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Austin Pendleton is that quintessential character actor you might recognize. We follow Austin as he reflects on his life and craft, while his A-list peers discuss his vast influence, dogged determination, and what it means to be an original in today's celebrity-obsessed world. (Tribeca Film Festival)
Cast
Austin Pendleton
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Front Page (1974)
Natalie Portman
Israel
Best movies:
Léon: The Professional (1994)
Heat (1995)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Meryl Streep
USA
Best movies:
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Out of Africa (1985)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Ethan Hawke
USA
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Lord of War (2005)
Gattaca (1997)
Philip Seymour Hoffman
USA
Best movies:
Mary and Max (2009)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Cold Mountain (2003)
Peter Sarsgaard
USA
Best movies:
Dopesick (2021) (series)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Maggie Gyllenhaal
USA
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Laurie Metcalf
USA
Best movies:
Toy Story (1995)
JFK (1991)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Wallace Shawn
USA
Best movies:
Toy Story (1995)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Denis O'Hare
USA
Best movies:
Changeling (2008)
21 Grams (2003)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Bob Balaban
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Olympia Dukakis
USA
Best movies:
The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
Cloudburst (2011)
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Michael Cerveris
USA
Best movies:
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Man of Steel (2013)
Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
Gene Gallerano
Best movies:
Bottle Rocket (1996)
David H. Holmes
Best movies:
Before I Disappear (2014)
Birdman (2014)
Stealing Cars (2015)
Kevin Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Salomé (2013)
Orphans (1987)
The Doe Boy (2001)
Louis Zorich
USA
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Detachment (2011)
Death of a Salesman (1985) (TV movie)
Paul Lazar
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Philadelphia (1993)
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Kate Arrington
USA
Best movies:
The Irishman (2019)
Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)
Hello I Must Be Going (2012)
Robert Breuler
USA
Best movies:
The Crucible (1996)
The Company (2003)
Miles from Home (1988)