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Date of Birth
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12-November-1943
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Place of Birth
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New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Wallace Michael Shawn, Wally Shawn, Wallace Michael "Wally" Shawn, Wally Shawn
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Profession
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Actor, Playwright, Voice Actor, Stand-up comedian, Essayist, Screenwriter
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Wallace Michael "Wally" Shawn is a U.S. actor, playwright, and essayist. His best-known film roles include Wally Shawn in My Dinner with Andre, Vizzini in The Princess Bride, and Rex the toy dinosaur in the Toy Story animated film series. He also starred in a variety of T.V. shows, including Gossip Girl.
His plays include The Designated Mourner, Aunt Dan and Lemon, and Grasses of a Thousand Colors; he also cowrote the screenplay for My Dinner with Andre with Andre Gregory, and scripted Vanya on 42nd Street, a film adaptation of Anton Chekov's play Uncle Vanya.
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