David Paymer

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-08-30 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Oceanside, Long Island, New York, USA

David Paymer

Biography

David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, and television director.

Acting

1996

Unforgettable

as Curtis Avery

1991

City Slickers

as Ira Shalowitz

1999

Payback

as Arthur Stegman

1999

Chill Factor

as Dr. Richard Long

1987

No Way Out

as Technician

2004

1995

Nixon

as Ron Ziegler

2000

State and Main

as Marty Rossen

1996

Carpool

as Daniel Miller

1999

Mumford

as Dr. Ernest Delbanco

1994

Quiz Show

as Dan Enright

1995

Get Shorty

as Leo Devoe

1997

Amistad

as Secretary John Forsyth

1995

1998

Mighty Joe Young

as Harry Ruben

2005

School of Life

as Matt Warner

1997

The 6th Man

as Coach Pederson

2000

Bait

as Agent Wooly

1986

Pleasures

as Stanley

1997

Gang Related

as Elliot Goff

1985

Perfect

as Managing Editor

1990

Crazy People

as George

1989

2009

Drag Me to Hell

as Mr. Jacks

1994

1988

2005

Warm Springs

as Louis Howe

2003

Alex & Emma

as John Shaw

2002

RFK

as Dick Goodwin

1979

The In-Laws

as Cabbie

2001

Bartleby

as The Boss

2012

1998

2005

Checking Out

as Ted Applebaum

2011

Twixt

as Sam

2019

Fanboy

as Angry Ice Cream Customer

1998

Outside Ozona

as Alan Defaux

1984

2002

Joe and Max

as Joe Jacobs

1997

2014

2000

Partners

as Bob

2017

Lemon

as Dr. Gold

2001

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

as Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice)

2014

Two-Bit Waltz

as The Lawyer

2001

Focus

as Mr. Finkelstein

1979

The In-Laws

as Cab Driver

1981

1986

Night of the Creeps

as Young Scientist

1999

The Hurricane

as Myron Bedlock

2000

Bounce

as Prosecuting Attorney Mandel (uncredited)

1996

City Hall

as Abe Goodman

2004

1996

Crime of the Century

as David Wilentz

2022

Mr. Saturday Night

as Stan Yankleman

2008

Redbelt

as Richard

2007

Ocean's Thirteen

as The V.U.P.

2025

Bad Shabbos

as Richard

1986

Howard the Duck

as Larry, Scientist

1985

Love, Mary

as David Lewis

1984

Best Defense

as Kurly

2011

Bad Teacher

as Doctor Vogel

2016

The Pickle Recipe

as Uncle Morty

-

Butterfly in the Typewriter

as Stanley Kauffmann

1988

2018

Accident Man

as Milton

2020

1993

Heart and Souls

as Hal the Bus Driver

2004

Spartan

as TV News Anchor (uncredited)

2020

Horse Girl

as Doctor

2020

Bad Therapy

as Dr. Edward Kingsley

1994

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

as Deputy Dist. Atty. Feldberg

1995

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again

as Deputy D.A. Feldberg

1982

Airplane II: The Sequel

as Court Photographer

1983

Grace Kelly

as Jay Kanter

1999

Dash and Lilly

as Arthur Kober

2002

The Burial Society

as Morry Zimmer

Production

2005

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