As Actor
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
6.7
Wallace Shawn
Acting
Birth date
November 12, 1943
Birth place
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Wallace Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, voice actor, playwright, essayist and comedian. His film roles have included 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.
Featured in
As Actor
Nice Girls Don't Explode
1987
4.8
As Actor
The Bedroom Window
1987
6.3
As Actor
Heaven Help Us
1985
6.4
As Actor
Micki & Maude
1984
5.6
As Actor
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984
5.6
As Actor
Crackers
1984
4.7
As Actor
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983
4.6
As Actor
Deal of the Century
1983
4.6
As Actor
Strange Invaders
1983
4.8
As Actor
The First Time
1983
4.2
As Actor
Lovesick
1983
5.5
As Actor
A Little Sex
1982
3.0
As Actor, As Writer
My Dinner with Andre
1981
7.5
As Actor
Simon
1980
6.2