Wallace Shawn
Gender: Male
Born: 12th November 1943 (currently 68 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Teacher's Pet, Family Guy, The Pink Panther, Clueless, Stanley, Karroll's Christmas
Movies: Crackers, Melinda and Melinda, My Dinner with Andre, She's Out of Control, The Bostonians, The Incredibles, The Moderns, The Princess Bride, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Vanya on 42nd Street, Prick Up Your Ears, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, Strange Invaders, Noah, Nice Girls Don't Explode, Southland Tales, Happily N'Ever After, The Hotel New Hampshire, Clueless, Toy Story 3, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, Temptation Waits, Wave of Mutilation, Memory Gospel, Simon, Mom and Dad Save The World, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery, Starting Over, Mr. St. Nick, We're No Angels, A Goofy Movie, Head Office, Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White Another Bite @ the Apple, Chicken Little, Just Write, Critical Care, Deal of the Century, Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers, House Arrest, Canadian Bacon, Saigon—Year of the Cat, Teacher's Pet, The Haunted Mansion, Heaven Help Us, Company Man, All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, The Bedroom Window, Duplex, Lovesick, Monte Walsh, My Favorite Martian, Micki + Maude, Personal Velocity: Three Portraits, Manhattan, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Atlantic City, Vegas Vacation, A Little Sex, The Prime Gig, Jack and the Beanstalk, Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King, The Wife, Love Thy Neighbor, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, Vamps, The Speed of Thought, Hawaiian Vacation, Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the USA, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, Small Fry, Mia and the Migoo
Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943), sometimes credited as Wally Shawn, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, author, voice artist, and intellectual. His best-known film roles include Wally Shawn in My Dinner with Andre (1981), Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), and debate teacher Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995).
On television he played Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Shawn is well known for his distinctive and high pitched voice. In the animated Toy Story films he provided the voice of Rex, an insecure toy Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Shawn has pursued a parallel career as a playwright whose work is often dark, politically charged and controversial.
He most recently starred as the voice of Taotie in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness.
Shawn was born into a prominent Jewish family in New York City, where he continues to reside. He is the son of William Shawn, the longtime editor of The New Yorker, and journalist Cecille Shawn (née Lyon); his brother, Allen, is a composer. Shawn attended The Putney School, a private liberal arts high school in Putney, Vermont, and graduated with an A.B. in history from Harvard College. He studied economics and philosophy
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