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David Paymer

Character Actor / Television Director / Actor | * 08/30/1954 (69) | Oceanside, Long Island, New York (United States of America (USA))
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David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor and television director. He has been in films such as Mr. Saturday Night, Quiz Show, Searching for Bobby Fischer, City Slickers, Crazy People, State and Main, Payback, Get Shorty, Carpool, The American President, The Hurricane, Ocean's Thirteen, and ()
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David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, and television director.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. M ...

In Good Company

PG-13

2004 | 3.0/5 | 1h 49min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Ch ...

Get Shorty

R

1995 | 3.2/5 | 1h 45min
Comedy, Thriller, Crime
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A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz. ...

State and Main

Certification unknown

2000 | 3.2/5 | 1h 42min
Comedy, Drama
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Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts ...

The American President

PG-13

1995 | 3.3/5 | 1h 54min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for David Paymer

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Movies with David Paymer as Actor(86)

as Stanley Kauffmann2023 Butterfly in the Typewriter
as Stan Yankleman2022 Mr. Saturday Night
as Levi2020 The Sunlit Night
as Doctor2020 Horse Girl
as Dr. Edward Kingsley2020 Bad Therapy
as Jay Ross2019 Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Milton2018 Accident Man
as Dr. Gold2017 Lemon
as Uncle Morty2016 The Pickle Recipe
as Dixon Lewis2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
as The Lawyer2014 Two-Bit Waltz
as Pete Solomon2012 The Five-Year Engagement
as Doctor Vogel2011 Bad Teacher
as Sam2011 Twixt
as Mr. Jacks2009 Drag Me to Hell
as Richard2008 Redbelt
as V.U.P.2007 Ocean's Thirteen
as Whitley2007 Resurrecting the Champ
as Arthur Stegman2006 Payback: Straight Up
as Matt Warner2005 School of Life
as Ted Applebaum2005 Checking Out
as Max Sr.2005 My Suicidal Sweetheart
as Rafael Horowitz2005 Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Louis Howe2005 Warm Springs
as Morty2004 In Good Company
as TV News Anchor (uncredited)2004 Spartan
as Mel (voice)2004 Balto III: Wings of Change
as John Shaw2003 Alex & Emma
as Joe Jacobs2002 Joe and Max
as Dick Goodwin2002 RFK
as Mr. Finkelstein2001 Focus
as The Boss2001 Bartleby
as Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice)2001 The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
as Paul2000 Enemies of Laughter
as Bob2000 From Where I Sit
as Agent Wooly2000 Bait
as Prosecuting Attorney Mandel (uncredited)2000 Bounce
as Embassy interviewer2000 For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
as Bob2000 Partners
as Marty Rossen2000 State and Main
as Arthur Stegman1999 Payback
as Dr. Ernest Delbanco1999 Mumford
as Arthur Kober1999 Dash and Lilly
as Dr. Richard Long1999 Chill Factor
as Myron Bedlock1999 The Hurricane
as George1998 The Lesser Evil
as Alan Defaux1998 Outside Ozona
as Harry Ruben1998 Mighty Joe Young
as (voice)1997 The Long Way Home
as Secretary John Forsyth1997 Amistad
as Elliot Goff1997 Gang Related
as Coach Pederson1997 The Sixth Man
as Curtis Avery1996 Unforgettable
as Daniel Miller1996 Carpool
as David Wilentz1996 Crime of the Century
as Abe Goodman1996 City Hall
as Leon Kodak1995 The American President
as Deputy D.A. Feldberg1995 Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
as Ron Ziegler1995 Nixon
as Leo Devoe1995 Get Shorty
as Ad Man1994 In Search of Dr. Seuss
as Ira Shalowitz1994 City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
as Dan Enright1994 Quiz Show
as Deputy Dist. Atty. Feldberg1994 Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Kalev1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Hal the Bus Driver1993 Heart and Souls
as Stan1992 Mr. Saturday Night
as Ira Shalowitz1991 City Slickers
as George1990 Crazy People
1990 Sky High
as Unger1989 No Holds Barred
as Boris1988 Rock 'N Roll Mum
as Mr. Oliphant1988 The Absent-Minded Professor
as Technician1987 No Way Out
as Stanley1986 Pleasures
as Larry, Scientist1986 Howard the Duck
as Young Scientist1986 Night of the Creeps
as Managing Editor1985 Perfect
as David Lewis1985 Love, Mary
as Alan Sluiser1984 Irreconcilable Differences
as Kurly1984 Best Defense
as Ted1984 Her Life as a Man
as Jay Kanter1983 Grace Kelly
as Court Photographer1982 Airplane II: The Sequel
as Pasternak1981 This House Possessed
as Cabbie1979 The In-Laws

TV Shows/Series with David Paymer as Actor(54)

as Don2020 DAVE
as Dr. Moritz Benayoun2020 Star Trek: Picard
as Mr. Shoenfeld2019 The Morning Show
as Gary2018 The Conners
2017 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Robert2017 Room 104
as Dr. Frederick Tate2013 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Rueben Bauer2012 Perception
as Judge Richard Cuesta2009 The Good Wife
as James "Jim" Panzer2008 The Mentalist
2007 October Road
as Donald Dudley2006 Brothers and Sisters
as Adam Godfrey2005 Ghost Whisperer
as Sammy Kane2004 Entourage
as Miller Sisto2004 Century City
2004 Jack & Bobby
as Jonah Malloy2003 Line of Fire
as Mr. Freedman2002 Without a Trace
as Jim Osgoode2001 Night Visions
as Chancellor / Captain (voice)2001 Justice League
as Chancellor / Nomad (voice)2001 Justice League
as Mason Andrews (voice)2000 Static Shock
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Finch / Iguana (voice)1998 The Wild Thornberrys
as Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice)1998 The Wild Thornberrys
as himself1997 The View
as Sheldon S. Cargo (voice)1997 Channel Umptee-3
as Frank (voice)1997 The New Batman Adventures
1995 Santo Bugito
as Norman Litkey1992 The Larry Sanders Show
1991 The Commish
1990 Cop Rock
1989 Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989 Tales from the Crypt
as Dr. Bishop1988 Murphy Brown
1987 Jake and the Fatman
as Mike Ferris1987 21 Jump Street
as Joey Paul1986 L.A. Law
1986 Matlock
as Capt. David Kiner1986 Downtown
1985 Moonlighting
1983 Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1982 Cheers
as Larry Harris1982 Family Ties
1982 Fame
as Todd Feldberg1982 Cagney & Lacey
1981 Simon & Simon
1981 Hill Street Blues
1981 Open All Night
1979 Hart to Hart
1977 Lou Grant
1975 The Jeffersons
as Felix Morrissey1975 Barney Miller
1974 Happy Days

TV Shows/Series with David Paymer as Crew(31)

Directing/Director2016 Recovery Road
Directing/Director2016 Lucifer
Directing/Director2013 Mistresses
Directing/Director2012 Bunheads
Writing/Writer2011 Switched at Birth
Directing/Director2011 Switched at Birth
Directing/Director2011 Hart of Dixie
Directing/Director2011 Franklin & Bash
Directing/Director2010 Hellcats
Directing/Director2010 Life Unexpected
Directing/Director2010 No Ordinary Family
Directing/Director2009 Make It or Break It
Directing/Director2009 Men of a Certain Age
Directing/Director2009 Melrose Place
Directing/Director2008 90210
Directing/Director2008 The Mentalist
Directing/Director2008 Privileged
Directing/Director2007 Side Order of Life
Directing/Director2007 October Road
Directing/Director2007 Heartland
Directing/Director2006 The Unit
Directing/Director2006 Windfall
Directing/Director2006 Brothers and Sisters
Directing/Director2006 Pepper Dennis
Directing/Director2006 What About Brian
Directing/Director2005 Grey's Anatomy
Directing/Director2005 Medium
Directing/Director2004 Jack & Bobby
Directing/Director2003 One Tree Hill
Directing/Director2002 Everwood
Directing/Director2000 Gilmore Girls

Full Name: David Paymer
Born: Monday, 08/30 1954 (August) in Oceanside, Long Island, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 69 years + 233 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Michigan, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Father: Marvin E. Paymer
Other names for David Paymer (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"David Emmanuel Paymer"
David Paymer frequently works together with these people:
Robert Costanzo (20x, Actor)
Amy Sherman-Palladino (15x, Crew)
Bethany Rooney (15x, Crew)
Kenneth Tigar (15x, Actor)
Allan Miller (15x, Actor)
Tom Virtue (14x, Actor)
Lawrence Pressman (13x, Actor)
Dan Lauria (13x, Actor)
Kathleen Wilhoite (13x, Actress)
Sal Viscuso (13x, Actor)
Billy Crystal (12x, Actor)
Greg Berlanti (12x, Crew)
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