Paul Reiser

Paul Reiser

Known for
Acting
Born
March 30, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
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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Filmography

2025
Long Story Short poster

Long Story Short

TV · as Elliott (voice) · 10 eps

2024
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F poster

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

Movie · as Jeffrey

2024
The Problem with People poster

The Problem with People

Movie · as Barry

2024
The Gutter poster

The Gutter

Movie · as Angelo

2024
Aliens Expanded poster

Aliens Expanded

Movie · as Self

2024
Paul Reiser: Life, Death & Rice Pudding poster

Paul Reiser: Life, Death & Rice Pudding

Movie · as Self

2022
Reboot poster

Reboot

TV · as Gordon · 8 eps

2022
George Carlin's American Dream poster

George Carlin's American Dream

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
Fatherhood poster

Fatherhood

Movie · as Paul

2021
Scenes from an Empty Church poster

Scenes from an Empty Church

Movie · as The Dad

2020
Horse Girl poster

Horse Girl

Movie · as Gary

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
The Movies That Made Us poster

The Movies That Made Us

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Boys poster

The Boys

TV · as The Legend · 3 eps

2019
Mad About You poster

Mad About You

TV · as Paul Buchman · 12 eps

2019
Fosse/Verdon poster

Fosse/Verdon

TV · as Cy Feuer · 2 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
The Spy Who Dumped Me poster

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Movie · as Arnie

2018
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale poster

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

TV · as Self - Additional Guest · 1 ep

2018
The Kominsky Method poster

The Kominsky Method

TV · as Martin Schneider · 6 eps

2018
The Romanoffs poster

The Romanoffs

TV · as Bob Isaacson · 1 ep

2017
Miles poster

Miles

Movie · as Lloyd Bryant

2017
The Book of Love poster

The Book of Love

Movie · as Wendell

2017
I Do... Until I Don't poster

I Do... Until I Don't

Movie · as Harvey Burger

2017
The Little Hours poster

The Little Hours

Movie · as Ilario

2017
Beyond Stranger Things poster

Beyond Stranger Things

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2016
Joshy poster

Joshy

Movie · as Steve

2016
The Darkness poster

The Darkness

Movie · as Simon Richards

2016
War on Everyone poster

War on Everyone

Movie · as Gerry Stanton

2016
Stranger Things poster

Stranger Things

TV · as Dr. Sam Owens · 19 eps

2015
Concussion poster

Concussion

Movie · as Dr. Elliot Pellman

2014
Life After Beth poster

Life After Beth

Movie · as Noah Orfman

2014
Whiplash poster

Whiplash

Movie · as Jim

2014
Red Oaks poster

Red Oaks

TV · as Getty · 26 eps

2014
TripTank poster

TripTank

TV · as Gary (voice) · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2013
Behind the Candelabra poster

Behind the Candelabra

Movie · as Mr. Felder

2011
The Paul Reiser Show poster

The Paul Reiser Show

TV · as Paul Reiser · 4 eps

2009
Funny People poster

Funny People

Movie · as Paul Reiser

2005
The Thing About My Folks poster

The Thing About My Folks

Movie · as Ben Kleinman

2005
The Aristocrats poster

The Aristocrats

Movie · as Self

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' poster

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Purpose poster

Purpose

Movie · as Ben Fisher

2002
Women vs. Men poster

Women vs. Men

Movie · as Bruce

2001
One Night at McCool's poster

One Night at McCool's

Movie · as Carl Harding

2001
Strange Relations poster

Strange Relations

Movie · as Jerry Lipman

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm

TV · as Paul Reiser · 1 ep

1999
Pros & Cons poster

Pros & Cons

Movie · as Prison Man #1

1999
The Story of Us poster

The Story of Us

Movie · as Dave

1999
Get Bruce! poster

Get Bruce!

Movie · as Self

1999
Diner: On The Flip Side poster

Diner: On The Flip Side

Movie · as Self

1998
Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time poster

Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time

Movie · as Self

1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Movie · as Self

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1995
Bye Bye Love poster

Bye Bye Love

Movie · as Donny Carson

1994
Mr. Write poster

Mr. Write

Movie · as Charlie Fischer

1994
Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of Characters

Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of Characters

Movie · as Himself - Host

1993
The Tower poster

The Tower

Movie · as Tony Minot

1993
Family Prayers poster

Family Prayers

Movie · as Dan Lidner

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue

Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue

Movie · as Paul Reiser

1992
Mad About You poster

Mad About You

TV · as Paul Buchman · 164 eps

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 1 ep

1991
Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from Home poster

Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from Home

Movie · as Self

1991
The Marrying Man poster

The Marrying Man

Movie · as Phil Golden

1990
Crazy People poster

Crazy People

Movie · as Stephen Bachman

1989
Comic Relief III poster

Comic Relief III

Movie · as Self

1988
Martini Ranch: Reach poster

Martini Ranch: Reach

Movie · as Snakeoil Salesman (uncredited)

1987
Beverly Hills Cop II poster

Beverly Hills Cop II

Movie · as Jeffrey Friedman

1987
Cross My Heart poster

Cross My Heart

Movie · as Bruce Gaynor

1987
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim poster

Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim

Movie · as Self

1987
You Ruined My Life poster

You Ruined My Life

Movie · as Dexter Bunche

1987
My Two Dads poster

My Two Dads

TV · as Michael Taylor · 60 eps

1986
Aliens poster

Aliens

Movie · as Burke

1986
Odd Jobs poster

Odd Jobs

Movie · as Max

1986
From Here to Maternity poster

From Here to Maternity

Movie · as Marco

1984
Beverly Hills Cop poster

Beverly Hills Cop

Movie · as Jeffrey

1983
Sunset Limousine poster

Sunset Limousine

Movie · as Jay Neilson

1983
Diner poster

Diner

Movie · as Modell

1982
Diner poster

Diner

Movie · as Modell

1982
Remington Steele poster

Remington Steele

TV · as Ivan Turbell · 1 ep

1982
Late Night with David Letterman poster

Late Night with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1975
People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep