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 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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Movies (137)
Toy Story 5
2026 · Rex (voice)
Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20
2026 · Self
The Clock
2025 · Harold Jenkins
Los Locos Addams 2
2021 · Mr. Mustela (voice)
Waiting for Godot
2021 · Lucky
Rifkin's Festival
2020 · Mort Rifkin
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020 · Vizzini
Las aventuras de Timmy Fracaso
2020 · Mr. Crocus
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?
2019 · Rex (voice)
Marriage Story
2019 · Frank
Toy Story 4
2019 · Rex (voice)
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
2018 · Self
Animal Crackers
2018 · Mr. Woodley (voice)
Book Club
2018 · Dr. Derek
Another Kind of Wedding
2017 · Albert
Drawing Home
2017
Cop and a Half: New Recruit
2017 · Principal Miller
The Only Living Boy in New York
2017 · David
Maggie's Plan
2016 · Kliegler
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016 · Self
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Club Penguin Halloween Panic!
2015 · Gary
Robo-Dog
2015 · Mr. Willis
Club Penguin Monster Beach Party
2015 · Gary the Gadget Guy (voice)
Christmas at Cartwright's
2014 · Harry
Toy Story That Time Forgot
2014 · Rex (voice)
The Fog of Courage
2014 · Eustace Bagge
A Master Builder
2014 · Halvard Solness, Producer, Translator, Screenplay
The Last Impresario
2014 · Self
Don Peyote
2014 · Dr. Fieldman
The Double
2014 · Mr. Papadopoulos
Toy Story of Terror!
2013 · Rex (Voice)
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner
2013 · Self
Admission
2013 · Clarence
A Late Quartet
2012 · Gideon Rosen
Partysaurus Rex
2012 · Rex (voice)
Vamps
2012 · Dr. Van Helsing
Small Fry
2011 · Rex (voice)
Hawaiian Vacation
2011 · Rex (voice)
The Speed of Thought
2011 · Sandy
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010 · Calico (voice)
Toy Story 3
2010 · Rex (voice)
Furry Vengeance
2010 · Dr. Christian Burr (uncredited)
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009 · Booker / Broker / Lancealot Squarejaw, Broker / Booker / Lancelot Squarejaw
Capitalism: A Love Story
2009 · Self
The Windmill Movie
2009 · Self
André Gregory and Wallace Shawn
2009
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
2008 · Mr. Gibbles (voice)
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
2008 · Mr. Gibson
Southland Tales
2007 · Baron Von Westphalen
New York City Serenade
2007 · Wallace Shawn
The Pixar Story
2007 · Rex (voice) (archive footage)
I Could Never Be Your Woman
2007 · Math Teacher (uncredited)
Strange Culture
2007 · Self
Happily N'Ever After
2007 · Munk (voice)
Air Buddies
2006 · Billy (voice)
Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
2006 · Barnacle Paul (voice)
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006 · Self
Chicken Little
2005 · Principal Fetchit (voice)
Karroll's Christmas
2004
Melinda and Melinda
2004 · Sy
The Incredibles
2004 · Gilbert Huph (voice)
The Fever
2004 · Author, Screenplay
Marie and Bruce
2004 · Screenplay, Theatre Play
Teacher's Pet
2004 · Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)
The Haunted Mansion
2003 · Ezra
Love Thy Neighbor
2003 · Clinic Doctor
Duplex
2003 · Herman
Monte Walsh
2003 · Colonel Wilson
Mr. St. Nick
2002 · Mimir
Personal Velocity
2002 · Mr. Gelb
Monsters, Inc.
2001 · Rex (voice) (uncredited)
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001 · Self
La maldición del Escorpión de Jade
2001 · George Bond
The Prime Gig
2001 · Gene
Buzz Lightyear, Comando Estelar: La aventura comienza
2000 · Rex (voice)
Toy Story 2
1999 · Rex (voice)
My Favorite Martian
1999 · Coleye
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
Noah
1998
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
1998 · Tarzan Chimp (voice)
Critical Care
1997 · Furnaceman
The Designated Mourner
1997 · Theatre Play, Writer
Just Write
1997 · Arthur Blake
Vegas Vacation
1997 · Marty
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
1996 · Self
The Wife
1996 · Cosmo
House Arrest
1996 · Vic Finley
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
1996 · Labrador MC (voice)
Toy Story
1995 · Rex (voice)
Just Like Dad
1995 · Stan Spiegel
Clueless
1995 · Mr. Wendell Hall
Canadian Bacon
1995 · Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
Driving Mr. Pink
1995 · Boss Man (voice)
A Goofy Movie
1995 · Principal Mazur (voice)
Vanya on 42nd Street
1994 · Vanya
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994 · Horatio Byrd
The Meteor Man
1993 · Mr. Little
The Magic Bubble
1993 · Doctor/Therapist
The Cemetery Club
1993 · Larry
The Double 0 Kid
1992 · Cashpot
Mom and Dad Save the World
1992 · Sibor, Semage's Beau
Nickel & Dime
1992 · Everett Willits
Shadows and Fog
1991 · Simon Carr
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
1989 · Howard
We're No Angels
1989 · Translator
She's Out of Control
1989 · Dr. Fishbinder
The Moderns
1988 · Oiseau
The Princess Bride
1987 · Vizzini
Prick Up Your Ears
1987 · John Lahr
Nice Girls Don't Explode
1987 · Ellen
Radio Days
1987 · Masked Avenger
The Bedroom Window
1987 · Henderson's Attorney
Head Office
1985 · Mike Hoover
Heaven Help Us
1985 · Father Abruzzi
Micki & Maude
1984 · Dr. Elliot Fibel
How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
1984 · Professor Silverfish
My Dinner with Louis
1984 · Interviewer
The Bostonians
1984 · Mr. Pardon
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984 · Freud
Crackers
1984 · Turtle
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983 · Frank Judd
Deal of the Century
1983 · Harold DeVoto
Strange Invaders
1983 · Earl
The First Time
1983 · Jules Goldfarb
Lovesick
1983 · Otto Jaffe
A Little Sex
1982 · Oliver
Strong Medicine
1981 · Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)
My Dinner with Andre
1981 · Wallace Shawn, Writer
Cheaper to Keep Her
1981 · Mugger
Atlantic City
1980 · Waiter
Simon
1980 · Eric Van Dongen
All That Jazz
1979 · Assistant Insurance Man
Starting Over
1979 · Workshop Member
Manhattan
1979 · Jeremiah
Our Late Night
1975 · Writer, Theatre Play
The Man Who Changed the World
· Buckminster Fuller
TV shows (56)
Krapopolis
2023 · John Fate (voice)
Gossip Girl
2021 · Cyrus Rose
Forky Asks a Question
2019 · Rex (voice)
Maligno
2019 · Father Francis Ignatius
Amphibia
2019 · Humphrey (voice)
Campamento de Verano
2018 · Morris Mole (voice), Barry (voice), Pete (voice)
Los vecinos Green
2018 · Jyle (voice)
El Joven Sheldon
2017 · John Sturgis
La maravillosa Sra. Maisel
2017 · Herb Smith
The Good Fight
2017 · Charles Lester
Search Party
2016 · William Badpastor
Graves
2016 · Jerry North
The Stinky & Dirty Show
2016 · Tall (voice)
Life in Pieces
2015 · Samuel
Mr. Robot
2015 · Mr. Williams
The Mysteries of Laura
2014 · Kenneth Walters
BoJack Horseman
2014 · Wallace Shawn (voice)
The 7D
2014 · Not-So-Magic-Mirror (voice)
The Night Shift
2014 · Mr. Neville
Mozart in the Jungle
2014 · Winslow Elliott
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
2011 · Taotie (voice)
Regular Show
2010 · Evil Brain (voice)
Fish Hooks
2010 · Rat King (voice)
Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs
2010 · Rex (voice)
The Good Wife
2009 · Charles Lester
Life on Mars
2008 · The Sorcerer
Gossip Girl
2007 · Cyrus Rose
Phineas y Ferb
2007 · Saul (voice)
Damages
2007 · Sterling Biddle
Eureka
2006 · Dr. Warren Hughes
Fat Actress
2005 · Dr. Von Oy
Desperate Housewives
2004 · Lonny Moon
The L Word
2004 · William Halsey
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Film Professor
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Howard Stiles
Blonde
2001 · I.E. Shinn
Teacher's Pet
2000 · Principal Strickler (voice)
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
1999 · Roy Batters, Benjamin Edelman
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999 · SpongeBob's House (voice)
Padre de Familia
1999 · Bertram (voice)
The Lionhearts
1998 · (voice)
Sex and the City
1998 · Martin Gable
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
Ally McBeal
1997 · Mr. Dune
Stargate SG-1
1997 · Arlos
King of the Hill
1997 · Philip Ny (voice)
Clueless
1996 · Mr. Hall
Toy Story Treats
1996 · Rex (Voice)
The Nanny
1993 · Charles Haste
The Pink Panther
1993 · Boss Man (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Frank Hopper
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · Zek
Civil Wars
1991 · Riley Baker
Los Simpson
1989 · Wallace the Hernia (voice)
The Cosby Show
1984 · Jeffrey Engels
Taxi
1978 · Arnie Ross, Arnie