Austin Pendleton

Austin Pendleton (b. 1940) is an American character actor who played Max in The Muppet Movie.
Pendleton originated the role of Motel in the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof in 1964, began his film career with Fred the Professor in Otto Preminger's surreal 1968 drug film Skidoo, and co-starred with Madeline Kahn in What's Up, Doc? Subsequent movie roles included the stuttering public defender in My Cousin Vinny, an ex-chess champion in Searching for Bobby Fischer, and Howard Marner in Short Circuit (with Ally Sheedy and Johnny 5). Pendleton's later film credits include key roles in the Pixar animated feature Finding Nemo, the Academy Award-winning A Beautiful Mind, Piccadilly Jim, and Dirty Work.
In 2009, he spoke of his role as Max in an interview with the AV Club:Pendleton, Austin interview with Austin Pendleton
==External links==
*IMDb
*Internet Broadway Database
==Sources==
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