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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.
Superman versus the Cosmic Conspiracy is my new fan fiction movie, using the established characters - but with some updates and variations. Sort of like the real 2025 film, my movie centers on news reporter Clark Kent at the start of his career. Clark finds 3 interlocking stories - one of which is that someone - or some thing - "killed" Krypton. In my movie, the Planet Krypton explodes - due to careless mistakes by the supposedly "advanced" civilization inhabitants. It gets worse! It turns out that, just after Krypton explodes, its sun - called "Rao" - is *deliberately* detonated by a so-called "cosmic conspiracy". The resulting supernova vaporizes all traces of Krypton's culture. I do not change the fact that Kal-el looks human - but he is not. Clark Kent looks "white" - but, again, he is *not*. In fact, Kal-el is an orphan in the broadest sense; the only survivor of a once proud, advanced race of beings. He loves his adopted home planet, and foster parents / people - and he wants to be a role model for all of humanity - not just for Americans. Bottom line: since created by two teens in 1938, Superman has always had two "super powers: (1) He has a "secret" identity; a "day" and "night" job. even better, (2) Clark Kent's day job is an investigative reporter, who seeks to enlighten his viewers and readers with the truth. Again, - unlike th real proposed film, my movie is *not* a reboot - or "legacy" - it's a stand alone major creation.
