Wallace Shawn
Shawn in May 2014
Born	(1943-11-12) November 12, 1943 (age 81) New York City, U.S.
Education	Harvard University (BA) Magdalen College, Oxford
Occupations	Actor voice artist comedian playwright essayist
Years active	1967–present
Partner	Deborah Eisenberg[1]
Parents	William Shawn (father) Cecille Shawn (mother)
Relatives	Allen Shawn (brother)

Wallace Michael Shawn (born 12 November 1943^[2]) is an American actor, voice actor, playwright, and essayist, best known as the voice of Rex in the Toy Story series, Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Calico in Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Vizzini in The Princess Bride, and the voice of Taotie in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and most recently John Sturges in Young Sheldon. Shawn is from New York City.^[2]

Shawn was born in New York City, to a Jewish family.^[3][4][5][6] His parents are William Shawn (1907–1992), the long-time editor of The New Yorker, and journalist Cecille Shawn (née Lyon; 1906–2005); his brother, Allen, is a composer.^[7]

• Higgins, J. (2012). "The End of Room-Space: Domesticity and the Absent Audience in Wallace Shawn's the Fever". Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism. 26 (2): 57–74. doi:10.1353/dtc.2012.0017. S2CID 191948394.
• King, W. D. (1997). Writing Wrongs: The Work of Wallace Shawn. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 1-56639-517-8.

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• Wallace Shawn at the Internet Broadway Database
• Wallace Shawn at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Hilton Als (Summer 2012). "Wallace Shawn, The Art of Theater No. 17". The Paris Review. Summer 2012 (201).

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