Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, playwright, essayist, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), and Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present).
Shawn also appeared in The Bostonians (1984), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), The Double (2013), Maggie's Plan (2015), and Marriage Story (2019). He appeared in six Woody Allen films including Manhattan (1979), Radio Days (1987), and Rifkin's Festival (2020). His television work includes recurring roles as Jeff Engels in The Cosby Show (1987–1991), Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl (2008–2012), and Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2018–present).
Shawn is also a playwright; his plays include the Obie Award–winning Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985), The Designated Mourner (1996) and Grasses of a Thousand Colors (2008). He wrote and starred, with Andre Gregory, in the 1981 avant-garde drama My Dinner with Andre, and played the title role in A Master Builder (2013), a film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play.[2] Haymarket Books published his books Essays (2009) and Night Thoughts (2017).
^Steindler, Catherine (Spring 2013). "Interviews, Deborah Eisenberg, The Art of Fiction No. 218". The Paris Review. Vol. Spring 2013, no. 204.
^Ciampaglia, Dante A. (August 1, 2014). "Film Review: A Master Builder". Architectural Record. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, playwright, essayist, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess...
chamber opera The Music Teacher, with a libretto by his brother, WallaceShawn. Shawn is the author of a book about Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg...
features the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, WallaceShawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, R. Lee Ermey, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf...
directed by Louis Malle, and written by and starring André Gregory and WallaceShawn as fictionalized versions of themselves sharing a conversation at Café...
Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Kroll, Javon Walton, WallaceShawn, Snoop Dogg, Bette Midler, and Bill Hader. It tells the story of the...
Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Wayne Newton, Ethan Embry, and WallaceShawn. It tells the story of Clark Griswold taking his family to Las Vegas...
Hammel". Soundlister. Retrieved 22 January 2024. Sandberg, Patrik. "WallaceShawn and Theda Hammel on acting, life, and why bodies are weird". Dazed....
Hynes. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, WallaceShawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, Blake Clark, Jeff Pidgeon, Bonnie...
Breckin Meyer as Travis Birkenstock Justin Walker as Christian Stovitz WallaceShawn as Mr. Wendell Hall Twink Caplan as Miss Toby Geist Julie Brown as Coach...
voice cast includes Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, WallaceShawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, Jeff Pidgeon, Jodi Benson, John...
Cummings, Kellie Martin, Rob Paulsen, Pauly Shore, Jenna von Oÿ, and WallaceShawn. Taking place three years after the events of Goof Troop, the film follows...
and that worked out brilliantly. WallaceShawn (July 7, 2019). "Getting into it With the Grand Nagus, WallaceShawn". StarTrek.com (Interview). Zach Handlen...
Stephen Geoffreys as a group of Brooklyn teenagers, with Jay Patterson, WallaceShawn, John Heard, and Donald Sutherland as the teachers and administrators...
1928, and the couple had three children: writer and actor WallaceShawn, and twins Allen Shawn and Mary. Mary, who was eventually diagnosed with autism...
Kushner, Sarah Schulman, Judith Butler, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, and WallaceShawn.[citation needed] JVP criticizes what it describes as the "severe human-rights...
Dicker, a government agent responsible for keeping the Parrs undercover. WallaceShawn as Gilbert Huph, Bob's demeaning boss. Lou Romano as Bernie Kropp, Dash's...
WallaceShawn and Frances Fisher. Kevin Zegers as Kurt Jessica Paré as Carrie Kathleen Turner as Barbara Jessica Parker Kennedy as Louisa Wallace Shawn...
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