and as a caricature of himself in BoJack Horseman. Shawn said that Toy Story director John Lasseter may have seen both his My Dinner with Andre and The Princess Bride roles and saw him as "excitable" like Rex. In The Fox and the Hound, he was originally going to voice Boomer, but dropped out and was replaced by Paul Winchell. In Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Shawn replaced Jon Lovitz as the voice of Calico. He also provided the voice of Mr. Mustela in The Addams Family 2 in 2021. Personal life In June 2013, Shawn and many other public figures appeared in a video showing support for Chelsea Manning. He referred to himself as a socialist in his essay "Why I Call Myself a Socialist: Is the World Really a Stage?", which was published online and later in his Essays. Shawn is Jewish and identifies religiously as an atheist. , he lives in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. He voiced his support for the Palestinian people during the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict. He is a member of Jewish Voice for Peace and is on the advisory board. His longtime companion is writer Deborah Eisenberg. Filmography Film Television Video games Theatre Musical Bibliography References Further reading External links An Innocent Man in Guantanamo with readings by Wallace Shawn at LIVE from the New York Public Library, April 4, 2008 Lannan Foundation: Wallace Shawn reading of The Fever 1943 births Living people Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Jewish American atheists American male comedians American male film actors American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors American sketch comedians American stand-up comedians American Marxists American socialists Audiobook narrators Collegiate School (New York) alumni Comedians from New York City Dalton School alumni Harvard College alumni Jewish American male comedians Jewish American male actors Jewish socialists Male actors from New York City Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters New York (state) socialists People from Chelsea, Manhattan The Putney School alumni 20th-century American comedians 21st-century American comedians 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American essayists 21st-century American essayists 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Fulbright alumni