Wallace Shawn
Born 1943
Known for Toy Story, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 2.
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).
Movie Credits
Rifkin's Festival (2020)
A Master Builder (2014)
Partysaurus Rex (2012)
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
The Double (2014)
Karroll's Christmas (2004)
She's Out of Control (1989)
The Speed of Thought (2011)
Crackers (1984)
Simon (1980)
Another Kind of Wedding (2017)
Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)
Small Fry (2011)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
My Favorite Martian (1999)
Toy Story (1995)
Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
A Little Sex (1982)
Hawaiian Vacation (2011)
Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers (2006)
Critical Care (1997)
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Strange Invaders (1983)
Toy Story of Terror! (2013)
Southland Tales (2006)
Melinda and Melinda (2004)
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
House Arrest (1996)
The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)
Admission (2013)
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
Happily N'Ever After (2007)
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998)
We're No Angels (1989)
The Addams Family 2 (2021)
Marriage Story (2019)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King (2008)
Teacher's Pet (2004)
Maggie's Plan (2016)
Chicken Little (2005)
The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018)
A Goofy Movie (1995)
Clueless (1995)
The Bostonians (1984)
Atlantic City (1980)
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)
The Meteor Man (1993)
Starting Over (1979)
The Incredibles (2004)
Canadian Bacon (1995)
Toy Story 5 (2026)
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Furry Vengeance (2010)
Napoleon (1995)
Don Peyote (2014)
I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
