# Wallace Shawn

Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2018–2024), and voicing Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present).
Shawn also appeared in The Bostonians (1984), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), My Favorite Martian (1999), The Double (2013), Maggie's Plan (2015), and Marriage Story (2019). He appeared in six Woody Allen films including Manhattan (1979), Radio Days (1987), and Rifkin's Festival (2020). His television work includes recurring roles as Jeff Engels in The Cosby Show (1987–1991), Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl (2008–2012), and Father Frank Ignatius in Evil (2022–2024).
Shawn is also a playwright; his plays include the Obie Award–winning Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985), The Designated Mourner (1996) and Grasses of a Thousand Colors (2008). He wrote and starred, with Andre Gregory, in the 1981 avant-garde drama My Dinner with Andre, and played the title role in A Master Builder (2013), a film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play. Haymarket Books published his books Essays (2009) and Night Thoughts (2017).

## Early life

Shawn was born on November 12, 1943, in New York City, to a Jewish family. His parents were journalist Cecille (née Lyon) and William Shawn, the longtime editor of The New Yorker. He has younger twin siblings: composer Allen Shawn, and Mary, who is autistic and lives in an institution. His father's family had emigrated from Central Europe; his paternal grandfather, Benjamin W. Chon, was a Chicago-based cutlery merchant who married Anna Bransky.
Shawn grew up on Manhattan's Upper East Side. He attended The Putney School, a private liberal arts high school in Putney, Vermont. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history from Harvard College. He studied philosophy, politics and economics, as well as Latin, at Magdalen College, Oxford, originally intending to become a diplomat. He traveled to India as an English teacher on a Fulbright program.

## Career
### Playwright

Shawn's early plays, such as Marie and Bruce (1978), portrayed emotional and sexual conflicts in an absurdist style, with language both lyrical and violent. In a conversation with Andre Gregory, parts of which were used to create My Dinner with Andre, Shawn said these plays depicted "my interior life as a raging beast." Critical response was extremely polarized: some critics hailed Shawn as a major writer, while John Simon called Marie and Bruce "garbage" and Shawn "one of the unsightliest actors in this city." His 1977 play A Thought in Three Parts caused controversy in London when the production was investigated by a vice squad and attacked in Parliament after allegations of pornographic content. Shawn received an Obie Award for playwrighting in 1975, for Our Late Night.
Shawn's later plays are more overtly political, drawing parallels between his characters' psychology and the behavior of governments and social classes. Among the best-known of these are Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985) and The Designated Mourner (1997). Shawn's political work has invited controversy, as he often presents the audience with several contradictory points of view. He has called Aunt Dan and Lemon a cautionary tale against fascism. Shawn's monologue The Fever, originally meant to be performed for small audiences in apartments, depicts a person who becomes sick while struggling to find a morally consistent way to live when faced with injustice, and harshly criticizes the United States' record in supporting oppressive anti-communist regimes. In 1997, Shawn discussed the political nature of Aunt Dan and Lemon, The Fever and The Designated Mourner in an interview in which he talked extensively about the thematic connections among them, as well as his own views on Marxist, communist and socialist politics, their relevance to American liberalism, and how governmental and individual responsibilities for finding solutions to the dichotomy between rich and poor in the world take hold in his characters. Aunt Dan and Lemon earned Shawn his second Obie Award for playwrighting in 1986, and The Fever won an Obie for Best American Play in 1991. Three of Shawn's plays have been adapted into films: The Designated Mourner (basically a film version of David Hare's stage production), Marie and Bruce and The Fever. Vanessa Redgrave stars in The Fever (2004), which first aired on HBO on June 13, 2007.
Shawn has also written political commentary for The Nation, and in 2004 he published the one-issue-only progressive political magazine Final Edition, which featured interviews with and articles by Jonathan Schell, Noam Chomsky, Mark Strand and Deborah Eisenberg. Shawn is credited as translator of Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera, which opened at Studio 54 in Manhattan on March 25, 2006. He appeared briefly in voiceover during "Song about the Futility of Human Endeavor". He published his first nonfiction work, Essays, on September 1, 2009. It is a collection of essays that express his perceptions of politics and other aspects of his life.

### Acting

Shawn's involvement with theater began in 1970 when he met Andre Gregory, who has since directed several of his plays. As a stage actor, he has appeared mostly in his own plays and other projects with Gregory. He made his film debut in 1979, playing Diane Keaton's ex-husband in Woody Allen's Manhattan and an insurance agent in Bob Fosse's All That Jazz. His best-known film roles include Earl in Strange Invaders (1983) and Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995). After seeing his performance in My Dinner with Andre (1981), casting director Janet Hirshenson was so fond of his delivery of the word "inconceivable" that she cast him as Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), for whom the word is a catchphrase. Other roles include Baron Von Westphalen in Southland Tales, Cyrus Rose on Gossip Girl, Marty in Vegas Vacation (1997), and Ezra in The Haunted Mansion (2003).
His rare non-comedic film roles include two collaborations with Andre Gregory and Louis Malle: the semi-autobiographical dialogue My Dinner with Andre, and a combined production-and-backstage-drama of Uncle Vanya titled Vanya on 42nd Street. Shawn quite often appears on television, where he has appeared in many genres and series. He has had recurring roles as the Grand Nagus Zek on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Stuart Best on Murphy Brown, Jeff Engels on The Cosby Show, Dr. Howard Stiles on Crossing Jordan, Arnie Ross on Taxi, Charles Lester on both The Good Wife and The Good Fight, a reprisal of his role as Mr. Hall on Clueless (based on the film), and Father Frank Ignatius on Evil. He appeared in the 1985 music video for Chaka Khan's "This Is My Night". On February 4, 2010, Shawn appeared as Alan Rubin on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. A Master Builder opened in New York City in June 2014. In 2018, he joined the cast of Young Sheldon in the recurring role of Meemaw's boyfriend and Sheldon's physics professor, Dr. John Sturgis.
Shawn stars in Woody Allen's 2020 film Rifkin's Festival, set in San Sebastian, Spain.
Shawn was honored in 2005 with the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award as a Master American Dramatist.

#### Voice acting

Shawn is a voice actor for animated films and television series, including the Toy Story franchise, Monsters, Inc. (during the outtakes in the closing credits), Kingdom Hearts III, The Incredibles, A Goofy Movie, Family Guy, Happily N'Ever After, Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers, Regular Show, BoJack Horseman and Animal Crackers.
Shawn said that Toy Story director John Lasseter might have seen both My Dinner with Andre and The Princess Bride and seen him as "excitable" like Shawn's character, Rex.
In The Fox and the Hound, Shawn was originally to voice Boomer, but dropped out and was replaced by Paul Winchell. In Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, he replaced Jon Lovitz as the voice of Calico. He also provided the voice of Mr. Mustela in The Addams Family 2.

## Political activity

Shawn has written many plays with socialist themes; much of his work examines the "connective tissue between private psychology and the politics of inequality". He identifies as a socialist in the essay "Why I Call Myself a Socialist: Is the World Really a Stage?", which was published online and later in his Essays.
In June 2013, Shawn and many other public figures appeared in a video showing support for Chelsea Manning, a U.S. Army soldier imprisoned for leaking classified material.
Shawn voiced his support for the Palestinian people during the 2014 Gaza War. He has been on the advisory board of Jewish Voice for Peace.
On October 16, 2023, Shawn spoke at a Washington D.C. rally organized by Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow. The rally called for a ceasefire in the Gaza war and for President Joe Biden to support a ceasefire. Also that month, Shawn was among the artists to sign the Artists4Ceasefire campaign's open letter urging Biden to push for a ceasefire.
In April 2024, Shawn narrated a political ad by a group of organizations opposing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's influence in Democratic Party primaries.
In a January 2025 interview, Shawn compared Israel to Nazi Germany, saying the Israelis were "doing evil that is just as great as what the Nazis did. And in some ways, it's worse, because they kind of boast about it. Hitler had the decency to try to keep it secret... the Israelis are almost proud of it, and it's demonically evil."

## Personal life

Shawn's longtime companion is writer Deborah Eisenberg. Shawn is a Jewish atheist. As of 2012, he lived in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1979 | Manhattan | Jeremiah | |
| 1979 | Starting Over | Workshop Member | |
| 1979 | All That Jazz | Assistant Insurance Man | |
| 1980 | Simon | Eric Van Dongen | |
| 1980 | Atlantic City | Waiter | Credited as Wally Shawn |
| 1981 | Cheaper to Keep Her | Mugger | |
| 1981 | My Dinner with Andre | Wally Shawn | Also writer |
| 1981 | Strong Medicine | Birthday Party Guest | Uncredited |
| 1982 | A Little Sex | Oliver | |
| 1983 | Lovesick | Otto Jaffe | |
| 1983 | The First Time | Jules Goldfarb | |
| 1983 | Strange Invaders | Earl | |
| 1983 | Deal of the Century | Harold DeVoto | |
| 1984 | Crackers | Turtle | |
| 1984 | The Hotel New Hampshire | Freud | |
| 1984 | The Bostonians | Mr. Pardon | |
| 1984 | Micki & Maude | Elliot Fibel | |
| 1985 | Heaven Help Us (Catholic Boys) | Father Abruzzi | |
| 1985 | Head Office | Mike Hoover | |
| 1987 | The Bedroom Window | Henderson's Attorney | |
| 1987 | Radio Days | Masked Avenger | |
| 1987 | Nice Girls Don't Explode | Ellen | |
| 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | John Lahr | |
| 1987 | The Princess Bride | Vizzini | |
| 1988 | The Moderns | Oiseau | |
| 1989 | She's Out of Control | Dr. Herman Fishbinder | |
| 1989 | Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills | Howard Saravian | |
| 1989 | We're No Angels | Translator | |
| 1991 | Shadows and Fog | Simon Carr | |
| 1992 | Unbecoming Age | Dr. Block | |
| 1992 | Nickel & Dime | Everett Willits | |
| 1992 | The Double 0 Kid | Cashpot | Direct-to-video |
| 1992 | Mom and Dad Save the World | Sibor | |
| 1993 | The Cemetery Club | Larry | |
| 1993 | The Meteor Man | Mr. Little | |
| 1994 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Horatio Byrd | |
| 1994 | Vanya on 42nd Street | Vanya | |
| 1995 | Just Like Dad | Stan Speigel | |
| 1995 | The Wife | Cosmo | |
| 1995 | Napoleon | Echidna | American dub |
| 1995 | Canadian Bacon | Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald | |
| 1995 | Clueless | Mr. Wendell Hall | |
| 1995 | A Goofy Movie | Principal Mazur | Voice |
| 1995 | Toy Story | Rex | Voice |
| 1996 | All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 | Labrador MC | Voice |
| 1996 | House Arrest | Vic Finley | |
| 1997 | Vegas Vacation | Marty | |
| 1997 | Just Write | Arthur Blake | |
| 1997 | Critical Care | Furnaceman | |
| 1997 | The Designated Mourner | — | Writer |
| 1998 | The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Tarzan Chimp (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 1999 | The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man | | |
| 1999 | My Favorite Martian | Dr. Elliot Coleye | |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | Rex (voice) | |
| 2000 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins | Rex (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2000 | The Prime Gig | Gene | |
| 2001 | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | George Bond | |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | Rex (voice) | Outtakes |
| 2002 | Personal Velocity: Three Portraits | Mr. Gelb | |
| 2003 | Duplex | Herman | |
| 2003 | The Haunted Mansion | Ezra | |
| 2004 | Teacher's Pet | Crosby Strickler (voice) | |
| 2004 | Melinda and Melinda | Sy | |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Gilbert Huph (voice) | |
| 2004 | Marie and Bruce | — | Writer |
| 2004 | The Fever | — | Writer |
| 2005 | Chicken Little | Principal Fetchit (voice) | |
| 2006 | Southland Tales | Baron Von Westphalen | |
| 2006 | Air Buddies | Billy (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2006 | Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers | Barnacle Paul (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2007 | Happily N'Ever After | Munk (voice) | |
| 2007 | I Could Never Be Your Woman | Math Teacher | Uncredited |
| 2008 | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | Mr. Gibson | |
| 2008 | Mia and the Migoo | Migoo (voice) | English dub |
| 2008 | Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King | Mr. Gibbles (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2009 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Broker / Booker / Lancelot Squarejaw | |
| 2009 | Capitalism: A Love Story | Himself | Documentary |
| 2010 | Furry Vengeance | Dr. Christian Burr | Uncredited |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Rex (voice) | |
| 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Calico (voice) | |
| 2010 | Tea Time | — | Short film; writer |
| 2011 | The Speed of Thought | Sandy | |
| 2011 | Hawaiian Vacation | Rex (voice) | Short film |
| 2011 | Small Fry | Rex (voice) | Short film |
| 2012 | Partysaurus Rex | Rex (voice) | Short film |
| 2012 | A Late Quartet | Gideon Rosen | |
| 2012 | Vamps | Van Helsing | |
| 2013 | Admission | Clarence | |
| 2013 | The Double | Mr. Papadopoulos | |
| 2013 | A Master Builder | Halvard Solness | Also writer and producer |
| 2014 | Don Peyote | Psychotherapist | |
| 2015 | Maggie's Plan | Kliegler | |
| 2015 | Robo-Dog | Mr. Willis | Direct-to-video |
| 2016 | Drawing Home | Mr. Garfield | |
| 2017 | Animal Crackers | Mr. Woodley (voice) | |
| 2017 | The Only Living Boy in New York | David | |
| 2017 | Someone Else's Wedding | Albert | |
| 2018 | Book Club | Derek | |
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 | Rex (voice) | |
| 2019 | Marriage Story | Frank | |
| 2020 | Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made | Mr. Crocus | |
| 2020 | Rifkin's Festival | Mort Rifkin | |
| 2021 | The Addams Family 2 | Mr. Mustela (voice) | |
| 2023 | Dancing on the Silk Razor | Narrator | Short film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1982–83 | Taxi | Arnie Ross | 2 episodes |
| 1983 | How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days | Professor Silverfish | Television film |
| 1983 | Saigon: Year of the Cat | Frank Judd | Television film |
| 1987–91 | The Cosby Show | Jeff Engels | 5 episodes |
| 1992 | Civil Wars | Riley Baker | Episode: "A Bus Named Desire" |
| 1992 | One Life to Live | Professor Marvel | Unknown episodes |
| 1993 | Eligible Dentist | | Pilot |
| 1993 | The Pink Panther | The Little Man (voice) | Episode: "Ice Blue Pink/Pink Trek" |
| 1993 | Matrix | Mr. Gonley | Episode: "Lapses in Memory" |
| 1993–99 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Grand Nagus Zek | 7 episodes |
| 1994 | The Nanny | Charles Haste | Episode: "Pishke Business" |
| 1994–97 | Murphy Brown | Stuart Best | 4 episodes |
| 1995 | Kalamazoo | Bobby | Short |
| 1995 | Something Wilder | Roof Inspector | Episode: "Dr. Roof" |
| 1995 | Just Like Dad | Stan Speigel | Television film |
| 1996 | Toy Story Treats | Rex (voice) | 18 episodes |
| 1996–97 | Clueless | Mr. Hall | 17 episodes |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Philip Ny (voice) | Episode: "How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying" |
| 1998 | Blind Men | | Pilot |
| 1998 | Noah | Zack | Television film |
| 1998 | The Lionhearts | Various (voice) | 5 episodes |
| 1999 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Frank Hopper | Episode: "A Case of Do or Die" |
| 1999 | Cosby | Mr. Fleming | 2 episodes |
| 2000–01 | Teacher's Pet | Crosby Strickler (voice) | 17 episodes |
| 2001 | Ally McBeal | Mr. Dune | Episode: "Falling Up" |
| Blonde | I. E. Shinn | 2 episodes |
| Three Sisters | Dean Webb | Episode: "Don't Be Thrown" |
| 2001–06 | Crossing Jordan | Howard Stiles | 8 episodes |
| 2001, 2006, 2011 | Family Guy | Bertram (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 2002 | Sun Gods | Spaulding | Pilot |
| 2002 | Teamo Supremo | Gauntlet (voice) | Episode: "Running the Gauntlet" |
| 2002 | Mr. St. Nick | Mimir | Television film |
| 2003 | Monte Walsh | Colonel Wilson | Television film |
| 2003 | Stanley | Mr. Goldberg (voice) | Episode: "Going-Away Goose/Time to Climb!" |
| 2004 | Sex and the City | Martin Grable | Episode: "Splat!" |
| 2004 | Karroll's Christmas | Zeb Rosecog | Television film |
| 2005 | Fat Actress | Sigmund von Oy | Episode: "The Koi Effect" |
| 2005 | Stargate SG-1 | Arlos Kadawam | Episode: "The Ties That Bind" |
| 2005 | Desperate Housewives | Lonny Moon | Episode: "They Asked Me Why I Believe in You" |
| 2006 | The 12th Man | Marty | Pilot |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Film Professor | Episode: "Weeping Willow" |
| 2008 | The Return of Jezebel James | Garson Leeds | Episode: "I'm with Blank" |
| 2008 | Cashmere Mafia | Animal Handler | Episode: "Dog Eat Dog" |
| 2008–09 | The L Word | William Halsey | 5 episodes |
| 2009 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Roy Batters | Episode: "Snatched" |
| 2009 | Life on Mars | Stephen Morrell – "The Sorcerer" | Episode: "Let All the Children Boogie" |
| 2009 | ER | Teddy Lempell | Episode: "The Beginning of the End" |
| 2010 | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | Alan Rubin | Episode: "Anthony Weiner" |
| 2010 | Damages | Sterling Biddle | Episode: "Don't Forget to Thank Mr. Zedeck" |
| 2008–12 | Gossip Girl | Cyrus Rose | 11 episodes |
| 2011–12 | Eureka | Warren Hughes | 3 episodes |
| 2011–16 | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness | Taotie (voice) | 9 episodes |
| 2012 | Fish Hooks | Rat King (voice) | Episode: "Guys' Night Out" |
| 2013–15 | The Good Wife | Charles Lester | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Adventure Time | Rasheeta (voice) | Episode: "Puhoy" |
| 2013 | The Fog of Courage | Eustace Bagge (voice) | |
| 2013 | Uncle Grandpa | Ule Gapa (voice) | Episode: "Belly Bros" |
| 2013 | Toy Story of Terror! | Rex (voice) | Television special |
| 2014 | Toy Story That Time Forgot | Rex (voice) | Television special |
| 2014 | Phineas and Ferb | Saul (voice) | Episode: "Phineas and Ferb Save Summer" |
| 2014 | The Mysteries of Laura | Kenneth Walters | Episode: "The Mystery of the Sex Scandal" |
| 2014 | Club Penguin: Monster Beach Party | Gary the Gadget Guy (voice) | Television special |
| 2014 | The 7D | Not-So-Magic Mirror (voice) | Episode: "Mirror, Mirror" |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman | Himself (voice) | Episode: "One Trick Pony" |
| 2014 | Christmas at Cartwright's | Harry Osbourne | Television film |
| 2014–18 | Mozart in the Jungle | Winslow Elliot | 6 episodes |
| 2015 | Club Penguin: Halloween Panic! | Gary the Gadget Guy (voice) | Television special |
| 2016 | The Night Shift | Mr. Neville | Episode: "Unexpected" |
| 2016 | Life in Pieces | Samuel | Episode: "Eyebrow Anonymous Trapped Gem" |
| 2016 | Regular Show | The Evil Brain (voice) | Episode: "The Brain of Evil" |
| 2016–19 | The Stinky & Dirty Show | Tall (voice) | 18 episodes |
| 2017 | Cop and a Half: New Recruit | Principal Miller | Television film |
| 2017 | Mr. Robot | Mr. Williams | Episode: "eps3.2_legacy.so" |
| 2017 | Graves | Jerry North | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | She's Gotta Have It | Julius Kemper | 2 episodes |
| 2017–18 | OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes | Wally the White, The Magic Court Narrator (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2017–18 | Trollhunters | Unkar the Unfortunate (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2017, 2019 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Herb Smith | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | The Good Fight | Charles Lester | Episode: "Day 471" |
| 2018 | Skylanders Academy | Mabu Inspector (voice) | Episode: "Weekend at Eon's" |
| 2018 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Benjamin Edelman | Episode: "Alta Kockers" |
| 2018–24 | Young Sheldon | Dr. John Sturgis | 52 episodes |
| 2019 | Big City Greens | Jyle Donelan (voice) | Episode: "Night Bill" |
| 2019 | The Simpsons | Wallace the Hernia (voice) | Episode: "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" |
| 2019 | Butterbean's Cafe | Oopsie Doodle (voice) | Episode: "Oopsie Doodle!" |
| 2019 | Forky Asks a Question | Rex (voice) | Episode: "What Is Time?" |
| 2020 | Search Party | William Badpastor | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Esme & Roy | Grumbles (voice) | Episode: "Princess of Play" |
| 2020–21 | Summer Camp Island | Morris Mole / Barry / Pete (voices) | 3 episodes |
| 2021–22 | Amphibia | Humphrey Westwood (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Gossip Girl | Cyrus Rose | Episode: "Final Cancellation" |
| 2022–24 | Evil | Father Frank Ignatius | 10 episodes |
| 2022 | Bubble Guppies | Professor Puny (voice) | Episode: "Search for the Great Silverback!" |
| 2025 | Krapopolis | John Fate (voice) | Episode: "John Fate Comes a-Knockin" |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
| 1995 | Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story | Rex | |
| 1996 | Toy Story: The Video Game | Rex | |
| 1996 | Toy Story Activity Center | Rex | |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Gilbert Huph | |
| 2006 | Family Guy Video Game! | Bertram | |
| 2008 | The Princess Bride Game | Vizzini | |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3: The Video Game | Rex | |
| 2012 | Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure | Rex, Gilbert Huph | |
| 2012 | Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse | Bertram | |
| 2013 | Disney Infinity | Rex | |
| 2014 | Disney Infinity 2.0 | Rex | |
| 2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0 | Rex | |
| 2016 | King's Quest | Manny/Manannan | |
| 2016 | Disney Magic Kingdoms | Rex | |
| 2018 | Lego The Incredibles | Gilbert Huph | Archive recordings |
| 2019 | Kingdom Hearts III | Rex | |

## Theatre

| Title | Year |
| Four Meals in May | 1967 |
| The Family Play | 1970 |
| The Hotel Play | 1970 |
| The Hospital Play | 1971 |
| Our Late Night | 1975 |
| A Thought in Three Parts | 1976 |
| The Mandrake (translation) | 1977 |
| Marie and Bruce | 1978 |
| Aunt Dan and Lemon | 1985 |
| The Fever | 1990 |
| The Designated Mourner | 1997 |
| The Threepenny Opera | 2006 |
| The Music Teacher | 2006 |
| Grasses of a Thousand Colors | 2008 |
| Evening at the Talk House | 2015 |

### Musical

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2008–16 | Toy Story: The Musical | Rex | Voice |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | Project | Result |
| 1978 | Guggenheim Fellowship | Drama & Performance Art |
| 1982 | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Screenplay | My Dinner with Andre | Won |
| 1994 | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Vanya on 42nd Street | Nominated |
| 1995 | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Actor | Vanya on 42nd Street | Won |

## Written works

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2009 | Essays | Book collection of essays, by Haymarket Books |
| 2017 | Night Thoughts | Published by Haymarket Books |
| 2022 | Sleeping Among Sheep Under a Starry Sky | Book compilation of essays, published by Europa Editions |