David Paymer
Aug 30, 1954 - Oceanside, Long Island, New York, USA
David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, and television director.
Credits
Cast
Media | ||||
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| Movie | 1996 | Unforgettable | Curtis Avery | |
| Movie | 1991 | City Slickers | Ira Shalowitz | |
| Movie | 1999 | Payback | Arthur Stegman | |
| Movie | 1999 | Chill Factor | Dr. Richard Long | |
| Movie | 2004 | In Good Company | Morty | |
| Movie | 1987 | No Way Out | Technician | |
| Movie | 1995 | Nixon | Ron Ziegler | |
| Movie | 2000 | State and Main | Marty Rossen | |
| Movie | 1996 | Carpool | Daniel Miller | |
| Movie | 1999 | Mumford | Dr. Ernest Delbanco | |
| Movie | 1994 | Quiz Show | Dan Enright | |
| Movie | 1995 | Get Shorty | Leo Devoe | |
| Movie | 1997 | Amistad | Secretary John Forsyth | |
| Movie | 1995 | The American President | Leon Kodak | |
| Movie | 1998 | Mighty Joe Young | Harry Ruben | |
| Movie | 2005 | School of Life | Matt Warner | |
| Movie | 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer | Kalev | |
| Movie | 1997 | The 6th Man | Coach Pederson | |
| Movie | 2000 | Bait | Agent Wooly | |
| Movie | 1986 | Pleasures | Stanley | |
| Movie | 1997 | Gang Related | Elliot Goff | |
| Movie | 1985 | Perfect | Managing Editor | |
| Movie | 1990 | Crazy People | George | |
| Movie | 1989 | No Holds Barred | Unger | |
| Movie | 2009 | Drag Me to Hell | Mr. Jacks | |
| Movie | 1994 | In Search of Dr. Seuss | The Ad Man | |
| Movie | 1988 | The Absent-Minded Professor | Mr. Oliphant | |
| Movie | 2005 | Warm Springs | Louis Howe | |
| Movie | 2003 | Alex & Emma | John Shaw | |
| Movie | 2002 | RFK | Dick Goodwin | |
| Movie | 1979 | The In-Laws | Cabbie | |
| Movie | 2001 | Bartleby | The Boss | |
| Movie | 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement | Pete Solomon | |
| Movie | 1998 | The Lesser Evil | George | |
| Movie | 2005 | Checking Out | Ted Applebaum | |
| Movie | 1992 | Mr. Saturday Night | Stan | |
| Movie | 2011 | Twixt | Sam | |
| Movie | 2019 | Fanboy | Angry Ice Cream Customer | |
| Movie | 1998 | Outside Ozona | Alan Defaux | |
| Movie | 1984 | Irreconcilable Differences | Alan Sluiser | |
| Movie | 2002 | Joe and Max | Joe Jacobs | |
| Movie | 1997 | The Long Way Home | (voice) | |
| Movie | 2014 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Dixon Lewis | |
| Movie | 2005 | My Suicidal Sweetheart | Max Sr. | |
| Movie | 2000 | Partners | Bob | |
| Movie | 2017 | Lemon | Dr. Gold | |
| Movie | 2001 | The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie | Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice) | |
| Movie | 2000 | Enemies of Laughter | Paul | |
| Movie | 2014 | Two-Bit Waltz | The Lawyer | |
| Movie | 2001 | Focus | Mr. Finkelstein | |
| Movie | 1979 | The In-Laws | Cab Driver | |
| Movie | 1981 | This House Possessed | Pasternak | |
| Movie | 1986 | Night of the Creeps | Young Scientist | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Hurricane | Myron Bedlock | |
| Movie | 1994 | City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold | Ira Shalowitz | |
| Movie | 2000 | Bounce | Prosecuting Attorney Mandel (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1996 | City Hall | Abe Goodman | |
| Movie | 2004 | Balto III: Wings of Change | Mel (voice) | |
| Movie | 2000 | For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story | Embassy interviewer | |
| Movie | 1996 | Crime of the Century | David Wilentz | |
| Movie | 2022 | Mr. Saturday Night | Stan Yankleman | |
| Movie | 2008 | Redbelt | Richard | |
| Movie | 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | The V.U.P. | |
| Movie | 2005 | Candor City Hospital | ||
| Movie | 2025 | Bad Shabbos | Richard | |
| Movie | 1986 | Howard the Duck | Larry, Scientist | |
| Movie | 1985 | Love, Mary | David Lewis | |
| Movie | 1984 | Best Defense | Kurly | |
| Movie | 2011 | Bad Teacher | Doctor Vogel | |
| Movie | 2016 | The Pickle Recipe | Uncle Morty | |
| Movie | N/A | Butterfly in the Typewriter | Stanley Kauffmann | |
| Movie | 1988 | Rock 'N Roll Mom | Boris | |
| Movie | 2018 | Accident Man | Milton | |
| Movie | 1990 | Sky High | ||
| Movie | 2000 | From Where I Sit | Bob | |
| Movie | 2020 | The Sunlit Night | Levi | |
| Movie | 2006 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Rafael Horowitz | |
| Movie | 2007 | Resurrecting the Champ | Whitley | |
| Movie | 1993 | Heart and Souls | Hal the Bus Driver | |
| Movie | 2004 | Spartan | TV News Anchor (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2020 | Horse Girl | Doctor | |
| Movie | 2019 | Where'd You Go, Bernadette | Jay Ross | |
| Movie | 2020 | Bad Therapy | Dr. Edward Kingsley | |
| Movie | 1994 | Cagney & Lacey: The Return | Deputy Dist. Atty. Feldberg | |
| Movie | 1995 | Cagney & Lacey: Together Again | Deputy D.A. Feldberg | |
| Movie | 1982 | Airplane II: The Sequel | Court Photographer | |
| Movie | 1984 | Her Life as a Man | Ted | |
| Movie | 1983 | Grace Kelly | Jay Kanter | |
| Movie | 1999 | Dash and Lilly | Arthur Kober | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Burial Society | Morry Zimmer | |
| TV Show | 1977 | Lou Grant | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1982 | Family Ties | Larry Harris | 2 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Cheers | Phil Schumacher | 3 |
| TV Show | 2007 | October Road | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2003 | Line of Fire | Jonah Malloy | 13 |
| TV Show | 2006 | Brothers and Sisters | Donald Dudley | 1 |
| TV Show | 1986 | L.A. Law | Joey Paul | 1 |
| TV Show | 1987 | 21 Jump Street | Mike Ferris | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Static Shock | Mason Andrews (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Adam Godfrey | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Fame | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2004 | Jack & Bobby | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1986 | Matlock | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1981 | Simon & Simon | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2004 | Entourage | Sammy Kane | 1 |
| TV Show | 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Andy Conway | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | The Jeffersons | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1985 | Moonlighting | Camille's PR | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The View | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2017 | Room 104 | Robert | 1 |
| TV Show | 1981 | Hill Street Blues | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1991 | The Commish | 4 | |
| TV Show | 2002 | Without a Trace | Mr. Freedman | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Happy Days | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1989 | Mancuso, F.B.I. | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1979 | Hart to Hart | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | Todd Feldberg | 11 |
| TV Show | 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1997 | The New Batman Adventures | Frank (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Night Visions | Jim Osgoode (segment "Neighborhood Watch") | 1 |
| TV Show | 2020 | DAVE | Don | 11 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Cop Rock | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1997 | Channel Umptee-3 | Sheldon S. Cargo (voice) | 13 |
| TV Show | 1981 | Open All Night | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1953 | The Oscars | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1986 | Downtown | Capt. David Kiner | 13 |
| TV Show | 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Finch / Iguana (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Justice League | Chancellor / Nomad (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Justice League | Chancellor / Captain (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2012 | Perception | Rueben Bauer | 4 |
| TV Show | 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show | Norman Litkey | 1 |
| TV Show | 2008 | The Mentalist | James "Jim" Panzer | 1 |
| TV Show | 2019 | The Morning Show | Mr. Shoenfeld | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Stephen Elroy | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Century City | Miller Sisto | 1 |
| TV Show | 2009 | The Good Wife | Judge Richard Cuesta | 9 |
| TV Show | 1978 | Taxi | Ned | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Santo Bugito | The Professor (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2017 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Harry Drake | 3 |
| TV Show | 2013 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Dr. Frederick Tate | 1 |
| TV Show | 2018 | The Conners | Gary | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | Murphy Brown | Dr. Bishop | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | My Name Is Earl | Clark Clark | 1 |
| TV Show | 2019 | On Becoming a God in Central Florida | Buck Bridges | 2 |
| TV Show | 2020 | Star Trek: Picard | Dr. Moritz Benayoun | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Barney Miller | Felix Morrissey | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Glory Days | Mac Ten's Lawyer | 1 |
| TV Show | 2022 | Minx | Myron | 1 |
| TV Show | 2024 | St. Denis Medical | Bob | 1 |
| TV Show | 2023 | Bookie | Nathan | 1 |
| TV Show | 1986 | It's Garry Shandling's Show | Richard Kimble | 1 |
| TV Show | 2025 | Good American Family | Dr. Lawrence | 3 |
Crew
Media | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movie | 2005 | Candor City Hospital | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2005 | Medium | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2003 | One Tree Hill | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2006 | Brothers and Sisters | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2008 | Privileged | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2008 | 90210 | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2004 | Jack & Bobby | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2006 | What About Brian | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2006 | Pepper Dennis | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2007 | Side Order of Life | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2002 | Everwood | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2007 | October Road | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2006 | The Unit | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2000 | Gilmore Girls | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2006 | Windfall | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2007 | Heartland | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2011 | Switched at Birth | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2011 | Hart of Dixie | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2009 | Men of a Certain Age | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2009 | Make It or Break It | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2012 | Bunheads | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2009 | Melrose Place | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2016 | Lucifer | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2010 | Life Unexpected | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2010 | Hellcats | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2008 | The Mentalist | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2010 | No Ordinary Family | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2011 | Switched at Birth | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 2013 | Mistresses | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2016 | Recovery Road | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2011 | Franklin & Bash | Director | Directing |
