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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 12, 1943
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Wally Shawn
- Wallace Michael Shawn
- 華萊士‧肖恩
- والاس شاون
Wallace Shawn
2.9 Popularity
Biography
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
7.6
John Fate (voice)
Krapopolis
2023
7.0
Mr. Mustela (voice)
The Addams Family 2
2021
7.3
Cyrus Rose
Gossip Girl
2021
3.0
Lucky
Waiting for Godot
2021
6.1
Mort Rifkin
Rifkin’s Festival
2020
6.3
Vizzini
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020
6.2
Mr. Crocus
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
2020
6.0
Rex (voice)
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?
2019
7.7
Frank
Marriage Story
2019
7.8
Father Francis Ignatius
Evil
2019
Credits
Krapopolis
as John Fate (voice)
2023
7.6
The Addams Family 2
as Mr. Mustela (voice)
2021
7.0
Gossip Girl
as Cyrus Rose
2021
7.3
Waiting for Godot
as Lucky
2021
3.0
Rifkin’s Festival
as Mort Rifkin
2020
6.1
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
as Vizzini
2020
6.3
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
as Mr. Crocus
2020
6.2
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?
as Rex (voice)
2019
6.0
Marriage Story
as Frank
2019
7.7
Evil
as Father Francis Ignatius
2019
7.8
Toy Story 4
as Rex (voice)
2019
7.5
Amphibia
as Humphrey (voice)
2019
8.6
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Self
2018
7.2
Summer Camp Island
as Morris Mole (voice)
2018
7.7
Summer Camp Island
as Barry (voice)
2018
7.7
Summer Camp Island
as Pete (voice)
2018
7.7
Big City Greens
as Jyle (voice)
2018
7.3
Book Club
as Dr. Derek
2018
6.2
Another Kind of Wedding
as Albert
2017
5.2
Drawing Home
2017
0.0
Young Sheldon
as John Sturgis
2017
8.0
Cop and a Half: New Recruit
as Principal Miller
2017
5.7
The Only Living Boy in New York
as David
2017
6.4
Animal Crackers
as Mr. Woodley (voice)
2017
6.2
The Good Fight
as Charles Lester
2017
7.6
Search Party
as William Badpastor
2016
6.8
The Stinky & Dirty Show
as Tall (voice)
2016
5.4
Maggie's Plan
as Kliegler
2016
5.7
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
2016
6.7
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
as Self (archive footage)
2015
6.8
Club Penguin Halloween Panic!
as Gary
2015
10.0
Robo-Dog
as Mr. Willis
2015
6.3
Life in Pieces
as Samuel
2015
7.1
Club Penguin Monster Beach Party
as Gary the Gadget Guy (voice)
2015
10.0
Mr. Robot
as Mr. Williams
2015
8.2
Christmas at Cartwright's
as Harry
2014
5.6
Toy Story That Time Forgot
as Rex (voice)
2014
7.0
The Fog of Courage
as Eustace Bagge
2014
6.8
The Mysteries of Laura
as Kenneth Walters
2014
7.1
BoJack Horseman
as Wallace Shawn (voice)
2014
8.5
A Master Builder
as Halvard Solness
2014
5.9
The 7D
as Not-So-Magic-Mirror (voice)
2014
6.0
Phineas and Ferb Save Summer
as Saul (voice)
2014
0.0
The Night Shift
as Mr. Neville
2014
7.5
Don Peyote
as Psychotherapist
2014
3.6
The Double
as Mr. Papadopoulos
2014
6.5
Mozart in the Jungle
as Winslow Elliott
2014
7.5
Toy Story of Terror!
as Rex (Voice)
2013
7.2
🎬
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner
as Self
2013
3.8
Admission
as Clarence
2013
5.6
A Late Quartet
as Gideon Rosen
2012
6.7
Partysaurus Rex
as Rex (voice)
2012
7.1
Vamps
as Dr. Van Helsing
2012
5.3
Small Fry
as Rex (voice)
2011
6.9
Hawaiian Vacation
as Rex (voice)
2011
7.0
The Speed of Thought
as Sandy
2011
4.5
Regular Show
as Evil Brain (voice)
2010
8.6
Fish Hooks
as Rat King (voice)
2010
6.5
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
as Calico (voice)
2010
5.2
Toy Story 3
as Rex (voice)
2010
7.8
Furry Vengeance
as Dr. Christian Burr (uncredited)
2010
5.0
Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs
as Rex (voice)
2010
0.0
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Booker / Broker / Lancealot Squarejaw
2009
5.2
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Broker / Booker / Lancelot Squarejaw
2009
5.2
The Good Wife
as Charles Lester
2009
7.6
Capitalism: A Love Story
as Self
2009
7.1
The Windmill Movie
as Self
2009
7.0
André Gregory and Wallace Shawn
2009
0.0
Life on Mars
as The Sorcerer
2008
6.5
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
as Mr. Gibbles (voice)
2008
7.7
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
as Mr. Gibson
2008
6.5
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
as Self
2008
0.0
Southland Tales
as Baron Von Westphalen
2007
5.2
Gossip Girl
as Cyrus Rose
2007
8.2
The Pixar Story
as Rex (voice) (archive footage)
2007
7.6
Phineas and Ferb
as Saul (voice)
2007
7.9
I Could Never Be Your Woman
as Izzie's Teacher
2007
5.9
I Could Never Be Your Woman
as Math Teacher (uncredited)
2007
5.9
Strange Culture
as Self
2007
4.7
Happily N'Ever After
as Munk (voice)
2007
5.0
Air Buddies
as Billy (voice)
2006
5.9
Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
as Barnacle Paul (voice)
2006
6.9
Eureka
as Warren Hughes
2006
7.8
Eureka
as Dr. Warren Hughes
2006
7.8
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
as Self
2006
0.0
Chicken Little
as Principal Fetchit (voice)
2005
5.9
Love Thy Neighbor
as Clinic Doctor
2005
1.0
Fat Actress
as Dr. Von Oy
2005
6.2
Karroll's Christmas
2004
4.4
Melinda and Melinda
as Sy
2004
6.2
The Incredibles
as Gilbert Huph (voice)
2004
7.7
Desperate Housewives
as Lonny Moon
2004
7.9
The L Word
as William Halsey
2004
7.6
Teacher's Pet
as Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)
2004
6.0
The Haunted Mansion
as Ezra
2003
5.7
Duplex
as Herman
2003
6.1
Monte Walsh
as Colonel Wilson
2003
6.1
Mr. St. Nick
as Mimir
2002
5.6
Personal Velocity
as Mr. Gelb
2002
5.8
Monsters, Inc.
as Rex (voice) (uncredited)
2001
7.8
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Film Professor
2001
7.6
Crossing Jordan
as Howard Stiles
2001
7.2
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
as Self
2001
7.3
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
as George Bond
2001
6.6
Blonde
as I.E. Shinn
2001
6.2
The Prime Gig
as Gene
2001
5.9
Teacher's Pet
2000
6.6
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
as Rex (voice)
2000
6.4
Toy Story 2
as Rex (voice)
1999
7.6
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Roy Batters
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Benjamin Edelman
1999
7.9
My Favorite Martian
as Coleye
1999
5.6
Family Guy
as Bertram (voice)
1999
7.4
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
0.0
Noah
1998
5.4
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
as Tarzan Chimp (voice)
1998
5.8
The Lionhearts
as (voice)
1998
2.0
Sex and the City
as Martin Gable
1998
7.4
Critical Care
as Furnaceman
1997
6.4
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
6.8
Ally McBeal
as Mr. Dune
1997
6.6
Stargate SG-1
as Arlos
1997
8.3
Just Write
as Arthur Blake
1997
5.3
Vegas Vacation
as Marty
1997
6.0
King of the Hill
as Philip Ny (voice)
1997
7.3
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
as Self
1996
7.9
House Arrest
as Victor Finley
1996
5.3
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
as Labrador MC (voice)
1996
5.9
Toy Story Treats
as Rex (Voice)
1996
5.8
Toy Story
as Rex (voice)
1995
8.0
Just Like Dad
as Stan Spiegel
1995
4.3
Clueless
as Mr. Wendell Hall
1995
7.3
Napoleon
as Echidna (voice)
1995
6.1
Canadian Bacon
as Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
1995
5.8
The Wife
as Cosmo
1995
4.8
Driving Mr. Pink
as Boss Man (voice)
1995
5.0
A Goofy Movie
as Principal Mazur (voice)
1995
7.0
Vanya on 42nd Street
as Vanya
1994
6.6
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Horatio Byrd
1994
5.8
The Nanny
as Charles Haste
1993
8.1
The Pink Panther
as Boss Man (voice)
1993
6.8
The Meteor Man
as Mr. Little
1993
5.8
The Cemetery Club
as Larry
1993
5.3
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
8.1
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Zek
1993
7.9
The Double 0 Kid
as Cashpot
1992
4.8
Mom and Dad Save the World
as Sibor, Semage's Beau
1992
4.9
Nickel & Dime
as Everett Willits
1992
0.0
The Magic Bubble
as Doctor/Therapist
1992
2.4
Shadows and Fog
as Simon Carr
1991
6.7
The Simpsons
as Wallace the Hernia (voice)
1989
8.0
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
as Howard
1989
5.5
We're No Angels
as Translator
1989
6.1
She's Out of Control
as Dr. Fishbinder
1989
5.2
The Moderns
as Oiseau
1988
5.9
The Princess Bride
as Vizzini
1987
7.7
Prick Up Your Ears
as John Lahr
1987
6.7
Nice Girls Don't Explode
as Ellen
1987
4.8
Radio Days
as Masked Avenger
1987
7.1
The Bedroom Window
as Henderson's Attorney
1987
6.3
Head Office
as Mike Hoover
1985
5.2
Heaven Help Us
as Father Abruzzi
1985
6.5
Micki & Maude
as Dr. Elliot Fibel
1984
5.6
How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
as Professor Silverfish
1984
4.0
The Cosby Show
as Jeffrey Engels
1984
7.0
My Dinner with Louis
as Interviewer
1984
0.0
The Bostonians
as Mr. Pardon
1984
5.5
The Hotel New Hampshire
as Freud
1984
5.6
Crackers
as Turtle
1984
4.7
Saigon: Year Of The Cat
as Frank Judd
1983
4.6
Deal of the Century
as Harold DeVoto
1983
4.6
Strange Invaders
as Earl
1983
4.8
The First Time
as Jules Goldfarb
1983
4.2
Lovesick
as Otto Jaffe
1983
5.5
A Little Sex
as Oliver
1982
3.0
Strong Medicine
as Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)
1981
5.6
My Dinner with Andre
as Wallace "Wally" Shawn
1981
7.5
Cheaper to Keep Her
as Mugger
1981
2.5
Atlantic City
as Waiter
1980
6.8
Simon
as Eric Van Dongen
1980
6.2
All That Jazz
as Assistant Insurance Man
1979
7.5
Starting Over
as Workshop Member
1979
6.4
Manhattan
as Jeremiah
1979
7.7
Taxi
as Arnie Ross
1978
7.2
Taxi
as Arnie
1978
7.2
🎬
The Man Who Changed the World
N/A
0.0