
David Paymer
August 30, 1954 (71 years old) in Oceanside, Long Island, New York, USA
David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, and television director.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Good American Family as Dr. Lawrence
- 2024 · St. Denis Medical as Bob
- 2023 · Bookie as Nathan
- 2022 · Mr. Saturday Night as Stan Yankleman
- 2022 · Minx as Myron
- 2020 · Bad Therapy as Dr. Edward Kingsley
- 2020 · DAVE as Don
- 2020 · Horse Girl as Doctor
- 2020 · Star Trek: Picard as Dr. Moritz Benayoun
- 2019 · The Morning Show as Mr. Shoenfeld
- 2019 · On Becoming a God in Central Florida as Buck Bridges
- 2019 · Where'd You Go, Bernadette as Jay Ross
- 2018 · The Conners as Gary
- 2018 · Accident Man as Milton
- 2017 · Room 104 as Robert
- 2017 · The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Harry Drake
- 2016 · The Pickle Recipe as Uncle Morty
- 2014 · Two-Bit Waltz as The Lawyer
- 2014 · Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit as Dixon Lewis
- 2013 · Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Dr. Frederick Tate
- 2012 · Perception as Rueben Bauer
- 2012 · The Five-Year Engagement as Pete Solomon
- 2011 · Twixt as Sam
- 2011 · Bad Teacher as Doctor Vogel
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Judge Richard Cuesta
- 2009 · Drag Me to Hell as Mr. Jacks
- 2008 · The Mentalist as James "Jim" Panzer
- 2008 · Redbelt as Richard
- 2007 · Resurrecting the Champ as Whitley
- 2007 · Ocean's Thirteen as The V.U.P.
- 2007 · October Road as
- 2006 · Brothers and Sisters as Donald Dudley
- 2005 · Ghost Whisperer as Adam Godfrey
- 2005 · My Name Is Earl as Clark Clark
- 2005 · Checking Out as Ted Applebaum
- 2005 · School of Life as Matt Warner
- 2004 · In Good Company as Morty
- 2004 · Jack & Bobby as
- 2004 · Entourage as Sammy Kane
- 2004 · Balto III: Wings of Change as Mel (voice)
- 2004 · Century City as Miller Sisto
- 2003 · Alex & Emma as John Shaw
- 2002 · The Burial Society as Morry Zimmer
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Mr. Freedman
- 2001 · Justice League as Chancellor / Captain (voice)
- 2001 · Justice League as Chancellor / Nomad (voice)
- 2001 · Focus as Mr. Finkelstein
- 2001 · Night Visions as Jim Osgoode (segment "Neighborhood Watch")
- 2000 · Bounce as Prosecuting Attorney Mandel (uncredited)
- 2000 · Enemies of Laughter as Paul
- 2000 · Static Shock as Mason Andrews (voice)
- 2000 · Bait as Agent Wooly
- 2000 · State and Main as Marty Rossen
- 1999 · Mumford as Dr. Ernest Delbanco
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Stephen Elroy
- 1999 · The Hurricane as Myron Bedlock
- 1999 · Chill Factor as Dr. Richard Long
- 1999 · Payback as Arthur Stegman
- 1998 · Mighty Joe Young as Harry Ruben
- 1998 · Outside Ozona as Alan Defaux
- 1998 · The Lesser Evil as George
- 1998 · The Wild Thornberrys as Finch / Iguana (voice)
- 1998 · The Wild Thornberrys as Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice)
- 1997 · The Long Way Home as (voice)
- 1997 · The New Batman Adventures as Frank (voice)
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Crime of the Century as David Wilentz
- 1996 · Carpool as Daniel Miller
- 1996 · Unforgettable as Curtis Avery
- 1995 · Nixon as Ron Ziegler
- 1995 · The American President as Leon Kodak
- 1995 · Get Shorty as Leo Devoe
- 1994 · Quiz Show as Dan Enright
- 1993 · Heart and Souls as Hal the Bus Driver
- 1993 · Searching for Bobby Fischer as Kalev
- 1992 · Mr. Saturday Night as Stan
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Norman Litkey
- 1991 · The Commish as
- 1991 · City Slickers as Ira Shalowitz
- 1990 · Cop Rock as Louis Newman
- 1990 · Glory Days as Mac Ten's Lawyer
- 1990 · Crazy People as George
- 1990 · Sky High as
- 1989 · Mancuso, F.B.I. as
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Andy Conway
- 1989 · No Holds Barred as Unger
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Dr. Bishop
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as
- 1987 · No Way Out as Technician
- 1987 · 21 Jump Street as Mike Ferris
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Joey Paul
- 1986 · It's Garry Shandling's Show as Richard Kimble
- 1986 · Night of the Creeps as Young Scientist
- 1986 · Howard the Duck as Larry, Scientist
- 1986 · Pleasures as Stanley
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1985 · Perfect as Managing Editor
- 1985 · Moonlighting as Camille's PR
- 1984 · Irreconcilable Differences as Alan Sluiser
- 1984 · Best Defense as Kurly
- 1983 · Scarecrow and Mrs. King as
- 1983 · Grace Kelly as Jay Kanter
- 1982 · Airplane II: The Sequel as Court Photographer
- 1982 · Cheers as Phil Schumacher
- 1982 · Family Ties as Larry Harris
- 1982 · Cagney & Lacey as Todd Feldberg
- 1982 · Fame as
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1978 · Taxi as Ned
- 1977 · Lou Grant as
- 1975 · Barney Miller as Felix Morrissey
- 1975 · The Jeffersons as
- 1974 · Happy Days as
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Butterfly in the Typewriter as Stanley Kauffmann
- 2025 · Bad Shabbos as Richard
- 2020 · The Sunlit Night as Levi
- 2019 · Fanboy as Angry Ice Cream Customer
- 2017 · Lemon as Dr. Gold
- 2006 · Payback: Straight Up – The Director’s Cut as Arthur Stegman
- 2006 · Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Rafael Horowitz
- 2005 · Warm Springs as Louis Howe
- 2005 · Candor City Hospital as
- 2005 · My Suicidal Sweetheart as Max Sr.
- 2004 · Spartan as TV News Anchor (uncredited)
- 2003 · Line of Fire as Jonah Malloy
- 2002 · RFK as Dick Goodwin
- 2002 · Joe and Max as Joe Jacobs
- 2001 · The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie as Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice)
- 2001 · Bartleby as The Boss
- 2000 · For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story as Embassy interviewer
- 2000 · Partners as Bob
- 2000 · From Where I Sit as Bob
- 1999 · Dash and Lilly as Arthur Kober
- 1997 · Amistad as Secretary John Forsyth
- 1997 · Channel Umptee-3 as Sheldon S. Cargo (voice)
- 1997 · Gang Related as Elliot Goff
- 1997 · The 6th Man as Coach Pederson
- 1996 · City Hall as Abe Goodman
- 1995 · Cagney & Lacey: Together Again as Deputy D.A. Feldberg
- 1995 · Santo Bugito as The Professor (voice)
- 1994 · Cagney & Lacey: The Return as Deputy Dist. Atty. Feldberg
- 1994 · In Search of Dr. Seuss as The Ad Man
- 1994 · City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold as Ira Shalowitz
- 1988 · The Absent-Minded Professor as Mr. Oliphant
- 1988 · Rock 'N Roll Mom as Boris
- 1986 · Downtown as Capt. David Kiner
- 1985 · Love, Mary as David Lewis
- 1984 · Her Life as a Man as Ted
- 1981 · Open All Night as
- 1981 · This House Possessed as Pasternak
- 1979 · The In-Laws as Cabbie
- 1979 · The In-Laws as Cab Driver