Name
Paul Reiser
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1956-03-30 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Paul Reiser (born March 30, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, television writer, and musician. He is known for his roles as Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You, Modell in the 1982 film Diner, Carter Burke in the 1986 film Aliens, as Detective Jeffrey Friedman in Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). More recently, Reiser is recognized as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Doug Getty in the Amazon Video series Red Oaks.
Known For
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Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules ...
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Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal sh...
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Forty years after his unforgettable first case in Beverly Hills, Detroit cop Axel Foley re...
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A couple of thirtysomething best friends unwittingly become entangled in an international ...
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Garfagnana, Italy, 1347. The handsome servant Masseto, fleeing from his vindictive master,...
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After 15 years of marriage, Katie and her husband, Ben, have grown apart. While they keep ...
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A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immig...
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Famous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats peop...
- 1984 Beverly Hills Cop as Jeffrey
- 1987 Beverly Hills Cop II as Jeffrey Friedman
- 2001 One Night at McCool's as Carl Harding
- 1986 Aliens as Burke
- 1995 Bye Bye Love as Donny Carson
- 1999 Pros & Cons as Prison Man #1
- 1998 Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time as Self
- 2005 The Thing About My Folks as Ben Kleinman
- 1999 The Story of Us as Dave
- 1982 Diner as Modell
- 2005 The Aristocrats as Self
- 1990 Crazy People as Stephen Bachman
- 1999 Get Bruce! as Self
- 1986 Odd Jobs as Max
- 2002 Purpose as Ben Fisher
- 1987 Cross My Heart as Bruce Gaynor
- 1987 Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim as Self
- 1991 Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from Home as Self
- 1987 You Ruined My Life as Dexter Bunche
- 1993 The Tower as Tony Minot
- 2013 Behind the Candelabra as Mr. Felder
- 2014 Life After Beth as Noah Orfman
- 2009 Funny People as Paul Reiser
- 2002 Women vs. Men as Bruce
- 1999 Diner: On The Flip Side as Self
- 2014 Whiplash as Jim
- 2024 Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F as Jeffrey
- 2015 Concussion as Dr. Elliot Pellman
- 1994 Mr. Write as Charlie Fischer
- 2024 The Problem with People as Barry
- 1986 From Here to Maternity as Marco
- 2017 Miles as Lloyd Bryant
- 2024 The Gutter as Angelo
- 2016 Joshy as Steve
- 1993 Family Prayers as Dan Lidner
- 2017 The Book of Love as Wendell
- 2017 I Do... Until I Don't as Harvey Burger
- 2016 The Darkness as Simon Richards
- 2024 Aliens Expanded as Self
- 2017 The Little Hours as Ilario
- 1997 Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
- 2016 War on Everyone as Gerry Stanton
- 1992 Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue as Paul Reiser
- 2018 The Spy Who Dumped Me as Arnie
- 1983 Sunset Limousine as Jay Neilson
- 1994 Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of Characters as Himself - Host
- 2021 Fatherhood as Paul
- 2020 Horse Girl as Gary
- 1991 The Marrying Man as Phil Golden
- 2001 Strange Relations as Jerry Lipman
- 1983 Diner as Modell
- 2003 Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 Scenes from an Empty Church as The Dad
- 1989 Comic Relief III as Self
- 2024 Paul Reiser: Life, Death & Rice Pudding as Self
- 1988 Martini Ranch: Reach as Snakeoil Salesman (uncredited)
- 1992 Mad About You ( 164 episodes ) as Paul Buchman
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2004 The Tony Danza Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1982 Remington Steele ( 1 episode ) as Ivan Turbell
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1987 My Two Dads ( 60 episodes ) as Michael Taylor
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2019 The Tamron Hall Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 1 episode )
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2017 Beyond Stranger Things ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1949 The Emmy Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2011 The Paul Reiser Show ( 4 episodes ) as Paul Reiser
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 2000 Curb Your Enthusiasm ( 1 episode ) as Paul Reiser
- 2014 Red Oaks ( 26 episodes ) as Getty
- 2019 The Movies That Made Us ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Reboot ( 8 episodes ) as Gordon
- 2022 George Carlin's American Dream ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2014 TripTank ( 1 episode ) as Gary (voice)
- 2018 The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale ( 1 episode ) as Self - Additional Guest
- 2019 The Boys ( 3 episodes ) as The Legend
- 2016 Stranger Things ( 19 episodes ) as Dr. Sam Owens
- 2018 The Kominsky Method ( 6 episodes ) as Martin Schneider
- 2019 Mad About You ( 12 episodes ) as Paul Buchman
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 Fosse/Verdon ( 2 episodes ) as Cy Feuer
- 2018 The Romanoffs ( 1 episode ) as Bob Isaacson
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Sherri ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode )
- 2025 Long Story Short ( 10 episodes ) as Elliott (voice)
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1975 People's Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1982 Late Night with David Letterman ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
