Paul Reiser

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-03-30 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Paul Reiser

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.

Acting

1984

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

2005

1999

1982

Diner

as Modell

2005

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

You Ruined My Life

as Dexter Bunche

1993

The Tower

as Tony Minot

2013

2014

Life After Beth

as Noah Orfman

2009

Funny People

as Paul Reiser

2002

2014

Whiplash

as Jim

2015

Concussion

as Dr. Elliot Pellman

1994

Mr. Write

as Charlie Fischer

2017

Miles

as Lloyd Bryant

2024

The Gutter

as Angelo

2016

Joshy

as Steve

1993

Family Prayers

as Dan Lidner

2017

2017

I Do... Until I Don't

as Harvey Burger

2016

The Darkness

as Simon Richards

2024

2017

2016

War on Everyone

as Gerry Stanton

1983

Sunset Limousine

as Jay Neilson

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)

1989

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