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Wallace Shawn
Playwright, Film actor
1943 –
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Who is Wallace Shawn?
Wallace Michael "Wally" Shawn is an American actor, playwright, and essayist. His best-known film roles include Wally Shawn in My Dinner with Andre, Vizzini in The Princess Bride, and Rex the toy dinosaur in the Toy Story animated film series.
His plays include The Designated Mourner, Aunt Dan and Lemon, and Grasses of a Thousand Colors; he also co-wrote the screenplay for My Dinner with Andre with Andre Gregory, and scripted Vanya on 42nd Street, a film adaptation of Anton Chekov's play Uncle Vanya.
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- Born
- Nov 12, 1943
New York City - Also known as
- Wallace Michael Shawn
- Wally Shawn
- Wallace Michael "Wally" Shawn
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- The Putney School
- Lived in
- New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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