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Wallace Shawn

Wallace Shawn

American actor
Wallace Michael Shawn is an American actor, playwright, essayist, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride, Mr. Hall in Clueless, Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon, and voicing Rex in the Toy Story franchise.Wikipedia
BornNovember 12, 1943
HometownNew York City, New York, US
Net worth$8 million
Height5'2" (1.57m)
SpouseDeborah Eisenberg
PartnerDeborah Eisenberg
ParentsWilliam Shawn, Cecille Lyon
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Top Stories

I Rewatched ‘The Princess Bride’ as a Boy-Mom, and I Had a Stunning Realization

  • The Princess Bride is the best movie ever. That’s just facts. And it’s a movie you can grow with, and find something new to love with every subsequent watch. I should know. I’ve probably seen it over 50 times, and my relationship to the characters, plot and message has evolved over the years. As a little girl, I loved the fairy-tale-on-steroids conceit. My friend and I would order her younger brother around and call him “farm boy.” I considered Cary Elwes to be the epitome of romance (still do!)

Videos

Wallace Shawn finds ‘Clueless’ fans to be ‘rather smart and people of good will’

Wallace Shawn, who played tough-loving teacher Mr. Wendell Hall in the 1995 film, remembers his first scene in the classroom with the rest of the cast and reflects on why people love the movie so much.
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Albums

Fever
Fever
2006
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