Wallace Shawn
Highest Rated: 100% Toy Story 2 (1999)
Lowest Rated: 0% Head Office (1986)
Birthday: Dec 11, 1943
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
The son of an editor for the New Yorker, the diminutive comedic actor Wallace Shawn achieved immortality for his portrayal of the Sicilian Vizzini in the 1987 classic The Princess Bride. A graduate of both Harvard and Oxford University, he has taught several courses in English and struggled as a playwright in the early '70s; in 1977 he translated Machiavelli's The Mandrake. Shawn broke into films soon after, building a successful career as a supporting actor to help fund his playwriting. He debuted in two of the best films of 1979: Woody Allen's Manhattan and Bob Fosse's All That Jazz.In 1981, he co-wrote the semi-autobiographical My Dinner With André, a talky comedy starring himself and theater director André Gregory in a dinner conversation, directed by Louis Malle. The movie was acclaimed by critics and a cult favorite. After this personal project, Shawn would build a career out of playing brief but surprisingly memorable roles in a long list of movies. His performance as the leader of the misfit criminal gang in The Princess Bride proved a pivotal moment, and that same year, he supplied the heroic voice for the Masked Avenger in Woody Allen's Radio Days. Shawn would also go on to do voice acting in projects like The Goofy Movie, All Dogs Go to Heaven, and the Toy Story series. He would also continue to work with Woody Allen throughout the next decade, and picked up a new generation of fans playing debate teacher Mr. Hall in the 1995 high school classic Clueless. Shawn would also take his quirky persona to the small screen with appearances on TV shows likeMurphy Brown, The Cosby Show, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sex and the City, as well as the ABC sitcom version of Clueless. Throughout his acting career, Shawn has managed to continue writing successful plays, and eventually adapted one of them, The Designated Mourner, for a feature film in 1997. In 2002, he played the publishing boss Mr. Gelb for the "Greta" story in Rebecca Miller's Personal Velocity: Three Portraits. Shawn would continue to appear regularly on screen in the years to come, playing recurring roles on The L Word, Gossip Girl, and Eureka,
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95% | Marriage Story | Ray Liotta | — | 2019 |
| 97% | Toy Story 4 | Rex | — | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | Drawing Home | The Tourist | — | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | Cop and a Half: New Recruit | Principal Miller | — | 2017 |
| 87% | Maggie's Plan | Kliegler | $3.4M | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | Robo-Dog | Mr. Willis | — | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | Animal Crackers | Mr. Woodley | — | 2016 |
| 94% | The Last Impresario | Actor | — | 2014 |
| 81% | A Master Builder | Producer Master Builder Halvard Solness Screenwriter | $47.4K | 2014 |
| 7% | Don Peyote | Dr. Fieldman | — | 2014 |
| 83% | The Double | Mr. Papadopoulos | $0.6M | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | Christmas at Cartwright's | Harry | — | 2014 |
| 94% | Toy Story of Terror! | Rex | — | 2013 |
| 75% | André Gregory: Before and After Dinner | Actor | — | 2013 |
| 38% | Admission | Clarence | $18.1M | 2013 |
| 76% | A Late Quartet | Gideon Rosen | $1.5M | 2012 |
| 56% | Vamps | Dr. Van Helsing | $3.2K | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Partysaurus Rex | Rex | — | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Small Fry | Rex | — | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Hawaiian Vacation | Rex | — | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | The Speed of Thought | Sandy | — | 2011 |
| 13% | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Calico | $43.5M | 2010 |
| 98% | Toy Story 3 | Rex | $415M | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Jack and the Beanstalk | Broker/Booker/Lancelot Squarejaw | — | 2009 |
| 86% | The Windmill Movie | Actor | — | 2009 |
| 80% | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | Mr. Gibson | $17.6M | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King | Mr. Gibbles | — | 2008 |
| 38% | Southland Tales | Baron Von Westphalen | $0.3M | 2007 |
| 8% | New York City Serenade | Himself | — | 2007 |
| 64% | I Could Never Be Your Woman | Mathe-Lehrer | — | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | The Fever | Screenwriter | — | 2007 |
| 4% | Happily N'ever After | Munk | $151.9M | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Air Buddies | Actor | — | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers | Purple Pirate Paul | — | 2006 |
| 37% | Chicken Little | Principal Fetchit | $135.3M | 2005 |
| 52% | Melinda and Melinda | Sy | $3.8M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove: Readings From Voices of a People's History of the United States | Actor | — | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Karroll's Christmas | Zebadiah Rosecog | — | 2004 |
| 97% | The Incredibles | Gilbert Huph | — | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Marie and Bruce | Screenwriter | — | 2004 |
| 76% | Teacher's Pet | Principal Strickler | $6.3M | 2004 |
| 14% | The Haunted Mansion | Ezra | $75.8M | 2003 |
| 35% | Duplex | Herman | — | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | Monte Walsh | Col. Wilson | — | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | Mr. St. Nick | Mimir | — | 2002 |
| 69% | Personal Velocity: Three Portraits | Mr. Gelb | $0.7M | 2002 |
| 46% | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | George | $6.8M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Blonde | Actor | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins | Actor | — | 2000 |
| 44% | The Prime Gig | Gene | — | 2000 |
| 100% | Toy Story 2 | Rex | — | 1999 |
| 12% | My Favorite Martian | Dr. Edward Coleye | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Noah | Zack | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Tarzan the Chimp | — | 1998 |
| 59% | Critical Care | Furnaceman | — | 1997 |
| 65% | The Designated Mourner | Screenwriter | — | 1997 |
| 50% | Just Write | Arthur Blake | — | 1997 |
| 13% | Vegas Vacation | Marty | — | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | The Wife | Cosmo | — | 1996 |
| 10% | House Arrest | Vic Finley | — | 1996 |
| 20% | All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 | Labrador MC | — | 1996 |
| 100% | Toy Story | Rex | — | 1995 |
| 14% | Canadian Bacon | Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Just like Dad | Stan Speigel | — | 1995 |
| 79% | Clueless | Mr. Wendell Hall | — | 1995 |
| 89% | Vanya on 42nd Street | Vanya | — | 1995 |
| 44% | A Goofy Movie | Principal Mazur | — | 1995 |
| 74% | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (Mrs. Parker and the Round Table) | Horatio Byrd | — | 1994 |
| 29% | The Meteor Man | Mr. Little | — | 1993 |
| 57% | The Cemetery Club | Larry | — | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | The Magic Bubble | Dr. Block | — | 1992 |
| 9% | Mom and Dad Save the World | Sibor | — | 1992 |
| 50% | Shadows and Fog | Simon Carr | — | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | The Double O Kid | Cashpot | — | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | Nickel & Dime | Everett Willits | — | 1992 |
| 47% | We're No Angels | Translator | — | 1989 |
| 83% | Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills | Howard | — | 1989 |
| 11% | She's Out of Control | Dr. Fishbinder | — | 1989 |
| 79% | The Moderns | Oiseau | — | 1988 |
| 97% | The Princess Bride | Vizzini | — | 1987 |
| 94% | Prick Up Your Ears | John Lahr | — | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | Nice Girls Don't Explode | Ellen | — | 1987 |
| 89% | Radio Days | Masked Avenger | — | 1987 |
| 76% | The Bedroom Window | Attorney | — | 1987 |
| 0% | Head Office | Hoover | — | 1986 |
| 33% | Heaven Help Us | Father Abruzzi | — | 1985 |
| 63% | Micki + Maude | Dr. Elliot Fibel | — | 1984 |
| 83% | The Bostonians | Mr. Pardon | — | 1984 |
| 71% | The Hotel New Hampshire | Freud | — | 1984 |
| 0% | Crackers | Turtle | — | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days | Actor | — | 1984 |
| 11% | Deal of the Century | Harold DeVoto Harold De Voto | — | 1983 |
| 63% | Strange Invaders | Earl | — | 1983 |
| 40% | Lovesick | Otto Jaffe | — | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | The First Time | Prof. Goldfarb | — | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | Saigon: Year of the Cat | Frank Judd | — | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | A Little Sex | Oliver | — | 1982 |
| 92% | My Dinner with André | Wally Shawn Screenwriter | — | 1981 |
| 100% | Atlantic City | Waiter | — | 1980 |
| 57% | Simon | Van Dongen | — | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | Cheaper to Keep Her | Mugger | — | 1980 |
| 85% | All That Jazz | Assistant Insurance Man | — | 1979 |
| 100% | Starting Over | Workshop Member | — | 1979 |
| 95% | Manhattan | Jeremiah | — | 1979 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 80% |
Forky Asks a Question 2019 |
Rex |
2019 |
| 85% |
The Simpsons 1989 |
Voice |
2019 |
| No Score Yet |
Young Sheldon 2017 |
Dr. Sturgis Dr. John Sturgis |
2019 2018 2017 |
| No Score Yet |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 |
Guest Benjamin Edelman |
2018 |
| No Score Yet |
Tavis Smiley 2013-2018 |
Guest |
2017 |
| 94% |
The Good Wife 2009-2016 |
Charles Lemond's Lawyer Charles Lester |
2015 2014 2013 |
| 24% |
The Mysteries of Laura 2014-2016 |
2014 |
|
| 81% |
Eureka 2006-2012 |
Warren Hughes |
2012 2011 2009 |
| 84% |
Gossip Girl 2007-2012 |
Cyrus Rose |
2012 2009 2008 |
| 71% |
Family Guy 1999 |
Voice |
2011 2006 2003 2001 2000 |
| 91% |
Damages 2007-2012 |
Sterling Biddle |
2010 |
| 77% |
Life on Mars 2008-2009 |
The Sorcerer |
2009 |
| 54% |
The L Word 2004-2009 |
William Halsey William |
2009 2008 |
| No Score Yet |
Cashmere Mafia 2008 |
Animal Rescue |
2008 |
| No Score Yet |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2001-2011 |
Professor Wallace |
2006 |
| No Score Yet |
Fat Actress 2005 |
Dr. Van Oy |
2005 |
| No Score Yet |
Stargate SG-1 1997-2007 |
Arlos |
2005 |
| 72% |
Desperate Housewives 2004-2012 |
Lonny Moon |
2005 2004 |
| No Score Yet |
Crossing Jordan 2001-2007 |
Dr. Howard Stiles |
2003 2002 2001 |
| No Score Yet |
Teacher's Pet 2000-2002 |
Voice |
2002 2001 2000 |
| 61% |
Ally McBeal 1997-2002 |
Pipe Dune |
2001 |
| 19% |
Three Sisters 2001-2002 |
Dean Spencer Webb |
2001 |
| 91% |
Homicide: Life on the Street 1993-1999 |
Frank Hopper |
1999 |
| 90% |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993-1999 |
Zek Grand Nagus |
1999 1998 1997 1995 1993 |
| No Score Yet |
King of the Hill 1997-2010 |
Voice |
1997 |
| No Score Yet |
Clueless 1996-1999 |
Mr. Hall |
1997 1996 |
| No Score Yet |
Murphy Brown 1988 |
Stuart Best |
1997 1996 1995 1994 |
| No Score Yet |
The Cosby Show 1984-1992 |
Voice Jeffrey Engels |
1991 1990 1989 1987 |
| No Score Yet |
Taxi 1978-1983 |
Arnie |
1983 1982 |
| 13% |
The Return of Jezebel James 2008 |
Garson Leeds |
QUOTES FROM Wallace Shawn CHARACTERS
Vizzini says: I suppose you think you're brave, don't you?
Buttercup the Princess Bride says: Only compared to some.
Principal Mazur says: How about, science slumber parties?
Rex says: (sees the airport terminal as Buzz parks in front of it) Hey, you can't park here?
Rex says: Hey, you can't park here?
Rex says: How do you spell F.B.I?
Masked Avenger says: I wonder if future generations will ever even hear about us. It's not likely. After enough time, everything passes. I don't care how big we are or how important are our lives.
Vizzini says: you've fallen for one of the two classic blunders! The first being never get involved in a land war in Asia but only slightly lesser known: never go in against a cicelean when DEATH is on the line! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA *dies*
Vizzini says: You've fallen for one of the two classic blunders! The first being never get involved in a land war in Asia but only slightly lesser known: never go in against a cicelean when DEATH is on the line! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA *dies*
Vizzini says: You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is 'never get involved in a land war in Asia' - but only slightly less well-known is this: 'Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line!' Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Gilbert Huph says: I'm not happy Bob, not happy.
Munk says: a good friend never let a good friend down.
Munk says: Friends, family, spouses, boyfriends, best friends. Some people don't mean to let you down, other people let people down intentionally.
Vizzini says: What?! Probably some local fisherman, out for a pleasure cruise at night........... in eel infested waters.
Vizzini says: Probably some local fisherman, out for a pleasure cruise, at night... in... eel-infested waters.
Vizzini says: No more rhymes now, I mean it!
Fezzik says: Anybody want a peanut?
Vizzini says: GAH!
Vizzini says: Inconceivable!
Calico says: Boss, you're still connected.
Calico says: Hey, boss, I'm riffin'!
Mr. Tinkles says: Greetings, my furry friends! It is I, Tinkles! Free! Scot-free! [Laughing] Meow, meow. Did you really think the Rock could hold me forever? I am definitely not an indoor cat! [Steel drums are heard] HEY! Ringo! Enough with the steel drums here! I'm trying to talk, "mon"!
Mr. Tinkles says: Greetings, my furry friends! It is I, Tinkles! Free! Scot-free! [laughing] Meow, meow. Did you really think the Rock could hold me forever? I am definitely not an indoor cat! [steel drums are heard] HEY! Ringo! Enough with the steel drums here! I'm trying to talk, 'mon'!
Calico says: Hey boss! I'm riffin'! Heh-heh-heh!
Jessie the Cowgirl says: Buzz, you're back! You're back!
Buzz Lightyear says: Yes I'm back uh where did I go?
Woody says: Beyond infinity, Space Ranger.
Buzz Lightyear says: Woody! So where are we know?
Rex says: In a garbage truck on the way to the dump!
Hamm says: Ho, boy, will you take a look at all those presents? Yes, sir we're next month's garage sale fodder for sure!
Rex says: Any dinosaur-shaped ones?
Hamm says: Oh for crying out loud their all in boxes you idiot!
Woody says: All right all right! If I send out the troops will you all calm down!
Rex says: Yes we will we promise!
Woody says: Okay save your batteries!
Hamm says: Atta boy Woody that's using the old noodle!
Rex says: What if Andy gets another dinosaur? A mean one? I just don't think I can take that kind of rejection!
Westley says: Inhale this, but do not touch.
Vizzini says: I smell nothing.
Westley says: What you do not smell is called Iocane Power.
Vizzini says: INCONCEIVABLE!
Inigo Montoya says: You keep using that word, I don't think you know what it means.
Mr. Potato Head says: "How did I get stuck with YOU as a moving-buddy?"
Mr. Potato Head says: How did I get stuck with YOU as a moving-buddy?
Rex says: "Everyone else was picked?"
Rex says: Everyone else was picked?
Gilbert Huph says: What I can't handle is your customers' inexplicable knowledge of Insuricare inner workings. There experts, experts, Bob! Exploiting every loophole, dodging every obstacle. They're penetrating the bureaucracy!
Rex says: He smells like strawberries!
Vizzini says: You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! Ha ha, you fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia," but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line
Vizzini says: You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! Ha ha, you fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia," but only slightly less well-known is this: Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line.
Vizzini says: You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! Ha ha, you fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line.
Buzz Lightyear says: Etch! Draw that man in the chicken suit!
Rex says: AAH! It's The Chicken Man!
Rex says: He tortures toys...just for fun!
Bo Peep says: [Buzz jumps on the ledge] What are you doing? Get down from there.
Buzz Lightyear says: I'm gonna teach that boy a lesson!
Woody says: Yeah sure go ahead with your scary laser. [sarcastically pressing Buzz's laser button]
Buzz Lightyear says: Don't do that it's extremely dangerous! [Lenny warns the toys to jump back into the room off the ledge as Sid blows up the soldier and cheers]
Buzz Lightyear says: I could have stopped him!
Woody says: Buzz I'd love to see you try. Of course I'd love to see you as a crater.
Vizzini says: Stop that, I mean it!
Fezzik says: Anybody wanna peanut?
Fezzik says: You never said anything about killing anyone.
Vizzini says: I've hired you to help me start a war. It's an prestigious line of work, with a long and glorious tradition.
Vizzini says: Wha! whoa! go in! get after her!
Inigo Montoya says: I don't swim.
Fezzik says: I only dog paddle.
Vizzini says: GAAAHHH!
Vizzini says: You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen.
Westley says: you're that smart?
Vizzini says: Let me put it this way, have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Westley says: Yes.
Vizzini says: Morons.
Vizzini says: Inconceivable!
Vizzini says: He didn't fall? INCONCEIVABLE!
Inigo Montoya says: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Rex says: Oh, great! Now I have guilt!
Rex says: I don't like confrontation!
Rex says: He held me, he actually held me!
Rex says: He held me! He actually HELD me!
Butch says: Where's Kitty Galore?
Calico says: Um, she's uh, I-- who?
Diggs says: Lemme at him!
Calico says: Aaah!
Calico says: Ah!
Vizzini says: Inconceivable!
Rex says: How do you spell FBI?
Rex says: I can't look. Could somebody please cover my eyes?
Himself says: A baby holds your hands and then suddenly there's this huge man lifting you off the ground, and then he's gone. Where's that son?
Andy says: so you're bonnie? i'm andy
Andy says: So you're bonnie? I'm andy
Lotso says: WHERE'S YOUR KID NOW SHERIFF?!?!
Lotso says: Where's your kid now, sheriff?
Lotso says: not him, i think this potato needs to learn himself some manners, take him to the box!
Lotso says: Not him, I think this potato needs to learn himself some manners, take him to the box!
Rex says: AT LAST I'M GONNA GET PLAYED WITH!
Rex says: At last I'm gonna get played with!
Hamm says: Hamm: Hey, why did the toys cross the road?Buzz Lightyear: Not now Hamm. Rex: Ooo, I love riddles! Why? Hamm: To get to the chicken, on the other side!
Hamm says: Hey, why did the toys cross the road?
Buzz Lightyear says: Not now Hamm.
Rex says: Ooo, I love riddles! Why?
Hamm says: To get to the chicken, on the other side!
Vizzini says: Stop those rhymes now, and I mean it!!!
Vizzini says: Stop those rhymes now, and I mean it!
Fezzik says: Anybody want a peanut???
Fezzik says: Anybody want a peanut?
Vizzini says: Aaaag!!!
Vizzini says: Aaaag!
Peggy Ramsay says: Ken was the first wife. He did all the work and the waiting and then...
John Lahr says: Well, first wives don't usually beat their husbands' heads in.
Peggy Ramsay says: No. Though why I can't think.
John Lahr says: So what does that make you? The second wife?
Peggy Ramsay says: Better than that, dear. The widow.
Rex says: What if Andy gets another dinosaur? A mean one? I just don't think I can take that kind of rejection!