[3][4][5][6] As of 2012[update], he lives in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Esmeralda voiced by Harvey Fierstein. Alternate names Wallace Shawn is an Award-winning actor possibly best know by "Ferengi fans" from Star Trek, for portraying the Ferengi Grand Nagus Zek. Though he got out of the starting gate rather slowly, he has since excelled on stage, television and film while managing to turn himself into a winner with his loser-type looks. Bulletman voiced by Sylvester Stallone. Wallace Shawn attending the 57th annual New York Film Fest in October 2019. Shawn's political work has invited controversy, as he often presents the audience with several contradictory points of view. Source Gen. Wallace Shawn attending the 62nd annual Writers Guild Awards in February 2010. [23] He is a member of Jewish Voice for Peace and is on the advisory board. Shawn is credited as translator of Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera, which opened at Studio 54 in Manhattan on March 25, 2006. and the Goblin King Main article(s): Scooby-Doo! Discussion; Bug Reporting; Delete/Combine Pages A native of New York City, New York, Shawn graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history from Harvard University. Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, voice actor, playwright, essayist and comedian who performed the voice of Rex in Pixar 's first movie Toy Story. He also traveled to India as an English teacher on a Fulbright program. American Wallace Shawn attending the 50th annual New York Film Fest in October 2012. Writer and performer Wallace Shawn’s landmark 1996 play features three characters—a respected poet, his daughter, and her English-professor husband—suspected of subversion in a world where culture has come under the control of the ruling oligarchy. On February 4, 2010, Shawn appeared as Alan Rubin on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Wallace Shawn, Actor: The Princess Bride. Occupation Shawn was born in New York City, to a Jewish family. It is a collection of essays that express his perceptions of politics and other aspects of his life. Disney Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Wallace Shawn is an American screen and voice actor. ", "Wallace Shawn, The Art of Theater No. Buffalo Bob voiced by James Arnold Taylor. Wallace Michael Shawn is an American actor, voice actor, playwright, essayist, and comedian. [8] Shawn attended The Putney School, a private liberal arts high school in Putney, Vermont, and graduated with a A.B. Biography. Partner Shaun Anthony Linford Wallace (born 2 June 1960) is an English barrister, lecturer and television personality of Jamaican descent.He is a "chaser" on the ITV quiz show The Chase.Wallace is a part-time lecturer and visits schools, colleges and other institutions to educate students on aspects of law. His television work includes recurring roles as Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl (2008–2012), and Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2018–). In OK K.O. He made his film debut in 1979, playing Diane Keaton's ex-husband in Woody Allen's Manhattan and an insurance agent in Bob Fosse's All That Jazz. American character actor and writer Wallace Shawn has one of those fun, mischievously homely faces just made to entertain. Binkley voiced by Raven Symone. [14] Three of Shawn's plays have been adapted into films: The Designated Mourner (basically a film version of David Hare's stage production), Marie and Bruce and The Fever. 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