Wallace Shawn
Known for Acting · 189 credits
- Born
- 1943-11-12 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Wally Shawn · Wallace Michael Shawn · والاس شاون
Biography
Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2017–2024), and voicing Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present).
Shawn also appeared in The Bostonians (1984), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), My Favorite Martian (1999), 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 Father Frank Ignatius in Evil (2022–2024).
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. Haymarket Books published his books Essays (2009) and Night Thoughts (2017).
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Known For
TV Shows (54)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Roy Batters / Benjamin Edelman
Family Guy
1999
as Bertram (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as Wallace the Hernia (voice)
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Lonny Moon
Stargate SG-1
1997
as Arlos
Young Sheldon
2017
as John Sturgis
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Film Professor
Regular Show
2010
as Evil Brain (voice)
The Good Wife
2009
as Charles Lester
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Wallace Shawn (voice)
King of the Hill
1997
as Philip Ny (voice)
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Howard Stiles
Phineas and Ferb
2007
as Saul (voice)
Gossip Girl
2007
as Cyrus Rose
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Zek
Sex and the City
1998
as Martin Gable
The Nanny
1993
as Charles Haste
The Good Fight
2017
as Charles Lester
The Cosby Show
1984
as Jeffrey Engels
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Frank Hopper
Damages
2007
as Sterling Biddle
Mr. Robot
2015
as Mr. Williams
Evil
2019
as Father Francis Ignatius
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Morris Mole (voice) / Barry (voice) / Pete (voice)
Eureka
2006
as Dr. Warren Hughes
The L Word
2004
as William Halsey
Taxi
1978
as Arnie Ross
Amphibia
2019
as Humphrey (voice)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017
as Herb Smith
Big City Greens
2018
as Jyle (voice)
Fish Hooks
2010
as Rat King (voice)
Life in Pieces
2015
as Samuel
Krapopolis
2023
as John Fate (voice)
Search Party
2016
as William Badpastor
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
2011
as Taotie (voice)
The 7D
2014
as Not-So-Magic-Mirror (voice)
Ally McBeal
1997
as Mr. Dune
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
as Winslow Elliott
The Mysteries of Laura
2014
as Kenneth Walters
The Night Shift
2014
as Mr. Neville
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
Clueless
1996
as Mr. Hall
Gossip Girl
2021
as Cyrus Rose
The Pink Panther
1993
as Boss Man (voice)
Life on Mars
2008
as The Sorcerer
Teacher's Pet
2000
as Principal Strickler (voice)
Civil Wars
1991
as Riley Baker
Graves
2016
as Jerry North
The Stinky & Dirty Show
2016
as Tall (voice)
Fat Actress
2005
as Dr. Von Oy
Toy Story Treats
1996
as Rex (Voice)
The Lionhearts
1998
as (voice)
Blonde
2001
as I.E. Shinn
Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs
2010
as Rex (voice)
Movies (135)
Toy Story 5
2026
as Rex (voice)
Toy Story
1995
as Rex (voice)
Toy Story 2
1999
as Rex (voice)
Monsters, Inc.
2001
as Rex (voice) (uncredited)
Toy Story 3
2010
as Rex (voice)
Toy Story 4
2019
as Rex (voice)
The Incredibles
2004
as Gilbert Huph (voice)
The Princess Bride
1987
as Vizzini
Chicken Little
2005
as Principal Fetchit (voice)
Clueless
1995
as Mr. Wendell Hall
Marriage Story
2019
as Frank
A Goofy Movie
1995
as Principal Mazur (voice)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
as Calico (voice)
Toy Story That Time Forgot
2014
as Rex (voice)
The Haunted Mansion
2003
as Ezra
I Could Never Be Your Woman
2007
as Math Teacher (uncredited)
The Addams Family 2
2021
as Mr. Mustela (voice)
Hawaiian Vacation
2011
as Rex (voice)
Vegas Vacation
1997
as Marty
Duplex
2003
as Herman
Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
2006
as Barnacle Paul (voice)
Partysaurus Rex
2012
as Rex (voice)
The Bedroom Window
1987
as Henderson's Attorney
All That Jazz
1979
as Assistant Insurance Man
Book Club
2018
as Dr. Derek
Happily N'Ever After
2007
as Munk (voice)
Napoleon
1995
as Echidna (voice)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
2000
as Rex (voice)
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
1996
as Labrador MC (voice)
We're No Angels
1989
as Translator
Manhattan
1979
as Jeremiah
The Only Living Boy in New York
2017
as David
Rifkin’s Festival
2020
as Mort Rifkin
Radio Days
1987
as Masked Avenger
House Arrest
1996
as Vic Finley
The Meteor Man
1993
as Mr. Little
Animal Crackers
2018
as Mr. Woodley (voice)
My Favorite Martian
1999
as Coleye
Small Fry
2011
as Rex (voice)
Atlantic City
1980
as Waiter
Vamps
2012
as Dr. Van Helsing
Southland Tales
2007
as Baron Von Westphalen
Air Buddies
2006
as Billy (voice)
The Pixar Story
2007
as Rex (voice) (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
2008
as Mr. Gibbles (voice)
The Double
2014
as Mr. Papadopoulos
Furry Vengeance
2010
as Dr. Christian Burr (uncredited)
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009
as Booker / Broker / Lancealot Squarejaw / Broker / Booker / Lancelot Squarejaw
Starting Over
1979
as Workshop Member
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
2020
as Mr. Crocus
Monte Walsh
2003
as Colonel Wilson
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001
as George Bond
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984
as Freud
Admission
2013
as Clarence
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
as Horatio Byrd
Canadian Bacon
1995
as Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
Head Office
1985
as Mike Hoover
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
2008
as Mr. Gibson
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
2018
as Self
Melinda and Melinda
2004
as Sy
Critical Care
1997
as Furnaceman
The Moderns
1988
as Oiseau
Maggie's Plan
2016
as Kliegler
Don Peyote
2014
as Dr. Fieldman
My Dinner with Andre
1981
as Wallace Shawn
Capitalism: A Love Story
2009
as Self
New York City Serenade
2007
as Wallace Shawn
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
1998
as Tarzan Chimp (voice)
A Late Quartet
2012
as Gideon Rosen
Micki & Maude
1984
as Dr. Elliot Fibel
Shadows and Fog
1991
as Simon Carr
Heaven Help Us
1985
as Father Abruzzi
She's Out of Control
1989
as Dr. Fishbinder
Mom and Dad Save the World
1992
as Sibor, Semage's Beau
A Little Sex
1982
as Oliver
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
as Self
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
as John Lahr
Teacher's Pet
2004
as Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)
Strange Invaders
1983
as Earl
The Bostonians
1984
as Mr. Pardon
Deal of the Century
1983
as Harold DeVoto
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
2008
as Self
Cop and a Half: New Recruit
2017
as Principal Miller
Lovesick
1983
as Otto Jaffe
Personal Velocity
2002
as Mr. Gelb
Robo-Dog
2015
as Mr. Willis
Just Write
1997
as Arthur Blake
Phineas and Ferb Save Summer
2014
as Saul (voice)
Another Kind of Wedding
2017
as Albert
Crackers
1984
as Turtle
Vanya on 42nd Street
1994
as Vanya
The Speed of Thought
2011
as Sandy
Nickel & Dime
1992
as Everett Willits
Love Thy Neighbor
2003
as Clinic Doctor
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
1989
as Howard
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
1996
as Self
The Prime Gig
2001
as Gene
The Wife
1996
as Cosmo
The Cemetery Club
1993
as Larry
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?
2019
as Rex (voice)
Drawing Home
2017
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020
as Vizzini
How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
1984
as Professor Silverfish
Noah
1998
The Last Impresario
2014
as Self
Just Like Dad
1995
as Stan Spiegel
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001
as Self
Nice Girls Don't Explode
1987
as Ellen
Mr. St. Nick
2002
as Mimir
The First Time
1983
as Jules Goldfarb
Strange Culture
2007
as Self
Karroll's Christmas
2004
Christmas at Cartwright's
2014
as Harry
Simon
1980
as Eric Van Dongen
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006
as Self
Driving Mr. Pink
1995
as Boss Man (voice)
The Man Who Changed the World
as Buckminster Fuller
Club Penguin Monster Beach Party
2015
as Gary the Gadget Guy (voice)
About Wallace Shawn
Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2017–2024), and voicing Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present). Shawn also appeared in The Bostonians (1984), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), My Favorite Martian (1999), The Double (2013), Maggie's Plan (2015), and Marriage Sto… With 189 credits spanning from 1978 to 2026, Wallace Shawn has appeared in 135 films and 54 TV shows.
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Most Popular Wallace Shawn Movies
- Toy Story 5 (2026) — as Rex (voice)
- Toy Story (1995) — as Rex (voice)
- Toy Story 2 (1999) — as Rex (voice)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) — as Rex (voice) (uncredited)
- Toy Story 3 (2010) — as Rex (voice)
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