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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-11-12 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Wallace Shawn

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

Acting

2026

Toy Story 5 as Rex (voice)

2023

Krapopolis as John Fate (voice)

2021

The Addams Family 2 as Mr. Mustela (voice)
Gossip Girl as Cyrus Rose

2020

Rifkin’s Festival as Mort Rifkin

2019

Toy Story 4 as Rex (voice)
Amphibia as Humphrey (voice)
Evil as Father Francis Ignatius

2018

Book Club as Dr. Derek
Big City Greens as Jyle (voice)
Summer Camp Island as Morris Mole (voice)
Summer Camp Island as Barry (voice)
Summer Camp Island as Pete (voice)

2017

Animal Crackers as Mr. Woodley (voice)
Cop and a Half: New Recruit as Principal Miller
The Good Fight as Charles Lester
Young Sheldon as John Sturgis

2016

Maggie's Plan as Kliegler
Search Party as William Badpastor
The Stinky & Dirty Show as Tall (voice)

2015

Robo-Dog as Mr. Willis
Club Penguin Monster Beach Party as Gary the Gadget Guy (voice)
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Robot as Mr. Williams
Life in Pieces as Samuel

2014

The Double as Mr. Papadopoulos
Don Peyote as Psychotherapist
A Master Builder as Halvard Solness
The Fog of Courage as Eustace Bagge
BoJack Horseman as Wallace Shawn (voice)
The 7D as Not-So-Magic-Mirror (voice)
Mozart in the Jungle as Winslow Elliott
The Mysteries of Laura as Kenneth Walters
The Night Shift as Mr. Neville

2013

Admission as Clarence
Toy Story of Terror! as Rex (Voice)

2012

Vamps as Dr. Van Helsing
A Late Quartet as Gideon Rosen
Partysaurus Rex as Rex (voice)

2011

Hawaiian Vacation as Rex (voice)
Small Fry as Rex (voice)

2010

Toy Story 3 as Rex (voice)
Furry Vengeance as Dr. Christian Burr (uncredited)
Fish Hooks as Rat King (voice)
Regular Show as Evil Brain (voice)

2009

Jack and the Beanstalk as Booker / Broker / Lancealot Squarejaw
Jack and the Beanstalk as Broker / Booker / Lancelot Squarejaw
The Good Wife as Charles Lester

2008

Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King as Mr. Gibbles (voice)
Life on Mars as The Sorcerer

2007

Southland Tales as Baron Von Westphalen
Happily N'Ever After as Munk (voice)
The Pixar Story as Rex (voice) (archive footage)
I Could Never Be Your Woman as Izzie's Teacher
I Could Never Be Your Woman as Math Teacher (uncredited)
Gossip Girl as Cyrus Rose
Phineas and Ferb as Saul (voice)

2006

Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers as Barnacle Paul (voice)
Air Buddies as Billy (voice)
Eureka as Warren Hughes
Eureka as Dr. Warren Hughes

2005

Chicken Little as Principal Fetchit (voice)
Love Thy Neighbor as Clinic Doctor
Fat Actress as Dr. Von Oy

2004

Teacher's Pet as Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)
The Incredibles as Gilbert Huph (voice)
Desperate Housewives as Lonny Moon
The L Word as William Halsey

2003

Monte Walsh as Colonel Wilson
Duplex as Herman

2002

Personal Velocity as Mr. Gelb
Mr. St. Nick as Mimir

2001

Monsters, Inc. as Rex (voice) (uncredited)
Crossing Jordan as Howard Stiles
Blonde as I.E. Shinn

2000

1999

Toy Story 2 as Rex (voice)
Family Guy as Bertram (voice)

1998

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story as Tarzan Chimp (voice)
The Lionhearts as (voice)
Sex and the City as Martin Gable

1997

Critical Care as Furnaceman
Just Write as Arthur Blake
Ally McBeal as Mr. Dune
Stargate SG-1 as Arlos
King of the Hill as Philip Ny (voice)

1996

All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 as Labrador MC (voice)
House Arrest as Victor Finley
Toy Story Treats as Rex (Voice)

1995

Toy Story as Rex (voice)
Canadian Bacon as Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
Clueless as Mr. Wendell Hall
A Goofy Movie as Principal Mazur (voice)
The Wife as Cosmo
Driving Mr. Pink as Boss Man (voice)
Just Like Dad as Stan Spiegel
Napoleon as Echidna (voice)

1994

1993

The Meteor Man as Mr. Little
The Nanny as Charles Haste
The Pink Panther as Boss Man (voice)

1992

Mom and Dad Save the World as Sibor, Semage's Beau
The Double 0 Kid as Cashpot
The Magic Bubble as Doctor/Therapist
Nickel & Dime as Everett Willits

1991

Shadows and Fog as Simon Carr

1989

She's Out of Control as Dr. Fishbinder
We're No Angels as Translator
The Simpsons as Wallace the Hernia (voice)

1988

The Moderns as Oiseau

1987

Radio Days as Masked Avenger
Prick Up Your Ears as John Lahr
The Bedroom Window as Henderson's Attorney

1985

Head Office as Mike Hoover
Heaven Help Us as Father Abruzzi

1984

Micki + Maude as Dr. Elliot Fibel
Crackers as Turtle
The Bostonians as Mr. Pardon
My Dinner with Louis as Interviewer
The Cosby Show as Jeffrey Engels

1983

Deal of the Century as Harold DeVoto
Lovesick as Otto Jaffe
The First Time as Jules Goldfarb

1982

A Little Sex as Oliver

1981

My Dinner with Andre as Wallace "Wally" Shawn
Strong Medicine as Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)

1980

Atlantic City as Waiter
Simon as Eric Van Dongen

1979

Manhattan as Jeremiah
All That Jazz as Assistant Insurance Man
Starting Over as Workshop Member

1978

Taxi as Arnie Ross
Taxi as Arnie

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Writing

2014

A Master Builder as Screenplay

2004

The Fever as Author
The Fever as Screenplay
Marie and Bruce as Screenplay

1997

The Designated Mourner as Theatre Play

1981

1975

Our Late Night as Writer

Production

2014

A Master Builder as Producer