Paul Reiser

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: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1957-03-30

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1982	Diner	Modell	68
2	1983	Diner	Modell	50
3	1983	Sunset Limousine	Jay Neilson	40
4	1984	Beverly Hills Cop	Jeffrey	72
5	1986	Odd Jobs	Max	42
6	1986	From Here to Maternity	Marco	0
7	1986	Aliens	Burke	80
8	1987	You Ruined My Life	Dexter Bunche	53
9	1987	Beverly Hills Cop II	Jeffrey Friedman	65
10	1987	Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim	Self	0
11	1987	Cross My Heart	Bruce Gaynor	51
12	1989	Comic Relief III	Self	0
13	1990	Crazy People	Stephen Bachman	58
14	1991	The Marrying Man	Phil Golden	56
15	1991	Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from Home	Self	0
16	1992	Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue	Paul Reiser	0
17	1993	Family Prayers	Dan Lidner	57
18	1993	The Tower	Tony Minot	36
19	1994	Mr. Write	Charlie Fischer	20
20	1994	Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of Characters	Himself - Host	0
21	1995	Bye Bye Love	Donny Carson	59
22	1997	Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life	Self	60
23	1998	Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time	Self	75
24	1999	Pros & Cons	Prison Man #1	30
25	1999	Get Bruce!	Self	62
26	1999	Diner: On The Flip Side	Self	0
27	1999	The Story of Us	Dave	60
28	2001	My Beautiful Son	Jerry Lipman	0
29	2001	One Night at McCool's	Carl Harding	59
30	2002	Purpose	Ben Fisher	44
31	2002	Women vs. Men	Bruce	44
32	2003	Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'	Self (archive footage)	76
33	2005	The Thing About My Folks	Ben Kleinman	63
34	2005	The Aristocrats	Self	59
35	2009	Funny People	Paul Reiser	59
36	2013	Behind the Candelabra	Mr. Felder	66
37	2014	Life After Beth	Noah Orfman	55
38	2014	Whiplash	Jim	84
39	2015	Concussion	Dr. Elliot Pellman	71
40	2016	The Darkness	Simon Richards	48
41	2016	Joshy	Steve	56
42	2016	War on Everyone	Gerry Stanton	58
43	2017	The Book of Love	Wendell	64
44	2017	Miles	Lloyd Bryant	56
45	2017	The Little Hours	Ilario	58
46	2017	I Do... Until I Don't	Harvey Burger	50
47	2018	The Spy Who Dumped Me	Arnie	64
48	2020	Horse Girl	Gary	57
49	2021	Fatherhood	Paul	75
50	2021	Scenes from an Empty Church	The Dad	30
51	2024	Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F	Jeffrey	67
52	2024	Aliens Expanded	Self	100
53	2024	The Problem with People	Barry	56
54	2024	The Gutter	Angelo	40
55	2024	Paul Reiser: Life, Death & Rice Pudding	Self	10

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Emmy Awards	Self	75
2	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
3	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
4	1982	Remington Steele	Ivan Turbell	71
5	1987	My Two Dads	Michael Taylor	63
6	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
7	1992	Mad About You	Paul Buchman	67
8	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	71
9	1997	The View	Self - Guest	45
10	1997	The View	Self	45
11	2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Paul Reiser	80
12	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!		55
13	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
14	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest	61
15	2011	The Paul Reiser Show	Paul Reiser	60
16	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	58
17	2014	TripTank	Gary (voice)	51
18	2014	Red Oaks	Getty	73
19	2016	Stranger Things	Sam Owens	86
20	2017	Beyond Stranger Things	Self	73
21	2018	The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale	Self - Additional Guest	60
22	2018	The Romanoffs	Bob Isaacson	65
23	2018	The Kominsky Method	Martin Schneider	75
24	2019	Fosse/Verdon	Cy Feuer	72
25	2019	The Boys	The Legend	85
26	2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	51
27	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	63
28	2019	Mad About You	Paul Buchman	84
29	2019	The Movies That Made Us	Self	72
30	2022	George Carlin's American Dream	Self	79
31	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42
32	2022	Reboot	Gordon	67