Biography
Wallace is a familiar face to television and film viewers, having amassed an impressive list of credits in a career that began as a teenager. He made his film debut under the name Wally Ward in Weird Science in 1985. He followed by starring in the hit Soul Man and in Keith Gordon’s The Chocolate War. Wallace then decided to work under his real name, appearing in Michael opposite John Travolta; Sister Mary Explains It All opposite Diane Keaton for director Marshall Brickman; with Eddie Murphy in Daddy Day Care; and opposite Steve Carrell and Abigail Breslin in the indie sensation, Little Miss Sunshine.
Previously, he portrayed Phil, the acerbic head writer on the Emmy-winning HBO series, The Larry Sanders Show. He starred for Marta Kauffman and David Crane (Friends) in NBC's Veronica’s Closet, and was a series regular opposite Joan Cusack in the ABC sitcom, What About Joan. His numerous television guest appearances include Sex and the City, West Wing, Medium and a memorable turn as a surgical resident on ER.
Emotion Pictures
Actor
Movies | |
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2019 |
Ford v Ferrari |
2018 |
My Dinner with Hervé (TV movie) |
The Darkest Minds |
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2017 |
Battle of the Sexes |
2016 |
LBJ |
2015 |
CSI: Immortality (TV movie) |
2014 |
Buttwhistle |
Draft Day |
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Transcendence |
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2013 |
Rain from Stars |
Somewhere Slow |
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2012 |
Hitchcock |
Ruby Sparks |
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2010 |
The Social Network |
2008 |
Growing Op |
The Great Buck Howard |
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2006 |
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese with |
Little Miss Sunshine |
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2004 |
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels' (TV movie) |
Hot Night in the City |
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2003 |
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' (TV movie) |
Daddy Day Care |
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Rubbing Charlie (TV movie) |
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2001 |
On Edge |
Sister Mary Explains It All (TV movie) |
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2000 |
Daydream Believers: The Monkees Story (TV movie) |
1996 |
God's Lonely Man |
Michael |
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1990 |
Martians Go Home |
Vital Signs |
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1989 |
A Deadly Silence (TV movie) |
Under the Boardwalk |
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1988 |
The Chocolate War |
The Invisible Kid |
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1986 |
Combat High (TV movie) |
Soul Man |
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1985 |
Children of the Night (TV movie) |
Thunder Run |
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Une créature de rêve |
Documentaries | |
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2000 |
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special (TV movie) |
Uncle Saddam |
Short | |
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2020 |
The Ball Method |
2019 |
Sophie’s Quinceañera |
2018 |
Sorry, Not Sorry |
Screenwriter
Series | |
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2010 |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |
Field Mice (S10E18) |
Director
Series | |
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2000 |
Veronica's Closet |
Veronica's Clips (S03E19) |
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2016 |
Closure |
Performer
Shows | |
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1998 |
Hollywood Squares |
1996 |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show |
Producer
Short | |
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2016 |
Closure |