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  1. May 3, 2024 · Wallace Shawn (born November 12, 1943, New York, New York, U.S.) is an American playwright and character actor whose oft-surreal probing plays found favour in the British theatre and led some to call him the leading contemporary dramatist in the United States.

  2. Birthday: Nov 12, 1943. Birthplace: New York, New York, USA. Having proved himself as an endearing and often hilarious character player on both the big screen and on television, actor Wallace...

  3. Jul 19, 2021 · The Theatre. The Class Distinctions of Wallace Shawn. In new podcast versions of his plays “The Designated Mourner” and “Grasses of a Thousand Colors,” Shawn turns the upper-middle-class...

  4. Oct 24, 2019 · Wallace Shawn Loves Acting on TV, Despite Not Owning a TV. By Will Harris. Photo: Roy Rochlin/WireImage. Looking at Wallace Shawns filmography, it’s easy to imagine someone who knows...

  5. May 17, 2018 · Kurt Anthony Krug. - May 17, 2018. Wallace Shawn in a scene from ‘The Princess Bride’ (Photo Courtesy of Motor City Comic Con) Inconceivable! That word is one of the most famous lines in the oft-quoted, beloved 1987 classic The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner.

  6. Both a playwright and stage actor, he has been one of the busiest performers in contemporary film and television, with no fewer than 135 credits since 1979, when he played Diane Keaton’s ex-husband in Woody Allen’s film Manhattan and was in Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz.

  7. Jul 28, 2013 · Wallace Shawn is famous for his career as an actor, but over the past four decades he has written a handful of plays that are intellectually demanding and rarely produced. His characters tell...

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