1993	The Nanny	Charles Haste	81
9	1996	Toy Story Treats	Rex (Voice)	58
10	1997	King of the Hill	Philip Ny (voice)	73
11	1997	Stargate SG-1	Arlos	83
12	1997	Ally McBeal		66
13	1997	The Wonderful World of Disney		67
14	1998	Sex and the City	Martin Gable	74
15	1998	The Lionhearts	(voice)	20
16	1999	Family Guy	Bertram (voice)	74
17	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Roy Batters	79
18	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Benjamin Edelman	79
19	2000	Teacher's Pet		66
20	2001	Blonde	I.E. Shinn	61
21	2001	Crossing Jordan	Howard Stiles	72
22	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Film Professor	76
23	2004	The L Word	William Halsey	76
24	2004	Desperate Housewives	Lonny Moon	79
25	2005	Fat Actress	Dr. Von Oy	62
26	2006	Eureka	Warren Hughes	78
27	2006	Eureka	Dr. Warren Hughes	78
28	2007	Phineas and Ferb	Saul (voice)	79
29	2007	Gossip Girl	Cyrus Rose	82
30	2008	Life on Mars	The Sorcerer	65
31	2009	The Good Wife	Charles Lester	76
32	2010	Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs	Rex (voice)	0
33	2010	Fish Hooks	Rat King (voice)	65
34	2010	Regular Show	Evil Brain (voice)	86
35	2014	Mozart in the Jungle	Winslow Elliott	75
36	2014	The Night Shift	Mr. Neville	76
37	2014	The 7D	Not-So-Magic-Mirror (voice)	60
38	2014	BoJack Horseman	Wallace Shawn (voice)	86
39	2014	The Mysteries of Laura	Kenneth Walters	71
40	2015	Mr. Robot	Mr. Williams	82
41	2015	Life in Pieces	Samuel	71
42	2016	The Stinky & Dirty Show	Tall (voice)	54
43	2016	Search Party	William Badpastor	68
44	2017	The Good Fight	Charles Lester	76
45	2017	Young Sheldon	John Sturgis	81
46	2018	Big City Greens	Jyle (voice)	73
47	2018	Summer Camp Island	Morris Mole (voice)	71
48	2018	Summer Camp Island	Barry (voice)	71
49	2018	Summer Camp Island	Pete (voice)	71
50	2019	Amphibia	Humphrey (voice)	85
51	2019	Evil	Father Francis Ignatius	78
52	2021	Gossip Girl	Cyrus Rose	74