“my interior life as a raging beast.”
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Wallace Shawn
Wallace Michael Shawn is an American actor, essayist, and writer. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), and Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2017–2024), and for voicing Rex the Dinosaur in the Toy Story franchise (1995–2026).
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entertainment · American actor and writer (born 1943) · actor · writer · voice actor · playwright · character actor · screenwriter · film actor · television actor · director · also Wallace Shawn, Wallace Michael Shawn, Wally Shawn, Shawn
Born 12 November 1943 · Q311068
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2023· 1 entry
Shawn spoke at a Washington, D
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2018· 1 entry
Joined the cast of Young Sheldon in the recurring role of Meemaw's boyfriend and Sheldon's physics professor, Dr
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2010· 1 entry
Shawn appeared as Alan Rubin on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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2005· 1 entry
With the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award as a Master American Dramatist
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2004· 1 entry
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
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1997· 1 entry
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 Marxi
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1986· 1 entry
And The Fever won an Obie for Best American Play in 1991
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1979· 1 entry
Playing Diane Keaton's ex-husband in Woody Allen's Manhattan and an insurance agent in Bob Fosse's All That Jazz
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1970· 1 entry
When he met Andre Gregory, who has since directed several of his plays
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1943· 1 entry
Born 1943-11-12.
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