The Resume

(March 27, 1940- )
Acted in ‘Catch-22 (1970),’ ‘What’s Up, Doc? (1972),’ ‘The Front Page (1974),’ ‘The Muppet Movie (1979),’ ‘St. Elsewhere (1983-1984),’ ‘Alice in Wonderland (1983),’ ‘Short Circuit (1986),’ ‘Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990),’ ‘My Cousin Vinny (1992),’ ‘My Boyfriend’s Back (1993),’ ‘Guarding Tess (1994),’ ‘Don’t Drink the Water (1994),’ ‘Home for the Holidays (1995),’ ‘Tales from the Crypt (1995),’ ‘Sgt. Bilko (1996),’ ‘The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996),’ ‘Amistad (1997),’ ‘Homicide (1998-2000),’ ‘Oz (1998-2002),’ ‘A Beautiful Mind (2001),’ ‘Finding Nemo (2003),’ ‘Uptown Girls (2003),’ ‘Law & Order (2003-2004)’ and ‘Christmas with the Kranks (2004)’

Why he might be annoying:

He is typecast as nebbishes and wimps.
He has a whiny, nasal voice.
Leonard Maltin cruelly describes him as ‘ferretlike.’
Despite a long acting resume, he’s hardly a household name.
He appeared in the critically reviled ‘Christmas with the Kranks.’

Why he might not be annoying:

He had a terrible stutter when he was young.
He is an accomplished stage actor and director.
He starred in the first production of ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’
He is had memorable bit parts in many films and TV shows.
He continues to have a successful career as a character actor.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Bow Tie Wearers
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [March] (Ranked: 3271940)
• I Appeared in a Muppet Movie
• I Attended the Premiere of Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ [1989]
• I Attended Yale
• I Stutter/Stammer
• Nasal Voices
• Nerds and Nebbishes
• Oz
• Peter Bogdanovich Films
• Profiles 13751-14000 (Ranked: 13784)
• Rodent Faces
• Sixty-Nine
• Steven Spielberg Films
• Touched by an Angel and Guest Stars
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 5]
• Wizard Beards

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 22 Votes: 18.18% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 35 Votes: 22.86% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 108 Votes: 36.11% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 77 Votes: 32.47% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 68 Votes: 63.24% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 126 Votes: 41.27% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 207 Votes: 63.29% Annoying