Wallace Shawn is an American film actor, screenwriter, writer and playwright, was born on November 12, 1943 in New York, USA in a family of quite famous and popular journalists. Wallace spent his school years at Putney High School, in which he showed himself at a fairly high level of knowledge and graduated with honors. After graduating from high school, Sean decided to continue his studies and entered Harvard University in the history department, and also studied philosophy and economics at the
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Wallace Shawn is an American film actor, screenwriter, writer and playwright, was born on November 12, 1943 in New York, USA in a family of quite famous and popular journalists. Wallace spent his school years at Putney High School, in which he showed himself at a fairly high level of knowledge and graduated with honors.
After graduating from high school, Sean decided to continue his studies and entered Harvard University in the history department, and also studied philosophy and economics at the University of Oxford. As a student, Wallace dreamed of becoming a diplomat, so after graduation he lived and worked in India for some time.
However, despite everything, Sean’s creative talents and acting abilities could not go unnoticed and very quickly manifested themselves in the awakening of the desire to try his hand at filmmaking. To take the first step on this path, Wallace entered acting courses, after graduating from which, a successful actor and screenwriter found a use for his talents.
In 1970, Wallace Sean first appeared in public as an actor and playwright. The audience warmly welcomed a real professional in his work, a person of kindness and openness, smart and understanding, who was ready to play, write and create for people, working with full dedication, embodying his thoughts, ideas, dreams in life.
In 1978, viewers saw Sean in the television series Taxi. In 1979, Wallace made his acting debut – he starred in several films at once: “All This Jazz”, “Manhattan” and “Atlantic City” from quite famous directors Woody Allen, Bob Foss and Louis Mal.
In 1981, Sean wrote the script for the film My Lunch with Andre, in which he and his colleague Andre Gregory played themselves. In 1982, the film was awarded the Boston Film Critics Association Award.
Real fame and colossal success came to Sean in 1987, when he played the role of Visini in the comedy The Princess Bride.
In addition to filming, writing scripts for films, Wallace also actively works in the voice of films, his male timbre, a beautiful voice, and radio listeners know. In television, Sean also works as a TV presenter. The versatility of his talent, professionalism and desire to work for people, charge Sean with great energy and the desire to create further, without stopping at what has been achieved. /
