You've fallen victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of which is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia." But only slightly less well-known is this: "Never Describe Wallace Shawn Here!"
Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943 in New York City, New York) is an American actor, comedian, voice actor, playwright, and essayist.
Best known to many audiences for his very quotable performance as Vizzini in The Princess Bride, for voicing Rex in the Toy Story series, and for his multiple collaborations with Woody Allen, Shawn also has one of the most easily-recognizable voices (and faces) in Hollywood. A very talented actor — though personally more interested in independent projects and theater, where he is able to deal with far more psychological and philosophical themes than a mainstream audience might be interested in — the fact that he does not have more mainstream renown is simply Inconceivable!
Partial Filmography:
- Manhattan (1979) as Jeremiah
- All That Jazz (1979) as Assistant Inurance Man
- My Dinner with Andre (1981) as Wallace Shawn
- Strange Invaders (1983) as Earl
- Deal of the Century (1983) as Harold
- The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) as Freud
- Micki & Maude (1984) as Elliot Fibel
- Head Office (1985) as Mike Hoover
- The Bedroom Window (1987) as Henderson's Attorney
- Radio Days (1987) as The Masked Avenger
- Prick Up Your Ears (1987) as John Lahr
- The Princess Bride (1987) as Vizzini
- She's Out of Control (1989) as Dr. Herman Fishbinder
- We're No Angels (1989) as Translator
- Shadows and Fog (1991) as Simon Carr
- Mom and Dad Save the World (1992) as Sibor
- Mrs Parker And The Vicious Circle (1994) as Horatio Byrd
- Napoleon (1995) as Echidna (US dub)
- Canadian Bacon (1995) as Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
- Clueless (1995) as Mr. James Hall
- House Arrest (1996) as Vic Finley
- Vegas Vacation (1997) as Marty the blackjack Dealer
- My Favorite Martian (1999) as Dr. Elliot Coleye
- The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) as George Bond
- Duplex (2003) as Herman
- The Haunted Mansion (2003) as Ezra
- Melinda and Melinda (2004) as Sy
- Southland Tales (2006) as Baron Von Westphalen
- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) as Mr. Gibson
- Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) as himself
- Vamps (2012) as Van Helsing
- Admission (2013) as Clarence
- The Double (2013) as Mr. Papadopoulos
- The Only Living Boy In New York (2017) as David
- Marriage Story (2019) as Frank
- Rifkin's Festival (2020) as Mort Rifkin
- Timmy Failure Mistakes Were Made (2020) as Mr. Crocus
- Taxi (1982–83) as Arnie Ross
- The Cosby Show (1987–91) as Jeff Engles
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–99) as Grand Nagus Zek
- Murphy Brown (1994–97) as Stuart Best
- Clueless (1996–97) as Mr. Hall
- Homicide: Life on the Street (1999) as Frank Hopper
- Crossing Jordan (2001–06) as Howard Stiles
- The L Word (2008–09) as William Halsey
- Gossip Girl (2008–12) as Cyrus Rose
- The Daily Show (2010) as Alan Rubin
- Eureka (2011–12) as Warren Hughes
- The Good Wife (2013–15) as Charles Lester
- Mozart in the Jungle (2014–18) as Winslow Elliott
- Graves (2017) as Jerry North
- Mr. Robot (2017) as Mr. Williams
- Young Sheldon (2018–) as Dr. John Sturgis
- Search Party (2020–) as William Badpastor
- Evil (2022–) as Father Frank Ignatius
- A Goofy Movie (1995) as Principal Mazur
- Toy Story series as Rex
- Toy Story (1995)
- Toy Story 2 (1999)
- Toy Story 3 (2010)
- Toy Story 4 (2019)
- King of the Hill (1997) as Phillip Nye
- Family Guy (2001–11) as Bertram
- The Incredibles (2004) as Gilbert Huph
- Chicken Little (2005) as Principal Fetchit
- Happily Never After (2006) as Munk
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011) as Taotie
- The Fog of Courage (2014) as Eustace Bagge
- Bojack Horseman (2014) As Himself (or rather, Adam Westing)
- King's Quest (2015) as Manny/Manannan
- OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes as Wally the White
- Trollhunters (2017–18) as Unkar The Unfortunate
- Amphibia (2021) as Humphrey Westwood
- The Addams Family 2 (2021) as Mr. Mustela
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2022) as Orko the Great
