Austin Pendleton

Austin Pendleton

Date of Birth

1940-03-27

Place of Birth

Warren, Ohio, USA

Known for

Finding Nemo, A Beautiful Mind, The Front Page, Short Circuit, My Cousin Vinny

Most Popular Stories

Short Circuit actor Fisher Stevens regrets playing an Indian character

Posted 5 years ago

Short Circuit is probably one of the most memorable films of the '80s, thanks mostly to the likable talking robot, Johnny 5. Released on May 9, 1986, Johnny 5 still feels like a next-level movie star, brought to life via a...

A Short Circuit remake is on the way

Posted 6 years ago

I'm confident in saying that, as a kid, nobody loved Johnny 5 quite as much as I did. John Badham's SHORT CIRCUIT was on pretty much constant repeat in my household through 1987-88, and I vividly remember being near-hysterical near...

Awfully Good Movies: Mr. Nanny (Video)

Posted 9 years ago

Mr. Nanny (1993) Director: Michael Gottlieb Stars: Hulk Hogan, Sherman Hemsley, Austin Pendleton Last weekend gave us Ryan Reynolds guarding the body of Samuel L. Jackson in THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD, so Awfully Good Movies is here to take a bullet for the...

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Top 5 Movie Mistakes: Finding Nemo (Video)

Posted 10 years ago

This week sees the release of FINDING DORY, so what better time to go fishing for the Top 5 Movie Mistakes of its predecessor, 2003's FINDING NEMO. Directed by Andrew Stanton and featuring the voice talents of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres,...

Albert Brooks joins Ellen Degeneres and director Andrew Stanton for Finding Nemo 2

Posted 13 years ago

Add this to more underwhelming Pixar news for me, but apparently the studio is moving forward with the long-in-development sequel to FINDING NEMO and they’ve just secured their main attraction, Albert Brooks, who voiced the titular character’s dad, Marlin, in...

Review: Finding Nemo 3D

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: After a clown fish loses his wife and all but one of his children to a monstrous sea predator, he vows to never put his surviving son in jeopardy again. However problems arise when the boy named Nemo wants...

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The Five Best Changes George Lucas Made to the Star Wars Trilogy

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George Lucas has been tinkering with the Star Wars trilogy for years, but not all of those changes have been bad.

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The Top 10 Sega Dreamcast Games Ranked

Posted 2 days ago

We rank the Top 10 Sega Dreamcast games, from Ikaruga to Powerstone, and more, to honor the underappreciated diamond in Sega's rough.

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Poll: What’s Your Favorite Spoof Movie?

Posted 1 day ago

With Scary Movie bringing spoof comedies back to theaters, we look at the genre’s rise, fall, and comeback—and ask: what's your favorite spoof movie of all time?

A nostalgic deep dive into the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers toy craze of the 1990s, from Megazords and Morphers to rare collectibles

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How Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Became a Billion-Dollar Toy Empire

Posted 3 days ago

A nostalgic deep dive into the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers toy craze of the 1990s, from Megazords and Morphers to rare collectibles

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The End of Oak Street: There’s a nightmare on Oak Street in the new trailer of the sci-fi from the director of It Follows and J.J. Abrams

Posted 10 hours ago

The Amblin-style of a J.J. Abrams production meets the haunting, mysterious direction of David Robert Mitchell in the new trailer.

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The Top 5 Action Movie Match-Ups of the 90s

Posted 2 weeks ago

It's star vs star. We rank those movies that pit name actors against each other in devilishly fun, heated rivalries.

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Five action stars who deserved bigger movies

Posted 1 month ago

In a world of Schwarzeneggers, Stallones and Van Dammes, there are more stars that could have graced us with big action classics.

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The Top 10 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Games Ranked

Posted 1 week ago

With video games on the rise in Hollywood, we decided to look back on old school systems and rank the Top 10 Games of the NES era!

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Superman Actors Ranked: Which Actors Were the Best At Playing The Man of Steel?

Posted 3 weeks ago

We rank all of the Superman actors from worst to best!

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The Top 10 Super Nintendo (SNES) Games Ranked

Posted 3 weeks ago

We're back with a bold list that ranks the Top 10 Super Nintendo games, from beat 'em ups to platformers, Metroidvanias, and more!

Discover why Terminator 2: Judgment Day was decades ahead of its time, from groundbreaking VFX to its eerily relevant AI themes

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Why Terminator 2: Judgment Day Still Feels Ahead of Its Time

Posted 3 weeks ago

Discover why Terminator 2: Judgment Day was decades ahead of its time, from groundbreaking VFX to its eerily relevant AI themes