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Wallace Shawn - biography, date of birth, place of birth, filmography, clips, actor, screenwriter, producer.
Born November 12, 1943 in New York, USA into a family of famous journalists. Graduated from Putney High School, where he proved to be a capable student. Graduated from the history department of Harvard University, studied economics and philosophy at Oxford University.
He dreamed of becoming a diplomat, so he lived and worked in India for several years. However, his creative and acting abilities made themselves felt and after training in acting courses, Wallace Shawn completely devoted his life to dramatic art.
Since 1970 he has performed for the first time as a playwright and theater actor. Since 1978 he has been on TV in the TV series Taxi. In 1979 he made his film debut, starred in several films at once - "Atlantic City", "All That Jazz", "Manhattan" directed by the outstanding directors Louis Malle, Bob Foss and Woody Allen.
Wallace Shawn from the very first works showed himself as a character actor, who is subject to all the colors of the actor, both comedy and dramatic.
In 1981 he directed the experimental film "My Dinner with Andre" according to his own script, where he and his colleague Andre Gregory played themselves. This film won the Boston Film Critics Association Award (1982).
Wallace Shawn's real success came in 1987, when the actor played the role of Visini in the comedy The Princess Bride. Later, the actor actively starred in comedies, dramas and numerous television series.
Wallace works a lot on dubbing films and animated films, his high unusual voice is known to radio listeners, Wallace Shawn actively works as a TV presenter. Known as a writer, screenwriter, playwright.

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