Paul Reiser
Birthplace: New York City
Born: 1956-03-30
Occupations recorded in source
actor; composer; essayist; film actor; musician; pianist; screenwriter; songwriter; stage actor; television actor; writer
Biography from Wikipedia
Paul Reiser (/ˈraɪzər/; born March 30, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He played the roles of Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You (which he also co-created), Modell in the 1982 film Diner, and Detective Jeffrey Friedman in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise. He has gained recognition for his roles as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Dr. Sam Owens in the Netflix series Stranger Things.
Reiser portrayed Carter Burke in James Cameron's Aliens (1986). He appeared in the second and third seasons of The Kominsky Method (2019–2021) as Martin, Mindy Kominsky's boyfriend.
Reiser has been ranked 77th on Comedy Central's 2004 list of the "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time". The name of his production company, Nuance Productions, is inspired by one of his lines in the film Diner, where his character explains his discomfort with the word "nuance".
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024) — Jeffrey
- The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) — Arnie
- I Do... Until I Don't (2017) — Harvey
- The Little Hours (2017) — Ilario
- The Darkness (2016) — Simon Richards
- The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (2016) — Wendell
- War on Everyone (2016) — Lt. Gerry Stanton
- Concussion (2015) — Dr. Elliot Pellman
- Life After Beth (2014) — Noah Orfman
- Whiplash (2014) — Jim
- Behind the Candelabra (2013) — Scott's Attorney
- Funny People (2009) — Himself
- The Aristocrats (2005)
- The Thing About My Folks (2005) — Ben Kleinman
- One night at Mccool's (2001) — Carl Harding
- Get Bruce (1999)
- The Story of Us (1999) — Dave, Ben's literary agent
- Bye Bye Love (1995) — Donny Carson
- Mr. Write (1994)
- The Marrying Man (1991) — Phil Golden
- Crazy People (1990) — Stephen Bachman
- Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) — Det. Jeffrey Friedman
- Cross My Heart (1987)
- Aliens (1986) — Carter J. Burke
- Odd Jobs (1986)
- Beverly Hills Cop (1984) — Jeffrey
- Diner (1983)
- Diner (1982) — Modell
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Aubrey Plaza · 3 films
- Eddie Murphy · 3 films
- John Ashton · 3 films
- Judge Reinhold · 3 films
- Kevin Bacon · 3 films
- Alec Baldwin · 2 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.