Biography
Wallace Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, voice actor, playwright, essayist and comedian.
His film roles have included Wally Shawn in My Dinner with Andre, Vizzini in The Princess Bride, Mr. Hall in Clueless and Rex in the Toy Story franchise. He has also appeared in a variety of television series, including recurring roles as Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl and as Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
His plays include The Designated Mourner, Aunt Dan and Lemon and Grasses of a Thousand Colors. He also co-wrote the screenplay for My Dinner with Andre and he scripted A Master Builder, a film adaptation of of the play by Henrik Ibsen, which he also starred in. His book Essays was published in 2009 by Haymarket Books.
Filmography
Cast Credits
The Clock
Character: Harold Jenkins
MOVIE • 2025
Krapopolis
Character: John Fate (voice)
TV • 2023
The Addams Family 2
Character: Mr. Mustela (voice)
MOVIE • 2021
Gossip Girl
Character: Cyrus Rose
TV • 2021
Waiting for Godot
Character: Lucky
MOVIE • 2021
Rifkin’s Festival
Character: Mort Rifkin
MOVIE • 2020
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Character: Vizzini
MOVIE • 2020
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Character: Mr. Crocus
MOVIE • 2020
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?
Character: Rex (voice)
MOVIE • 2019
Marriage Story
Character: Frank
MOVIE • 2019
Evil
Character: Father Francis Ignatius
TV • 2019
Toy Story 4
Character: Rex (voice)
MOVIE • 2019
Amphibia
Character: Humphrey (voice)
TV • 2019
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2018
Summer Camp Island
Character: Morris Mole (voice)
TV • 2018
Summer Camp Island
Character: Barry (voice)
TV • 2018
Summer Camp Island
Character: Pete (voice)
TV • 2018
Big City Greens
Character: Jyle (voice)
TV • 2018
Book Club
Character: Dr. Derek
MOVIE • 2018
Another Kind of Wedding
Character: Albert
MOVIE • 2017
Crew
Crew Credits
My Dinner with Skinner
Role: Original Film Writer
MOVIE • 2025
A Master Builder
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2014
A Master Builder
Role: Translator
MOVIE • 2014
A Master Builder
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2014
The Fever
Role: Author
MOVIE • 2004
The Fever
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2004
Marie and Bruce
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2004
The Designated Mourner
Role: Theatre Play
MOVIE • 1997
The Designated Mourner
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1997
My Dinner with Andre
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1981
Our Late Night
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1975