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Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, playwright, essayist, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), and Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present).
The 5'2" Jewish actor was born Wallace Michael Shawn into privilege on November 12, 1943 in New York City, as the son of Cecille (Lyon) (1906-2005), a journalist, and William Shawn (1907-1992), renowned and long-time editor of The New Yorker. His brother, Allen Shawn, went on to become a composer. Wallace was educated at both Harvard University ...
Wallace Shawn. Actor: My Dinner with Andre. American character actor and playwright Wallace Shawn has one of those fun, delightfully mischievously gnomish faces made for entertaining. Though he got out of the acting starting gate rather late, he quickly excelled film and TV while managing to turn himself into comedy egghead or loser types. Woody Allen's slightly threatened character in the ...
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. Shawn was exposed to New York City’s literary culture from a young age, as his ...
Jul 19, 2021 · The tucked-away malice of the mannered is an abiding theme with Shawn, in his plays and also in his occasional prose. He’s always looking for, and duly finding, impunity on the part of the ...
Oct 24, 2019 · An interview with Wallace Shawn about his role on ‘Young Sheldon,’ getting recognized by fans on the street for Clueless and The Princess Bride (and sometimes even My Dinner With Andre), and ...
Wallace Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, voice actor, playwright, essayist and comedian. His film roles have included those of Wally Shawn in My Dinner with Andre, Vizzini in The Princess Bride, Mr. Hall in Clueless and Rex in the Toy Story franchise.
