Wallace Shawn

Wallace Shawn
Shawn in May 2014
Born	Wallace Michael Shawn (1943-11-12) November 12, 1943 (age 80) New York City, New York, US
Education	Harvard University (AB) Magdalen College, Oxford
Occupations	Actor playwright essayist screenwriter
Years active	1965–present
Spouse	Deborah Eisenberg[1]
Parents	William Shawn Cecille Lyon
Relatives	Allen Shawn (brother)

Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, playwright, essayist, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), and voicing Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present).

Shawn also appeared in The Bostonians (1984), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), 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 Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2018–2024).

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.^[2] Haymarket Books published his books Essays (2009) and Night Thoughts (2017).