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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Acting
Movie
Toy Story
as Rex (voice)
1995
Movie
Monsters, Inc.
as Rex (voice) (uncredited)
2001
Movie
The Incredibles
as Gilbert Huph (voice)
2004
Movie
Toy Story 3
as Rex (voice)
2010
Movie
Toy Story 2
as Rex (voice)
1999
TV
The Simpsons
as Wallace the Hernia (voice)
1989
Movie
Toy Story 4
as Rex (voice)
2019
Movie
Marriage Story
as Frank
2019
TV
Mr. Robot
as Mr. Williams
2015
Movie
The Princess Bride
as Vizzini
1987
TV
Family Guy
as Bertram (voice)
1999
Movie
Clueless
as Mr. Wendell Hall
1995
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Roy Batters
1999
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Benjamin Edelman
1999
Movie
Chicken Little
as Principal Fetchit (voice)
2005
TV
Young Sheldon
as John Sturgis
2017
TV
BoJack Horseman
as Wallace Shawn (voice)
2014
Movie
Manhattan
as Jeremiah
1979
TV
Gossip Girl
as Cyrus Rose
2007
TV
Regular Show
as Evil Brain (voice)
2010
TV
Sex and the City
as Martin Gable
1998
Movie
The Haunted Mansion
as Ezra
2003
TV
Desperate Housewives
as Lonny Moon
2004
Movie
A Goofy Movie
as Principal Mazur (voice)
1995
