Actor
· Acting
Paul Reiser
Born 1956-03-30
📍 New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography 89
Long Story Short
as Elliott (voice)
2025
Paul Reiser: Life, Death & Rice Pudding
as Self
2024
The Gutter
as Angelo
2024
The Problem with People
as Barry
2024
Aliens Expanded
as Self
2024
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
as Jeffrey
2024
Reboot
as Gordon
2022
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
George Carlin's American Dream
as Self
2022
Scenes from an Empty Church
as The Dad
2021
Fatherhood
as Paul
2021
Horse Girl
as Gary
2020
The Movies That Made Us
as Self
2019
Mad About You
as Paul Buchman
2019
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
The Boys
as The Legend
2019
Fosse/Verdon
as Cy Feuer
2019
The Kominsky Method
as Martin Schneider
2018
The Romanoffs
as Bob Isaacson
2018
The Spy Who Dumped Me
as Arnie
2018
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
as Self - Additional Guest
2018
Beyond Stranger Things
as Self
2017
I Do... Until I Don't
as Harvey Burger
2017
The Little Hours
as Ilario
2017
Miles
as Lloyd Bryant
2017
The Book of Love
as Wendell
2017
War on Everyone
as Gerry Stanton
2016
Joshy
as Steve
2016
Stranger Things
as Dr. Sam Owens
2016
The Darkness
as Simon Richards
2016
Concussion
as Dr. Elliot Pellman
2015
Whiplash
as Jim
2014
Red Oaks
as Getty
2014
Life After Beth
as Noah Orfman
2014
TripTank
as Gary (voice)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
Behind the Candelabra
as Mr. Felder
2013
Funny People
as Paul Reiser
2009
The Aristocrats
as Self
2005
The Thing About My Folks
as Ben Kleinman
2005
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
as Self (archive footage)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
Women vs. Men
as Bruce
2002
Purpose
as Ben Fisher
2002
Strange Relations
as Jerry Lipman
2001
One Night at McCool's
as Carl Harding
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Paul Reiser
2000
The Story of Us
as Dave
1999
Diner: On The Flip Side
as Self
1999
Pros & Cons
as Prison Man #1
1999
Get Bruce!
as Self
1999
Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time
as Self
1998
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
The View
as Self
1997
Bye Bye Love
as Donny Carson
1995
Mr. Write
as Charlie Fischer
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
The Tower
as Tony Minot
1993
Family Prayers
as Dan Lidner
1993
Mad About You
as Paul Buchman
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from Home
as Self
1991
The Marrying Man
as Phil Golden
1991
Crazy People
as Stephen Bachman
1990
Comic Relief III
as Self
1989
Martini Ranch: Reach
as Snakeoil Salesman (uncredited)
1988
Cross My Heart
as Bruce Gaynor
1987
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
as Self
1987
My Two Dads
as Michael Taylor
1987
Beverly Hills Cop II
as Jeffrey Friedman
1987
You Ruined My Life
as Dexter Bunche
1987
Aliens
as Burke
1986
From Here to Maternity
as Marco
1986
Odd Jobs
as Max
1986
Beverly Hills Cop
as Jeffrey
1984
Sunset Limousine
as Jay Neilson
1983
Diner
as Modell
1983
Remington Steele
as Ivan Turbell
1982
Diner
as Modell
1982
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1982
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Host
1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949