Wallace Shawn

Wallace Shawn

Born: November 12, 1943
in New York City, New York, USA
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. He has also appeared in a variety of television series, including recurring roles as Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl and as Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

His plays include The Designated Mourner, Aunt Dan and Lemon and Grasses of a Thousand Colors. He also co-wrote the screenplay for My Dinner with Andre and he scripted A Master Builder, a film adaptation of of the play by Henrik Ibsen, which he also starred in. His book Essays was published in 2009 by Haymarket Books.

Movies for Wallace Shawn...

The Addams Family 2
Title: The Addams Family 2
Character: Mr. Mustela (voice)
Released: October 1, 2021
Type: Movie
The Addams get tangled up in more wacky adventures and find themselves involved in hilarious run-ins with all sorts of unsuspecting characters.
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Title: Gossip Girl
Character: Cyrus Rose
Released: July 8, 2021
Type: TV
Eight years after the original website went dark, a new generation of New York private school teens are introduced to the social surveillance of Gossip Girl.
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Waiting for Godot
Title: Waiting for Godot
Character: Lucky
Released: May 6, 2021
Type: Movie
An experimental exploration of the storied play. Becket’s vision of perpetual uncertainty, anxiety, and loneliness is refracted through our current moment.
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Rifkin's Festival
Title: Rifkin's Festival
Character: Mort Rifkin
Released: October 1, 2020
Type: Movie
The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and charm of Spain and the fantasy of movies. She has an affair with a brilliant French movie director, and he falls in love with a beautiful Spanish woman who lives there.
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A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Title: A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Character: Vizzini
Released: September 13, 2020
Type: Movie
The cast of The Princess Bride is together again! The stars of the iconic 1987 fantasy film reunited for a virtual table read hosted by Jason Reitman. The 3-hour virtual reunion included director Rob Reiner and actors Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shaw, and Christopher Guest. A Q&A after was moderated by Patton Oswalt. Guest stars stepped in for actors who were not available, including Finn Wolfhard, Josh Gad, Eric Idle, and Whoopi Goldberg.
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Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Title: Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Character: Mr. Crocus
Released: January 25, 2020
Type: Movie
An 11-year old boy believes that he is the best detective in town and runs the agency Total Failures with his best friend, an imaginary 1,200 pound polar bear.
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Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?
Title: Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?
Character: Rex (voice)
Released: November 29, 2019
Type: Movie
Rex uses the age of dinosaurs as an example to give Forky an understanding of the concept of time.
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Marriage Story
Title: Marriage Story
Character: Frank
Released: September 28, 2019
Type: Movie
A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.
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Title: Evil
Character: Father Ignatius
Released: September 26, 2019
Type: TV
Skeptical female clinical psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins a priest-in-training and a blue-collar contractor as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to see if there’s a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.
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Toy Story 4
Title: Toy Story 4
Character: Rex (voice)
Released: June 19, 2019
Type: Movie
Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called "Forky" to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.
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Title: Amphibia
Character: Humphrey (voice)
Released: June 17, 2019
Type: TV
The adventures of 13-year-old, self-centered Anne Boonchuy who is magically transported to the fictitious world of Amphibia, a rural marshland full of frog-people. With the help of an excitable young frog named Sprig, Anne will become a hero and discover the first true friendship of her life.
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What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Title: What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Character: Self
Released: October 12, 2018
Type: Movie
A documentary exploring the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the reasons it went from the black sheep of Star Trek to a beloved mainstay of the franchise, and a brainstorm with the original writers on what a theoretical eighth season of the show could look like.
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Title: Summer Camp Island
Character: Morris Mole (voice)
Released: July 7, 2018
Type: TV
Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are portals to other dimensions.
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Title: Summer Camp Island
Character: Pete (voice)
Released: July 7, 2018
Type: TV
Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are portals to other dimensions.
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Title: Summer Camp Island
Character: Barry (voice)
Released: July 7, 2018
Type: TV
Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are portals to other dimensions.
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Title: Big City Greens
Character: Jyle (voice)
Released: June 18, 2018
Type: TV
The offbeat adventures of 10-year-old Cricket Green, a mischievous and optimistic country boy who moves to the big city with his wildly out of place family – older sister Tilly, father Bill and Gramma Alice.
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Book Club
Title: Book Club
Character: Dr. Derek
Released: May 18, 2018
Type: Movie
Four lifelong friends decide that their lives could change by becoming nasty and reading Fifty Shades of Grey in their monthly book club to get inspiration on how to handle sexual pleasure at an elderly age.
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Another Kind of Wedding
Title: Another Kind of Wedding
Character: Albert
Released: December 1, 2017
Type: Movie
A fractured family is forced to confront what tore them apart at the eldest son's wedding.
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Title: Young Sheldon
Character: John Sturgis
Released: September 25, 2017
Type: TV
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
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Cop and a Half: New Recruit
Title: Cop and a Half: New Recruit
Character: Principal Miller
Released: August 1, 2017
Type: Movie
In this family-friendly action reboot of the 1993 film, Karina Foley, an ambitious and spunky 12-year-old, inserts herself in a police investigation of the Badge Bandit, led by the grizzled, veteran detective Mark Simmons. Much to Simmons' disapproval, Karina partners up with him to stop the Badge Bandit from further wreaking havoc on the city. Through wit, skill, and green smoothies, Karina and Detective Simmons save the day and build a strong relationship in the process.
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The Only Living Boy in New York
Title: The Only Living Boy in New York
Character: David
Released: July 27, 2017
Type: Movie
When a young man learns that his overbearing father is having an affair, he tries to stop it, only to be seduced by the older woman as well.
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Animal Crackers
Title: Animal Crackers
Character: Mr. Woodley (voice)
Released: June 23, 2017
Type: Movie
A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a rundown circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.
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Title: The Good Fight
Character: Charles Lester
Released: February 19, 2017
Type: TV
Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.
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Title: Search Party
Character: William Badpastor
Released: November 21, 2016
Type: TV
A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.
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Maggie's Plan
Title: Maggie's Plan
Character: Kliegler
Released: April 27, 2016
Type: Movie
Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own with a sperm donor is derailed when she falls in love with John, an older married professor, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant and impossible Georgette. But three years later, married to John with one daughter, Maggie is out of love and in a quandary: what do you do when you suspect your man and his ex-wife are actually perfect for each other?
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Starring Austin Pendleton
Title: Starring Austin Pendleton
Released: April 1, 2016
Type: Movie
A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.
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Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Title: Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 10, 2015
Type: Movie
Retrospective looking at the revolutionary computer-animated feature film Toy Story.
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Club Penguin Halloween Panic!
Title: Club Penguin Halloween Panic!
Character: Gary
Released: October 25, 2015
Type: Movie
Happy Halloween from Club Penguin! Everyone is in the spirit for Halloween treats, except for master- prankster Blizzard who feels that tricks are the treat. After ruining his friends' Haunted Igloo attraction with his latest prank, Blizzard befriends a smart-aleck specter named Polter-Gus. The pranking pals accidentally unleash a swarm of unfriendly ghosts who terrorize the island! Can Blizzard convince his friends to trust him and stop the ghoulish gang from turning everyone on Club Penguin Island into gruesome ghosts?
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Robo-Dog
Title: Robo-Dog
Character: Mr. Willis
Released: October 14, 2015
Type: Movie
When Tyler's furry best friend dies tragically, his inventor Dad creates a new dog to take his place - complete with mechanical powers and robotic abilities to keep everyone on their toes.
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Title: Life in Pieces
Character: Samuel
Released: September 21, 2015
Type: TV
Comedy about one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious and ultimately beautiful milestone moments as told by its various members. Of the three siblings, middle child Matt may have just found his true love, his co-worker, Colleen; his coddled youngest brother, Greg, and his wife, Jen, are overwhelmed by the birth of their first child; and the eldest, Heather, and her husband, Tim, are dreading their impending empty nest so much, they're considering having another baby. Their parents are Joan the family's adoring matriarch who would do anything for her kids - as long as she agrees with it - and John, the gregarious patriarch who's searching for ways to soften the blow of turning 70. As the family's lives unfold in four short stories each week, they try to savor these little pieces of time that flash by but stay with you forever, because these moments add up to what life's all about.
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Club Penguin Monster Beach Party
Title: Club Penguin Monster Beach Party
Character: Gary the Gadget Guy (voice)
Released: August 10, 2015
Type: Movie
It’s summer time on Club Penguin Island and resident party planner Jangrah has prepared the perfect “Surf ‘n’ Sno-cone” Beach Party for all of her penguin friends. However, while harvesting ice from a nearby iceberg for the sno-cones, a 65 million year old Megalodon is accidentally released - causing prehistoric pandemonium! It’s up to Jangrah to flip the script and put aside her perfect plans to stop the rampaging Megalodon and save Club Penguin Island!
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Title: Mr. Robot
Character: Mr. Williams
Released: June 24, 2015
Type: TV
A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot will find himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.
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Christmas at Cartwright's
Title: Christmas at Cartwright's
Character: Harry
Released: December 7, 2014
Type: Movie
With Christmas approaching, a struggling single mom finds herself working as a department store Santa Claus, as a real-life angel delivers good fortune and the possibility of holiday romance.
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Toy Story That Time Forgot
Title: Toy Story That Time Forgot
Character: Rex (voice)
Released: December 2, 2014
Type: Movie
During a post-Christmas play date, the gang find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerously delusional. It's all up to Trixie, the triceratops, if the gang hopes to return to Bonnie's room in this Toy Story That Time Forgot.
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The Fog of Courage
Title: The Fog of Courage
Character: Eustace Bagge
Released: October 31, 2014
Type: Movie
In this animated horror comedy, a cowardly dog named Courage must rescue his lovely owner, Muriel from a vengeful supernatural Fog. Eustace, Muriel's greedy husband, refuses to return the gold necklace belonging to the Fog's long lost love.
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Title: The Mysteries of Laura
Released: September 17, 2014
Type: TV
Laura Diamond, a brilliant NYPD homicide detective balances her “Columbo” day job with a crazy family life that includes two unruly twin boys and a soon-to-be ex-husband — also a cop — who just can't seem to sign the divorce papers. Between cleaning up after her boys and cleaning up the streets, she’d be the first to admit she has her “hot mess” moments in this hilariously authentic look at what it really means to be a “working mom” today. Somehow, she makes it all work with the help of her sexy and understanding partner, and things becomes even more complicated when her husband, ironically, becomes her boss at the precinct. For Laura, every day is a high-wire balancing act.
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Title: BoJack Horseman
Character: Wallace Shawn (voice)
Released: August 22, 2014
Type: TV
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the 90s - 20 years later. BoJack Horseman was the star of the hit TV show "Horsin' Around," but today he's washed up, living in Hollywood, complaining about everything, and wearing colorful sweaters.
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Title: The 7D
Character: Not-So-Magic-Mirror (voice)
Released: July 7, 2014
Type: TV
The 7D is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation loosely based on the 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney Productions where The 7D must defend the land of Jollywood from the magical villains Grim and Hildy Gloom who attempt to dethrone Queen Delightful and rule Jollywood.
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Title: The Night Shift
Character: Mr. Neville
Released: May 27, 2014
Type: TV
The stories of the men and women who work the overnight shift at San Antonio Memorial Hospital. They are an irreverent and special breed, particularly adrenaline junkie T.C. Callahan.
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Don Peyote
Title: Don Peyote
Character: Psychotherapist
Released: May 1, 2014
Type: Movie
An ordinary guy delves deep into counterculture, conspiracy theories and the like as he tries to discern the structure of society.
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The Double
Title: The Double
Character: Mr. Papadopoulos
Released: April 3, 2014
Type: Movie
An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.
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Title: Mozart in the Jungle
Character: Winslow Elliott
Released: February 6, 2014
Type: TV
In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" and Gelsey Kirkland's "Dancing on my Grave" comes an insider’s look into the secret world of classical musicians. From her debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall to the Broadway pits of "Les Miserables" and "Miss Saigon," Blair Tindall has played with some of the biggest names in classical music for twenty-five years. Now in "Mozart in the Jungle," Tindall exposes the scandalous rock and roll lifestyles of the musicians, conductors, and administrators who inhabit the insular world of classical music.
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A Master Builder
Title: A Master Builder
Character: Halvard Solness
Released: November 11, 2013
Type: Movie
A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.
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Toy Story of Terror!
Title: Toy Story of Terror!
Character: Rex (Voice)
Released: October 16, 2013
Type: Movie
What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one of the toys goes missing, the others find themselves caught up in a mysterious sequence of events that must be solved before they all suffer the same fate in this Toy Story of Terror.
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Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner
Title: Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner
Character: Self
Released: April 3, 2013
Type: Movie
BEFORE AND AFTER DINNER is an exploration of the life and work of Andre Gregory, groundbreaking director, actor, artist, and raconteur, filmed by prize-winning documentarian Cindy Kleine, his wife. Through her close-up lens, Cindy introduces us to this cultural icon and master storyteller, and tells the unusual story of a good marriage that thrives in collaboration, art, and humor, celebrating the great vitality of the later years in life. The film touches on universal questions. Where does art come from? What experiences shape the life, the preoccupations, and the work of an artist? Drawing on the work Andre has created over a lifetime, and exploring the nature of the life that underlies the work, BEFORE AND AFTER DINNER is about how and why artists create.
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Admission
Title: Admission
Character: Clarence
Released: March 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Straitlaced Princeton University admissions officer, Portia Nathan is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former college classmate, the freewheeling John Pressman. Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah, his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago.
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A Late Quartet
Title: A Late Quartet
Character: Gideon Rosen
Released: November 2, 2012
Type: Movie
When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group's future suddenly hangs in the balance as suppressed emotions, competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert — quite possibly their last — only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy.
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Partysaurus Rex
Title: Partysaurus Rex
Character: Rex (voice)
Released: September 14, 2012
Type: Movie
When Rex finds himself left behind in the bathroom, he puts his limbs to use by getting a bath going for a bunch of new toy friends.
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Vamps
Title: Vamps
Character: Dr. Van Helsing
Released: August 25, 2012
Type: Movie
The modern-day story focuses on two beautiful young vampires who are living the good nightlife in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize their immortality.
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Small Fry
Title: Small Fry
Character: Rex (voice)
Released: November 23, 2011
Type: Movie
A fast food restaurant mini variant of Buzz forcibly switches places with the real Buzz and his friends have to deal with the obnoxious impostor.
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Hawaiian Vacation
Title: Hawaiian Vacation
Character: Rex (voice)
Released: June 16, 2011
Type: Movie
The toys throw Ken and Barbie a Hawaiian vacation in Bonnie's room.
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The Speed of Thought
Title: The Speed of Thought
Character: Sandy
Released: April 29, 2011
Type: Movie
Joshua Lazarus (Nick Stahl) is a telepath who has been raised in a NSA foster home. Lazarus helps the government by using his abilities. He is told by the agency that the telepathy is a side effect of Widmann's Disease, and that he will become insane in time and eventually die from the illness. However, Lazarus meets a woman with similar powers (Mía Maestro) who does not have any sign of the disease, launching Lazarus to confront the lies he has been told
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Title: Regular Show
Character: Evil Brain (voice)
Released: September 6, 2010
Type: TV
Two bored groundskeepers, Mordecai (a six-foot-tall blue jay) and Rigby (a hyperactive raccoon) are best friends who spend their days trying to entertain themselves by any means necessary, much to the displeasure of their boss. Their everyday pursuits often lead to things spiraling out of control and into the surreal.
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Title: Fish Hooks
Character: Rat King (voice)
Released: September 3, 2010
Type: TV
This inventive animated comedy series, set inside a giant fish tank in Bud's Pet Shop, presents high school life as seen through the eyes of three BFFs (best fish friends), Bea, Milo and Oscar. Together they experience the typical life challenges and triumphs, including friendship, dating and sports, along with more atypical situations such as giant lobster attacks and, with the use of special land suits, school field trips to the hamster cages. The series was created by children's book illustrator Noah Z. Jones and features a notable voice cast. It's produced using an innovative mixture of digital animation and photo collage
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Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Title: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Character: Calico (voice)
Released: July 29, 2010
Type: Movie
The ongoing war between the canine and feline species is put on hold when they join forces to thwart a rogue cat spy with her own sinister plans for conquest.
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Toy Story 3
Title: Toy Story 3
Character: Rex (voice)
Released: June 16, 2010
Type: Movie
Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.
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Furry Vengeance
Title: Furry Vengeance
Character: Dr. Christian Burr (uncredited)
Released: April 30, 2010
Type: Movie
When real estate developer Dan Sanders finalizes plans to level a swath of pristine Oregon forest to make way for a soulless housing subdivision, a band of woodland creatures rises up to throw a monkey wrench into the greedy scheme. Just how much mischief from the furry critters can the businessman take before he calls it quits?
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Title: Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs
Character: Rex (voice)
Released: March 23, 2010
Type: TV
In 2008, two years before the theatrical release of Toy Story 3, a Buzz Lightyear toy went into space and returned to Earth in 2009. The special features on the 2010 Toy Story DVDs and Blu-rays say that Buzz Lightyear was Andy's Buzz. Each short shows him telling Rex and Hamm about his trip and how he got home in time for the events of Toy Story 3.
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Title: Jack and the Beanstalk
Character: Booker / Broker / Lancealot Squarejaw
Released: November 6, 2009
Type: Movie
A fairy tale character who is about to flunk out of fairy tale school, Jack must perform a heroic deed by Monday or fail miserably, just like his father before him. Anxious to make good, Jack sells his C.O.W. (Computer of Wonder) for a handful of magic beans and a mysterious book that records his adventures as he's having them. Accompanied by his sidekick Grayson -- a goose who ate a bean and underwent an amazing transformation -- Jack climbs the magic beanstalk to recover the fabled Harp of Destiny from the evil Giant who lives in the sky. Helping Jack on his perilous quest is the spunky Jillian, a fearless young girl whom Jack meets on his journey -- and who just may have a hidden agenda...
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Title: Jack and the Beanstalk
Character: Broker / Booker / Lancelot Squarejaw
Released: November 6, 2009
Type: Movie
A fairy tale character who is about to flunk out of fairy tale school, Jack must perform a heroic deed by Monday or fail miserably, just like his father before him. Anxious to make good, Jack sells his C.O.W. (Computer of Wonder) for a handful of magic beans and a mysterious book that records his adventures as he's having them. Accompanied by his sidekick Grayson -- a goose who ate a bean and underwent an amazing transformation -- Jack climbs the magic beanstalk to recover the fabled Harp of Destiny from the evil Giant who lives in the sky. Helping Jack on his perilous quest is the spunky Jillian, a fearless young girl whom Jack meets on his journey -- and who just may have a hidden agenda...
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Title: The Good Wife
Character: Charles Lester
Released: September 22, 2009
Type: TV
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
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Capitalism: A Love Story
Title: Capitalism: A Love Story
Character: Self
Released: September 6, 2009
Type: Movie
Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world).
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The Windmill Movie
Title: The Windmill Movie
Character: Self
Released: June 17, 2009
Type: Movie
Filmmaker Richard P. Rogers tried for twenty years to make a documentary about his own life. He died in 2001, leaving the project unfinished, until his widow, acclaimed photographer Susan Meiselas, commissioned his former student Alexander Olch to make a film out of the pieces. Starting in the Hamptons, in the town of Wainscott, the film weaves Rogers' footage into a journey through childhood memories, a less than encouraging mother, a family background of privilege, and Rogers' persistent, dogged attempts to document his own life. Rogers' friend, actor and writer Wallace Shawn, joins in the process, as the film investigates the differences between documentary and fiction, and tells the tragic story of Rogers' life.
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André Gregory and Wallace Shawn
Title: André Gregory and Wallace Shawn
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
In this hour-long piece, recorded in 2009, filmmaker Noah Baumbach talks with his friends the writer-actors André Gregory and Wallace Shawn about their experiences making My Dinner with Andre. Baumbach speaks first with Gregory, and then with Shawn.
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Title: Life on Mars
Character: The Sorcerer
Released: October 9, 2008
Type: TV
After a car crash, police detective Sam Tyler mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a detective.
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Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
Title: Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
Character: Mr. Gibbles (voice)
Released: September 23, 2008
Type: Movie
Scooby-Doo and Shaggy must go into the underworld ruled by The Goblin King in order to stop a mortal named The Amazing Krudsky who wants power and is a threat to their pals: Fred, Velma, and Daphne.
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Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Title: Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Character: Mr. Gibson
Released: July 2, 2008
Type: Movie
The Great Depression hits home for nine year old Kit Kittredge when her dad loses his business and leaves to find work. Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin stars as Kit, leading a splendid cast in the first ever "American Girl" theatrical movie. In order to keep their home, Kit and her mother must take in boarders - paying house - guests who turn out to be full of fascinating stories. When mother's lockbox containing all their money is stolen, Kit's new hobo friend Will is the prime suspect. Kit refuses to believe that Will would steal, and her efforts to sniff out the real story get her and friends into big trouble. The police say the robbery was an inside job, committed by someone they know. So if it wasn't Will, then who did it.
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USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
Title: USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland
Character: Self
Released: March 18, 2008
Type: Movie
Making of the movie Southland Tales
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Title: Gossip Girl
Character: Cyrus Rose
Released: September 19, 2007
Type: TV
An exclusive group of privileged teens from a posh prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.
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The Pixar Story
Title: The Pixar Story
Character: Rex (voice) (archive footage)
Released: August 28, 2007
Type: Movie
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.
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Title: Phineas and Ferb
Character: Saul (voice)
Released: August 17, 2007
Type: TV
Each day, two kindhearted suburban stepbrothers on summer vacation embark on some grand new project, which annoys their controlling sister, Candace, who tries to bust them. Meanwhile, their pet platypus plots against evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
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I Could Never Be Your Woman
Title: I Could Never Be Your Woman
Character: Math Teacher (uncredited)
Released: May 11, 2007
Type: Movie
Mother Nature loves to cause mischief, and she steps in to help two love-starved souls find happiness. She helps an aging professional woman and single mother, Rosie, who's unlucky in love find her match with Adam, a much younger man. As their relationship blossoms beyond physical attraction, matters complicate when her adolescent daughter starts to fall for a handsome local boy.
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I Could Never Be Your Woman
Title: I Could Never Be Your Woman
Character: Izzie's Teacher
Released: May 11, 2007
Type: Movie
Mother Nature loves to cause mischief, and she steps in to help two love-starved souls find happiness. She helps an aging professional woman and single mother, Rosie, who's unlucky in love find her match with Adam, a much younger man. As their relationship blossoms beyond physical attraction, matters complicate when her adolescent daughter starts to fall for a handsome local boy.
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Strange Culture
Title: Strange Culture
Character: Self
Released: February 9, 2007
Type: Movie
The film examines the case of artist and professor Steve Kurtz, a member of the Critical Art Ensemble (CAE). The work of Kurtz and other CAE members dealt with genetically modified food and other issues of science and public policy. After his wife, Hope, died of heart failure, paramedics arrived and became suspicious when they noticed petri dishes and other scientific equipment related to Kurtz's art in his home. They summoned the FBI, who detained Kurtz within hours on suspicion of bioterrorism.
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Happily N'Ever After
Title: Happily N'Ever After
Character: Munk (voice)
Released: January 5, 2007
Type: Movie
An alliance of evil-doers, led by Frieda, looks to take over Fairy Tale Land. But when Ella realizes her stepmother is out to ruin her storybook existence, she takes a dramatic turn and blossoms into the leader of the resistance effort.
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Air Buddies
Title: Air Buddies
Character: Billy (voice)
Released: December 12, 2006
Type: Movie
Five puppies are shocked to find out that their parents, Buddy and Molly, have been abducted and face obstacles while trying to rescue them.
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Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
Title: Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
Character: Barnacle Paul (voice)
Released: August 21, 2006
Type: Movie
Dueling cat-and-mouse team Tom and Jerry hit the high seas on a hunt for buried treasure in this pirate adventure. The tale begins when crew member Tom sets sail with an infamous pirate and finds a treasure map along with stowaway Jerry. The furry swashbucklers race to a deserted island where X marks the spot, but along with battling each other, they must outwit ruthless buccaneers, angry monkeys and a giant octopus to strike it rich.
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Title: Eureka
Character: Warren Hughes
Released: July 18, 2006
Type: TV
The sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has been relocating the world's geniuses and their families to this rustic town for years where innovation and chaos have lived hand in hand. U.S. Marshal Jack Carter stumbles upon this odd town after wrecking his car and becoming stranded there. When the denizens of the town unleash an unknown scientific creation, Carter jumps in to try to restore order and consequently learns of one of the country's best kept secrets.
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Southland Tales
Title: Southland Tales
Character: Baron Von Westphalen
Released: May 21, 2006
Type: Movie
Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.
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Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
Title: Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
Character: Self
Released: March 14, 2006
Type: Movie
An impressive roster of celebrities -- including Lili Taylor, Paul Robeson, Sarah Jones, Brian Jones, John Sayles and Wallace Shawn -- lend their voices to this performance of readings inspired by Howard Zinn's best-selling book. Segments bring to life Tecumseh's speech to the Osages, Frederick Douglass' thoughts about July 4 and Paul Robeson's Unread Statement before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
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Chicken Little
Title: Chicken Little
Character: Principal Fetchit (voice)
Released: November 4, 2005
Type: Movie
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's biggest hero is a little chicken.
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Love Thy Neighbor
Title: Love Thy Neighbor
Character: Clinic Doctor
Released: July 5, 2005
Type: Movie
Two married couples are about to give new meaning to the phrase "Love Thy Neighbor." When these best friends become more than just friends, one simple game leads to another.
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Title: Fat Actress
Released: March 7, 2005
Type: TV
Kirstie Alley's semi-autobiographical tale describes her struggles as a former television star with weight loss, getting roles, and finding love.
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Karroll's Christmas
Title: Karroll's Christmas
Released: December 25, 2004
Type: Movie
Allen Karroll hates Christmas ever since his ex-girlfriend humiliated him in front of thousands of people one Christmas. As a man who writes greeting cards for a living, this proves to be a hinderance. He also hates the man who lives across the street, Zeb Rosecog, who seems to take delight in tormenting him, who also happens to be the former CEO of Karroll's greeting card company. One day, Karroll is visited by the ghost Jacob Marley (related to Bob Marley), as well as the ghost of Christmas present, past and future (in that order) who all happen to have come to the wrong address, and had actually meant to visit Rosecog. During this experience, Karroll learns a lot about himself as well as Rosecog, and discovers that he and Rosecog have a lot in common, and decides to help Rosecog to see the light, and rediscover the joy of Christmas.
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Melinda and Melinda
Title: Melinda and Melinda
Character: Sy
Released: October 29, 2004
Type: Movie
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.
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The Incredibles
Title: The Incredibles
Character: Gilbert Huph (voice)
Released: October 27, 2004
Type: Movie
Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume.
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Title: Desperate Housewives
Released: October 3, 2004
Type: TV
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.
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Title: The L Word
Character: William Halsey
Released: January 18, 2004
Type: TV
A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.
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Teacher's Pet
Title: Teacher's Pet
Character: Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)
Released: January 16, 2004
Type: Movie
Meet Spot, a clever little dog with big dreams of becoming a real boy. When Spot finds out that a crazy scientist can make his wish come true, he takes a cross-country trek with Leonard, his best friend and master, and their mom. However, Dr. Krank's experiments are a little less than perfect, and it will take Leonard and his pet pals to right this genetic wrong.
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The Haunted Mansion
Title: The Haunted Mansion
Character: Ezra
Released: November 26, 2003
Type: Movie
Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner Sara get a call one night from a mansion owner, Edward Gracey, who wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion, a torrential thunderstorm of mysterious origin strands them with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysterious butler, and a variety of residents both seen and unseen.
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Duplex
Title: Duplex
Character: Herman
Released: September 26, 2003
Type: Movie
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
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Monte Walsh
Title: Monte Walsh
Character: Colonel Wilson
Released: January 17, 2003
Type: Movie
Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their lives are divided between months on the range and the occasional trip into town. Monte has a long-term relationship with prostitute Martine Bernard, while Chet has fallen under the spell of the widow who owns the hardware store. Camaraderie and competition with the other cowboys fill their days, until one of the hands, Shorty Austin, loses his job and gets involved in rustling and killing. Then Monte and Chet find that their lives on the range are inexorably redirected.
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Personal Velocity
Title: Personal Velocity
Character: Mr. Gelb
Released: January 12, 2002
Type: Movie
In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.
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Monsters, Inc.
Title: Monsters, Inc.
Character: Rex (voice) (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Film Professor
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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Title: Crossing Jordan
Character: Dr. Howard Stiles
Released: September 24, 2001
Type: TV
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
Title: As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
Character: Self
Released: September 4, 2001
Type: Movie
A "behinds the scenes" documentary about the making of the 1987 film THE PRINCESS BRIDE with original archive footage and new interviews with cast members.
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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Title: The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Character: George Bond
Released: August 5, 2001
Type: Movie
CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. They don't like each other - or at least that's what they think. During a night out with the rest of the office employees, they go to watch Voltan, a magician who secretly hypnotizes both of them.
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Title: Blonde
Character: I.E. Shinn
Released: May 13, 2001
Type: TV
A fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe mixed with series of real events in her life.
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The Prime Gig
Title: The Prime Gig
Character: Gene
Released: April 24, 2001
Type: Movie
Pendelton "Penny" Wise is a smooth-talking con-artist who makes a living by scamming people with phoney travel comp vacations over the phone when, desperate for more fast cash, he's called to work for a shady, veteran con businessman, named Kelly Grant, in selling property for a gold mine over the phone, which takes a turn when Penny begins a relationship with Grant's mistress Caitlin, where Penny throws common sense and caution to the wind to woo her, while we wonder who is scamming who here. Written by Matthew Patay
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Title: Teacher's Pet
Released: September 9, 2000
Type: TV
Tired of being a dog, Spot the Dog disguises himself as a boy named Scott and goes to school! With the help of his owner, Leonard, the duo try to keep his deception a secret.
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Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
Title: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
Character: Rex (voice)
Released: August 8, 2000
Type: Movie
Buzz Lightyear must battle Emperor Zurg with the help of three hopefuls who insist on being his partners.
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Toy Story 2
Title: Toy Story 2
Character: Rex the Green Dinosaur (voice)
Released: October 30, 1999
Type: Movie
Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz Lightyear meets his match and Woody has to decide where he and his heart truly belong.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Benjamin Edelman
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Roy Batters
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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My Favorite Martian
Title: My Favorite Martian
Character: Coleye
Released: February 11, 1999
Type: Movie
News producer, Tim O'Hara gets himself fired for unwillingly compromising his bosses' daughter during a live transmission. A little later, he witnesses the crashing of a small Martian spacecraft, realizing his one-time chance of delivering a story that will rock the earth. Since Tim took the original but scaled-down spaceship with him, the Martian follows him to retrieve it.
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Title: Family Guy
Character: Bertram (voice)
Released: January 31, 1999
Type: TV
Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.
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The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Title: The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
This is a dark story of a caring movie maker who struggles to make it and also struggles with his demons and obsessions.
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Noah
Title: Noah
Released: October 11, 1998
Type: Movie
Set sail for comedy with Disney's Noah - The humorous modern-day twist on the biblical story of Noah's Ark. Norman Waters (Tony Danza) is a hard working construction contractor out to make a quick buck by cutting corners, and too preoccupied with his scams to notice the wants and needs of the three sons he's raising single-handedly. But all that changes when an angelic messenger offers Norman a contract - build an ark in only 40 days. And it must be exactly to specification - no cheating. Norman at first refuses, but quickly changes his mind when a series of phenomenal events occur. Soon, he's order 7,000 nails and 10,000 cubic feet of wood. And when he begins collecting animals two by two he community - even his sons - think he's crazy and want the ark destroyed. Then as the rains come down, Norman discovers the importance of family and finds the courage to fight for what he believes. Overflowing with fun, Noah is certain to delight and inspire one and all!
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The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
Title: The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
Character: Tarzan Chimp (voice)
Released: September 28, 1998
Type: Movie
Told from Mowgli's point of view, it's the story of how a boy became a mancub and a mancub became a man.
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Title: The Lionhearts
Character: (voice)
Released: September 19, 1998
Type: TV
The Lionhearts is an animated series from MGM that aired on Saturday and Sunday mornings in syndication from 1998 to 2000.
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Title: Sex and the City
Character: Martin Gable
Released: June 6, 1998
Type: TV
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene. 
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Critical Care
Title: Critical Care
Character: Furnaceman
Released: October 31, 1997
Type: Movie
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million estate? Meanwhile, Werner must contend with his nutty supervisor, who insists that he only care for patients with full insurance. Can Werner sidestep the hospital's legal team and do what's best for the patient?
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Title: The Wonderful World of Disney
Released: September 28, 1997
Type: TV
Walt Disney Productions (later The Walt Disney Company) has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC in 1954. The show was broadcast weekly on one of the Big Three television networks until 1990, a 36-year span with only a two-year hiatus in 1984-85. The series was broadcast on Sunday for 25 of those years. From 1991 until 1997, the series aired infrequently. The program resumed a regular schedule in 1997 on the ABC fall schedule, coinciding with Disney's recent purchase of the network. From 1997 until 2008, the program aired regularly on ABC. Subsequently, ABC continued the series as an occasional special presentation.
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Title: Ally McBeal
Released: September 8, 1997
Type: TV
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
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Title: Stargate SG-1
Character: Arlos
Released: July 27, 1997
Type: TV
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an elite Air Force special operations team, one of more than two dozen teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, Replicators, and the Ori.
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Just Write
Title: Just Write
Character: Arthur Blake
Released: March 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.
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Vegas Vacation
Title: Vegas Vacation
Character: Marty
Released: February 13, 1997
Type: Movie
The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.
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Title: King of the Hill
Character: Philip Ny (voice)
Released: January 12, 1997
Type: TV
Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niece Luanne. Hank has conservative views about God, family, and country, but his values and ethics are often challenged by the situations he, his family, and his beer-drinking neighbors/buddies find themselves in.
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The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Title: The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Character: Self
Released: December 18, 1996
Type: Movie
The documentary short of Toy Story of why and how the feature length blockbuster sleeper movie became a success and helps to boost Pixar's popularity of making one of the few animation movie production companies in the world today, especially in North America.
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House Arrest
Title: House Arrest
Character: Victor Finley
Released: August 14, 1996
Type: Movie
High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to divorce after 18 years of marriage, so they lock them up in the basement until they'll sort out their problems.
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All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
Title: All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
Character: Labrador MC (voice)
Released: March 29, 1996
Type: Movie
Charlie and Itchy return to Earth to find Gabriel's Horn, but along the way meet up with a young boy named David, who ran away from home.
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Title: Toy Story Treats
Character: Rex (Voice)
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: TV
A series of shorts/spots originally aired on ABC's One Saturday Morning, which were also included on the Toy Story DVDs as "Toy Story Treats".
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Toy Story
Title: Toy Story
Character: Rex (voice)
Released: October 30, 1995
Type: Movie
Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.
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Just Like Dad
Title: Just Like Dad
Character: Stan Spiegel
Released: September 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Embarrassed because he perceives his father as dull, a creative boy invents himself a new, more exciting one and finds the popularity he craves.
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Clueless
Title: Clueless
Character: Mr. Wendell Hall
Released: July 19, 1995
Type: Movie
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.
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Napoleon
Title: Napoleon
Character: Echidna (voice)
Released: June 30, 1995
Type: Movie
The adventures of Golden Retriever pup Napoleon and his friend, the parrot Birdo Lucci.
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Canadian Bacon
Title: Canadian Bacon
Character: Canadian Prime Minister Clark MacDonald
Released: June 8, 1995
Type: Movie
The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war with Canada.
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The Wife
Title: The Wife
Character: Cosmo
Released: April 21, 1995
Type: Movie
A sudden visit from a patient and his unstable, outrageously candid wife leads to a delirious night of shattering revelations for a husband and wife team of therapists.
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Driving Mr. Pink
Title: Driving Mr. Pink
Character: Boss Man (voice)
Released: April 12, 1995
Type: Movie
Originally an episode of the 1993 Pink Panther television series but went theatrical to accompany The Pebble and The Penguin. The short would later air on TV on March 29th, 1996 (which would be part of the final episode in the series).
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A Goofy Movie
Title: A Goofy Movie
Character: Principal Mazur (voice)
Released: April 7, 1995
Type: Movie
An endearing modern-day story about how the lovable Goof bonds with his teenage son Max on a hilarious cross-country road trip. En route to the ol' fishing hole, they find themselves up to their floppy ears in misadventure!
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Vanya on 42nd Street
Title: Vanya on 42nd Street
Character: Vanya
Released: October 19, 1994
Type: Movie
An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 1899 play "Uncle Vanya" played out by a company of actors. The setting is their run down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The lack of costumes, real props and scenery is soon forgotten.
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Title: Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Character: Horatio Byrd
Released: September 7, 1994
Type: Movie
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
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Title: The Nanny
Character: Charles Haste
Released: November 3, 1993
Type: TV
Fran, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend’s shop, first appears on the doorstep of Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield peddling cosmetics, and quickly stumbled upon the opportunity to become The Nanny for his three children. But soon Fran, with her offbeat nurturing and no-nonsense honesty, touches Maxwell as well as the kids.
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Title: The Pink Panther
Character: Boss Man (voice)
Released: September 12, 1993
Type: TV
The Pink Panther is a 1993 animated television series, featuring the titular Pink Panther in various shorts intermixed with adventures of the Inspector, Ant and Aardvark, and numerous other characters from the original 1960s and 1970s cartoons. The panther is now voiced in every segment he appears in, now with a funky American accent rather than his original sophisticated English voice from two early cartoons to appeal to younger audiences.
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The Meteor Man
Title: The Meteor Man
Character: Mr. Little
Released: August 6, 1993
Type: Movie
One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the information in any book ... for about thirty seconds. Now his friends and family want him to protect their community from the dreaded Golden Lords.
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The Cemetery Club
Title: The Cemetery Club
Character: Larry
Released: February 3, 1993
Type: Movie
The story of three Pittsburgh widows who meet every year to visit their husband's graves and talk about perspectives in their lives.
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Title: Homicide: Life on the Street
Released: January 31, 1993
Type: TV
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
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Title: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Character: Zek
Released: January 3, 1993
Type: TV
At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.
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The Double 0 Kid
Title: The Double 0 Kid
Character: Cashpot
Released: September 7, 1992
Type: Movie
Lance, a teenager, dreams to be a secret agent when he is suddenly in the middle of an hacker intrigue which aims at an international environmental congress. Lance gets in possession of a computer access card one of which the hackers are in urgent need of for their operation. Lance begins to play with the hackers, seeing his dream come true.
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Mom and Dad Save the World
Title: Mom and Dad Save the World
Character: Sibor, Semage's Beau
Released: July 24, 1992
Type: Movie
Emperor Spengo sees Marge Nelson and using a giant magnet, kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make Marge his before blowing up the Earth. The Emperor and other inhabitants of his planet are somewhat less than bright, and Dick begins reliving episodes of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in order to rescue Marge, save the Earth, and restore the rightful emperor to the throne.
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Nickel & Dime
Title: Nickel & Dime
Character: Everett Willits
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A P.I. hasn't paid taxes in ages. When the IRS sends an accountant to investigate him, his only way out is to solve his latest case of a missing heiress. However, someone wants to prevent this.
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The Magic Bubble
Title: The Magic Bubble
Character: Doctor/Therapist
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A middle-aged woman frees herself from the spirit-crushing influence of her husband by refusing to remember what her age is.
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Shadows and Fog
Title: Shadows and Fog
Character: Simon Carr
Released: December 5, 1991
Type: Movie
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
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Title: The Simpsons
Character: Wallace the Hernia (voice)
Released: December 17, 1989
Type: TV
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
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Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Title: Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Character: Howard
Released: June 3, 1989
Type: Movie
A wealthy Beverly Hills resident who has just become a widow, Clare Lipkin temporarily takes on her friend Lisabeth as a house guest. As the two women deal with their upper-class woes, Clare's driver, Frank, and Lisabeth's servant, Juan, make a wager to see who can be the first to seduce the other's boss.
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We're No Angels
Title: We're No Angels
Character: Translator
Released: June 2, 1989
Type: Movie
Two escaped cons' only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.
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She's Out of Control
Title: She's Out of Control
Character: Dr. Fishbinder
Released: April 14, 1989
Type: Movie
A Los Angeles radio-station manager's girlfriend shows his teenage daughter how to be sexy.
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The Moderns
Title: The Moderns
Character: Oiseau
Released: April 15, 1988
Type: Movie
Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He spends most of his time drinking and socializing in local café's and pestering gallery owner Libby Valentin to sell his paintings. He becomes involved in a plot by wealthy art patroness Nathalie de Ville to forge three paintings. This leads to several run-ins with American rubber magnate Bertram Stone, who happens to be married to Hart's ex-wife Rachel.
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The Princess Bride
Title: The Princess Bride
Character: Vizzini
Released: September 25, 1987
Type: Movie
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
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Prick Up Your Ears
Title: Prick Up Your Ears
Character: John Lahr
Released: April 17, 1987
Type: Movie
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
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Nice Girls Don't Explode
Title: Nice Girls Don't Explode
Character: Ellen
Released: February 1, 1987
Type: Movie
April has a problem. Whenever she gets anything like passionate with a guy all sorts of things seem to spontaneously combust. The only men she meets more then once are firefighters. Actually, it's Mom's way of trying to keep her little girl to herself, but new boyfriend Andy is having none of such nonsense. So the heat's on. Unfortunately it's Fluffy the cat who keeps getting caught in the middle.
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Radio Days
Title: Radio Days
Character: Masked Avenger
Released: January 30, 1987
Type: Movie
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
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The Bedroom Window
Title: The Bedroom Window
Character: Henderson's Attorney
Released: January 16, 1987
Type: Movie
Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The assailant flees and his victim is saved. But that same night another girl is found murdered.
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Head Office
Title: Head Office
Character: Mike Hoover
Released: June 6, 1985
Type: Movie
In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son (Judge Reinhold) moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's daughter, no less) who's leading a protest against the company's shady business practices.
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Heaven Help Us
Title: Heaven Help Us
Character: Father Abruzzi
Released: February 8, 1985
Type: Movie
Sixteen-year-old Michael Dunn arrives at St. Basil's Catholic Boys School in Brooklyn circa 1965. There, he befriends all of the misfits in his class as they collide with the repressive faculty and discover the opposite sex as they come of age.
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Micki + Maude
Title: Micki + Maude
Character: Dr. Elliot Fibel
Released: December 21, 1984
Type: Movie
TV reporter Rob Salinger longs for a baby. But his career-minded wife, Micki, is too busy for motherhood. A romantic fling with a seductive cellist, Maude, leads to her pregnancy. Rob receives another shock when Micki announces that she's also expecting! In love with both women, he marries Maude and starts leading a double life full of complicated and riotous situations.
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How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
Title: How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
Character: Professor Silverfish
Released: October 8, 1984
Type: Movie
A kid strives to be perfect, and in the end realizes that individuality is more fun.
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Title: The Cosby Show
Released: September 20, 1984
Type: TV
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
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My Dinner with Louis
Title: My Dinner with Louis
Character: Interviewer
Released: May 6, 1984
Type: Movie
Interview with director Louis Malle conducted by Wallace Shawn, produced for the BBC-TV programme "Arena".
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The Bostonians
Title: The Bostonians
Character: Mr. Pardon
Released: May 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attention of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.
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The Hotel New Hampshire
Title: The Hotel New Hampshire
Character: Freud
Released: March 9, 1984
Type: Movie
The film talks about a family that weathers all sorts of disasters and keeps going in spite of it all. It is noted for its wonderful assortment of oddball characters.
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Crackers
Title: Crackers
Character: Turtle
Released: February 17, 1984
Type: Movie
Garvey is a San Francisco pawnshop operator. His unemployed and criminal friends Dillard, Turtle and Weslake, team up with Boardwalk, a local pimp, to burgle Garvey's shop while the owner is out of town. During the elaborate planning process, Dillard falls for a Hispanic woman, the sister of a friend. Boardwalk is assigned to case a local apartment, where he meets and falls for the maid. Amidst all these romantic hijinks, Weslake puts together a burglary plan, which is executed by the makeshift gang.
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Saigon: Year Of The Cat
Title: Saigon: Year Of The Cat
Character: Frank Judd
Released: November 29, 1983
Type: Movie
The year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank in Saigon, begins a relationship with American Bob Chesneau (Frederic Forrest). She quickly realises that he works for the CIA and he knows that the fall of South Vietnam is very near.
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Deal of the Century
Title: Deal of the Century
Character: Harold DeVoto
Released: November 4, 1983
Type: Movie
Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact nature of how 'gifts' are used to grease the wheels of a sale, a religious conversion from one of the salesman and a romance that begins to grow between two competitors.
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Strange Invaders
Title: Strange Invaders
Character: Earl
Released: September 16, 1983
Type: Movie
Charlie's ex-wife disappears, and he goes to where she grew up--a rural town in the midwest--to look for her. But, surprisingly, nobody knows about her or any of her many relatives, the Newmans. He meets aliens; but when he contacts the FBI, they don't believe him. He tells his story to a tabloid; and suddenly, he is chased by the aliens.
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The First Time
Title: The First Time
Character: Jules Goldfarb
Released: July 13, 1983
Type: Movie
A young film student pursues a woman while studying under a bizarre, eccentric film professor.
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Lovesick
Title: Lovesick
Character: Otto Jaffe
Released: February 18, 1983
Type: Movie
Sigmund Freud's ghost advises a married New York psychiatrist in love with a patient.
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A Little Sex
Title: A Little Sex
Character: Oliver
Released: April 2, 1982
Type: Movie
Michael and Katherine have enjoyed a long relationship together even before they tie the knot. But Michael does not hide the fact he's a womanizer and sex addict, cheating on Katherine during their pre-married relationship. Because Katherine is genuinely in love with him, she is willing to overlook this and believes that perhaps marriage will change things.
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My Dinner with Andre
Title: My Dinner with Andre
Character: Wally Shawn
Released: October 11, 1981
Type: Movie
Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory share life stories and anecdotes over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant.
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Strong Medicine
Title: Strong Medicine
Character: Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Adaptation of an avant-garde play about Rhoda, a hysterical heroine who feels oppressed by the people around her. She suffers through her birthday party, goes to see a doctor, plans a vacation, argues a lot and even breaks the fourth wall.
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Cheaper to Keep Her
Title: Cheaper to Keep Her
Character: Mugger
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A newly divorced swinger on the prowl goes to work as a detective for a neurotic feminist attorney.
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Atlantic City
Title: Atlantic City
Character: Waiter
Released: September 3, 1980
Type: Movie
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
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Simon
Title: Simon
Character: Eric Van Dongen
Released: February 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A group of scientists take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwash experiment. After that they try to convince him that he was a living-being from another planet.
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All That Jazz
Title: All That Jazz
Character: Assistant Insurance Man
Released: December 16, 1979
Type: Movie
Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.
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Starting Over
Title: Starting Over
Character: Workshop Member
Released: October 5, 1979
Type: Movie
After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.
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Manhattan
Title: Manhattan
Character: Jeremiah
Released: April 25, 1979
Type: Movie
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
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Title: Taxi
Character: Arnie
Released: September 12, 1978
Type: TV
Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.
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Title: Taxi
Character: Arnie Ross
Released: September 12, 1978
Type: TV
Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.