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Wallace Shawn is an American actor, playwright, essayist, and screenwriter, born on November 12, 1943, in New York City. He is known for his roles in The Princess Bride, Clueless, Toy Story, and six Woody Allen films, among others.
A 1981 comedy-drama film written by and starring Wallace Shawn and André Gregory as fictionalized versions of themselves. The film depicts their conversation over dinner in a New York restaurant, where they discuss theater, life, and spirituality.
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A Master Builder is a 2013 film directed by Jonathan Demme, based on Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder. The film stars Wallace Shawn as an aging architect who imagines a relationship with a young woman.
The Designated Mourner is a play written by Wallace Shawn in 1996, which was adapted into a film and was directed by David Hare in 1997.. The film, which follows the play's script closely, is based on the original London stage production directed by Hare and has the same cast: Mike Nichols as Jack, Miranda Richardson as Judy, and David de Keyser as Howard.
The Fever is a 2004 psychological drama film starring Vanessa Redgrave as a woman who undergoes a moral crisis after visiting a third world country. The film explores the themes of global inequality, consumerism and existentialism through a monologue by the playwright Wallace Shawn.
The Nagus is the 11th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 1, featuring Wallace Shawn as the Ferengi leader Grand Nagus Zek. It is a homage to The Godfather, with Quark as the new Nagus and Jake and Nog as his friends.
In 1975 he directed Our Late Night, the first produced play by Wallace Shawn, which began a long working relationship between the two men. Shortly afterward, Gregory's growing misgivings about the role of theatre in modern life, and what he felt was a trend toward fascism in the United States, led him to abruptly abandon theatre and leave the ...