
Age: 82
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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 (2017–2024), 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Wallace Shawn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Wallace Shawn

Lester Crest
for Lester Crest in Grand Theft Auto (1995)
Suggested by the_mush

Set in the sprawling excess of mid-1990s Los Santos, Grand Theft Auto follows a retired bank robber living under federal protection whose carefully constructed suburban life masks a growing dissatisfaction with comfort and anonymity. When a chance encounter with an ambitious young hustler reignites his appetite for risk, the two form an uneasy partnership built on opportunity and ego. Their plans begin small, but the lure of status and legacy pushes them toward increasingly dangerous territory. The fragile alliance is further complicated by the return of a volatile figure from the older man’s past, whose loyalty runs as deep as his instability. As the trio navigate high-stakes heists, corrupt officials, and powerful interests operating behind the scenes, personal ambition threatens to fracture what little trust exists between them. In a city driven by image and greed, the pursuit of one last triumph becomes a test of survival — and of how much each man is willing to sacrifice for control.


