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Wallace Shawn

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Biography

Short, frazzle-haired character actor with blubbery lower lip and distinctive lisp, who frequently plays nervous, untrustworthy characters (usually for laughs). He's also a talented…more

Born

11/12/1943, New York, New York, USA

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Gender

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Star (5)

Role
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
  Mr. Gibbles
  - S 3: Ep 1 Scooby Doo and the Goblin King
    10/5/08
- Teacher's Pet
  Voice of Principal Stickler
  - S 2: Ep 30 A Breed Apart
    5/10/02
  - S 2: Ep 29 Don't Bite the Hound That Feeds You
    5/3/02
  - S 2: Ep 28 The Nose Knows
    5/3/02
  - S 2: Ep 27 All About Eavesdropping
    4/26/02
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Blight Before Christmas
    4/19/02
  - + 43 More Credits
- The Lionhearts
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- Clueless
  Mr. Alphonse Hall
  - S 1: Ep 18 Secrets & Lies
    2/14/97
  - S 1: Ep 17 Mr. Wright
    2/7/97
  - S 1: Ep 16 All Teed Off
    1/31/97
  - S 1: Ep 15 I'm in with the Out Crowd
    1/24/97
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Party's Over
    1/10/97
  - + 13 More Credits
- The Pink Panther Show
  The Boss
  - S 1: Ep 24 Rock-a-Bye Pinky
    12/23/66
  - S 1: Ep 14 Bully for Pink
    12/14/65
Recurring Role (8)

Role
- Gossip Girl
  Cyrus Rose
  - S 5: Ep 13 G.G.
    1/30/12
  - S 4: Ep 21 Shattered Bass
    5/9/11
  - S 3: Ep 22 Last Tango, Then Paris
    5/17/10
  - S 3: Ep 18 The Unblairable Lightness Of Being
    4/12/10
  - S 2: Ep 25 The Goodbye Gossip Girl
    5/18/09
  - + 3 More Credits
- The L Word
  William Halsey
  - S 6: Ep 5 Litmus Test
    2/15/09
  - S 5: Ep 12 Loyal and True
    3/23/08
  - S 5: Ep 8 Lay Down the Law
    2/24/08
  - S 5: Ep 6 Lights! Camera! Action!
    2/10/08
  - S 5: Ep 2 Look Out, Here They Come!
    1/13/08
  - + 1 More Credits
- The L Word
  William Halsey ("Loyal and True" Excerpts)
  - S 6: Ep 1 Long Night's Journey Into Day
    1/18/09
- Gossip Girl
  Cyrus
  - S 2: Ep 13 O Brother, Where Bart Thou?
    12/8/08
- Crossing Jordan
  Dr. Howard Stiles
  - S 5: Ep 14 Death Toll
    3/12/06
  - S 2: Ep 18 Fire and Ice
    4/7/03
  - S 2: Ep 17 Cruel and Unusual
    3/31/03
  - S 2: Ep 7 Scared Straight
    11/18/02
  - S 1: Ep 23 Secrets & Lies, Part II
    5/13/02
  - + 2 More Credits
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  Zek
  - S 7: Ep 24 The Dogs of War (8)
    5/26/99
  - S 7: Ep 12 The Emperor's New Cloak
    2/3/99
  - S 6: Ep 23 Profit and Lace
    5/13/98
  - S 3: Ep 16 Prophet Motive
    2/20/95
  - S 2: Ep 7 Rules of Acquisition
    11/7/93
- The Cosby Show
  Jeffrey Engels
  - S 8: Ep 8 Olivia's Field Trip
    11/7/91
  - S 6: Ep 24 The Moves
    4/19/90
  - S 6: Ep 8 The Day the Spores Landed
    11/9/89
  - S 4: Ep 4 Cliff's Mistake
    10/15/87
- The Cosby Show
  Voice of Jeffrey Engels
  - S 6: Ep 14 Cliff's Nightmare
    1/11/90
Guest Star (36)

Role
- Eureka
  Warren Hughes
  - S 4: Ep 18 This One Time at Space Camp…
    8/29/11
  - S 4: Ep 17 Clash of the Titans
    8/22/11
- Family Guy
  Bertram
  - S 9: Ep 16 The Big Bang Theory
    5/8/11
  - S 4: Ep 22 Sibling Rivalry
    3/26/06
- Damages
  Sterling Biddle
  - S 3: Ep 6 Don't Forget to Thank Mr. Zedeck
    3/1/10
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Jon's therapist, Dr. Allen Ruben
  - S 15: Ep 20 Rep. Anthony Weiner
    2/4/10
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 10 Episode #3.010
    9/17/09
- Richard & Judy
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 3 Thursday 23rd April
    4/23/09
- ER
  Teddy Lempell
  - S 15: Ep 16 The Beginning of the End
    2/19/09
- Life On Mars
  The Sorcerer
  - S 1: Ep 10 Let All the Children Boogie
    2/11/09
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Prof. Roy Batters
  - S 10: Ep 13 Snatched
    2/3/09
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  Film Professor
  - S 6: Ep 10 Weeping Willow
    11/28/06
- Desperate Housewives
  Lonny Moon
  - S 2: Ep 5 They Asked Me Why I Believe In You
    10/23/05
- Stargate SG-1
  Arlos
  - S 9: Ep 4 The Ties That Bind
    8/5/05
- Fat Actress
  Dr. Sigmund "Siggy" Von Oy
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Koi Effect
    3/28/05
- Crossing Jordan
  Dr. Stiles
  - S 4: Ep 3 Intruded
    10/10/04
- Sex and the City
  Martin Grable
  - S 6: Ep 18 Splat!
    2/8/04
- Teamo Supremo
  Gauntlet
  - S 2: Ep 12 Electronica's Game 2 / Tossing the Gauntlet
    8/1/03
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Sinister Stylist / Running The Gauntlet
    2/23/02
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Governor's Analyst! / The Gauntlet's New Gloves!
- Stanley
  Mr. Goldberg
  - S 2: Ep 19 Going-Away Goose / Time To Climb!
    1/15/03
- Family Guy
  Bertrum
  - S 3: Ep 11 Emission Impossible
    11/8/01
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
  Rex
  - S 5: Ep 4 Toy Story 2
    11/4/01
  - S 1: Ep 1 Toy Story
    9/28/97
- Three Sisters
  Dean Spencer Webb
  - S 2: Ep 5 Don't Be Thrown
    10/23/01
- Ally McBeal
  Mary's Attorney Mr. Dune
  - S 4: Ep 15 Falling Up
    2/26/01
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
  Rex
  - S 1: Ep 0 The Adventure Begins
    8/8/00
- Cosby
  Mr. Fleming
  - S 4: Ep 3 Book 'Em, Griff O
    10/13/99
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Vesey Method
    5/3/99
- CatDog
  The Judge
  - S 2: Ep 5 Fred the Flying Fish / CatDog Divided
    2/19/99
- Homicide: Life on the Street
  Frank Hopper
  - S 7: Ep 14 A Case of Do or Die
    2/12/99
- Reunited
  Jeffrey Haven
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Mother Meets the Parents
    11/10/98
- King of The Hill
  Philip Ny
  - S 2: Ep 1 How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying
    9/21/97
- Murphy Brown
  Stuart Best
  - S 9: Ep 22 Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow
    5/5/97
  - S 8: Ep 16 Up in Smoke
    2/12/96
  - S 7: Ep 13 The Best and Not-So-Brightest
    1/2/95
  - S 6: Ep 20 The Fifth Anchor
    3/7/94
- Clueless
  Mr. Wendell Hall
  - — Clueless
    7/19/95
- Goof Troop
  Principal Mazur
  - S 2: Ep 15 A Goofy Movie
    4/7/95
- The Nanny
  Charles Haist
  - S 2: Ep 8 Pinske Business
    10/31/94
- Matrix
  Mr. Gonley
  - S 1: Ep 12 Lapses in Memory
    7/15/93
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  Grand Nagus Zek
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Nagus
    3/21/93
- Civil Wars
  Riley Baker
  - S 2: Ep 8 A Bus Named Desire
    12/2/92
- Taxi
  Arnie Ross
  - S 5: Ep 20 Arnie Meets the Kids
    4/13/83
- Taxi
  Arnie
  - S 5: Ep 1 The Shloogel Show
    9/30/82

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- He wrote an adaptation of the Threepenny Opera, which opened on Broadway on April 20, 2006 at Studio 54. Its many stars include Alan Cumming, Ana Gasteyer and Cyndi Lauper.
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- In 2005 he received a career achievement award from the PEN/Laura Pels Foundation. The writers organizations gave him this honor for his work in the theater
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- Wallace Shawn is 5'2" (1.57 m) tall.
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- Walace Shawn: (talking about his career as an actor) I never planned to be an actor. It turned out I could make a living doing it.
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- Walace Shawn: (talking about his own life) I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.
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- Wallace Shawn: (talking about a play) For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing. And so most of my time is spent thinking about how to write a sentence.
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