
David Paymer
Biography
David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, and television director.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
All's Fair as Dr. Pollan
2025Bad Shabbos as Richard
2025Good American Family as Dr. Lawrence
2024St. Denis Medical as Bob
2023Bookie as Nathan
2022Mr. Saturday Night as Stan Yankleman
2022Minx as Myron
2020The Sunlit Night as Levi
2020Bad Therapy as Dr. Edward Kingsley
2020DAVE as Don
2020Horse Girl as Doctor
2020Star Trek: Picard as Dr. Moritz Benayoun
2019The Morning Show as Mr. Shoenfeld
2019On Becoming a God in Central Florida as Buck Bridges
2019Where'd You Go, Bernadette as Jay Ross
2019Fanboy as Angry Ice Cream Customer
2018The Conners as Gary
2018Accident Man as Milton
2017There's... Johnny! as Dr. Neuberger
2017Room 104 as Robert
2017The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Harry Drake
2017Lemon as Dr. Gold
2016The Pickle Recipe as Uncle Morty
2014Two-Bit Waltz as The Lawyer
2014Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit as Dixon Lewis
2013Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Dr. Frederick Tate
2012Perception as Rueben Bauer
2012The Five-Year Engagement as Pete Solomon
2011Twixt as Sam
2011Bad Teacher as Doctor Vogel
2009The Good Wife as Judge Richard Cuesta
2009Drag Me to Hell as Mr. Jacks
2008The Mentalist as James "Jim" Panzer
2008Redbelt as Richard
2007Resurrecting the Champ as Whitley
2007Ocean's Thirteen as The V.U.P.
2007October Road
2006Brothers and Sisters as Donald Dudley
2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Rafael Horowitz
2005Ghost Whisperer as Adam Godfrey
2005My Name Is Earl as Clark Clark
2005Warm Springs as Louis Howe
2005Checking Out as Ted Applebaum
2005Candor City Hospital
2005My Suicidal Sweetheart as Max Sr.
2005School of Life as Matt Warner
2004In Good Company as Morty
2004Jack & Bobby
2004Entourage as Sammy Kane
2004Balto III: Wings of Change as Mel (voice)
2004Century City as Miller Sisto
2004Spartan as TV News Anchor (uncredited)
2003Line of Fire as Jonah Malloy
2003Alex & Emma as John Shaw
2002The Burial Society as Morry Zimmer
2002Without a Trace as Mr. Freedman
2002RFK as Dick Goodwin
2002Joe and Max as Joe Jacobs
2001Justice League as Chancellor / Captain (voice)
2001Justice League as Chancellor / Nomad (voice)
2001Focus as Mr. Finkelstein
2001The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie as Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice)
2001Night Visions as Jim Osgoode (segment "Neighborhood Watch")
2001Bartleby as The Boss
2000For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story as Embassy interviewer
2000Bounce as Prosecuting Attorney Mandel (uncredited)
2000Enemies of Laughter as Paul
2000Static Shock as Mason Andrews (voice)
2000Bait as Agent Wooly
2000State and Main as Marty Rossen
2000Partners as Bob
2000From Where I Sit as Bob
1999Mumford as Dr. Ernest Delbanco
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Stephen Elroy
1999The Hurricane as Myron Bedlock
1999Chill Factor as Dr. Richard Long
1999Dash and Lilly as Arthur Kober
1999Payback as Arthur Stegman
1998Mighty Joe Young as Harry Ruben
1998Outside Ozona as Alan Defaux
1998The Lesser Evil as George
1998Godzilla: The Series as Dean Whitehead (voice)
1998The Wild Thornberrys as Finch / Iguana (voice)
1998The Wild Thornberrys as Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice)
1997Amistad as Secretary John Forsyth
1997Channel Umptee-3 as Sheldon S. Cargo (voice)
1997Gang Related as Elliot Goff
1997The Long Way Home as (voice)
1997The New Batman Adventures as Frank (voice)
1997The View as Self
1997The 6th Man as Coach Pederson
1996Crime of the Century as David Wilentz
1996Carpool as Daniel Miller
1996Unforgettable as Curtis Avery
1996City Hall as Abe Goodman
1995Nixon as Ron Ziegler
1995The American President as Leon Kodak
1995Get Shorty as Leo Devoe
1995Cagney & Lacey: Together Again as Deputy D.A. Feldberg
1995Santo Bugito as The Professor (voice)
1994Cagney & Lacey: The Return as Deputy Dist. Atty. Feldberg
1994In Search of Dr. Seuss as The Ad Man
1994Quiz Show as Dan Enright
1994City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold as Ira Shalowitz
1993Heart and Souls as Hal the Bus Driver
1993Searching for Bobby Fischer as Kalev
1992Mr. Saturday Night as Stan
1992The Larry Sanders Show as Norman Litkey
1991The Commish
1991The Commish as Arnie
1991City Slickers as Ira Shalowitz
1990Cop Rock as Louis Newman
1990Glory Days as Mac Ten's Lawyer
1990Crazy People as George
1990Sky High
1989Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989Tales from the Crypt as Andy Conway
1989No Holds Barred as Unger
1988The Absent-Minded Professor as Mr. Oliphant
1988Murphy Brown as Dr. Bishop
1988Rock 'N Roll Mom as Boris
1987Jake and the Fatman
1987No Way Out as Technician
198721 Jump Street as Mike Ferris
1986Downtown as Capt. David Kiner
1986L.A. Law as Joey Paul
1986It's Garry Shandling's Show as Richard Kimble
1986Night of the Creeps as Young Scientist
1986Howard the Duck as Larry, Scientist
1986Pleasures as Stanley
1986Matlock as Lenny Marcus
1985Love, Mary as David Lewis
1985Perfect as Managing Editor
1985Moonlighting as Camille's PR
1984Irreconcilable Differences as Alan Sluiser
1984Best Defense as Kurly
1984Her Life as a Man as Ted
1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983Grace Kelly as Jay Kanter
1982Airplane II: The Sequel as Court Photographer
1982St. Elsewhere as Mr. Bickle
1982Cheers as Phil Schumacher
1982Family Ties as Larry Harris
1982Cagney & Lacey as Todd Feldberg
1982Fame
1981Open All Night
1981Simon & Simon
1981This House Possessed as Pasternak
1981Hill Street Blues
1979Hart to Hart
1979The In-Laws as Cabbie
1979The In-Laws as Cab Driver
1978Taxi as Ned
1977Lou Grant
1975Barney Miller as Felix Morrissey
1975The Jeffersons
1974Happy Days
1953The Oscars as Self
—Butterfly in the Typewriter as Stanley Kauffmann









