Paul Ben-Victor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Ben-Victor (born July 24, 1965) is an American actor. Ben-Victor was born Paul Friedman, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Leah Kornfeld, a playwright, and Victor Friedman. Ben-Victor debuted on the small screen in 1987 in the made-for-TV movie Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife and on an episode of Cagney & Lacey. Fifteen years after beginning his television career with bit parts, Ben-Victor found himself cast in important roles on HBO dramas The Wire and Entourage, as well as making a 2006 appearance as Coach Lou on My Name is Earl. He portrayed Moe Howard in the 2000 made-for-TV film The Three Stooges. Ben-Victor has been featured on many television cop dramas like Monk and CSI, and also had a recurring role as two-bit con man Steve Richards on three episodes of NYPD Blue from 1994 to 1997. Ben-Victor has co-written stage plays with his mother. At least two of their plays have been staged in the Manhattan area, including "Club Soda" and "The Good Steno". Ben-Victor had a starring role in the Sci-Fi channel television show, The Invisible Man, alongside Vincent Ventresca. The two later guest starred together on the hit TV show Las Vegas. They were reunited again on an episode of the new USA Network series In Plain Sight (Episode 1.2, "Hoosier Daddy"), on which Ben-Victor has a supporting role. Appeared on "Everybody Hates Chris" as Mr. Thurman In 2008, Ben-Victor held a supporting role in the feature film, Clear Lake, WI, starring Michael Madsen. In August 2008, Ben-Victor co-starred in Coma, a web series on Crackle.
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- 2025 · Flight Risk as Coleridge (voice)
- 2024 · Creature Commandos as Bulldozer / General King / Large Son (voice)
- 2024 · Nobody Wants This as Ilan Roklov
- 2023 · Bookie as Nick Quatrani
- 2023 · The Collective as Miro Lindell
- 2023 · Plane as Terry Hampton
- 2022 · Emancipation as Major G. Halstead
- 2022 · The Lincoln Lawyer as Sylvester 'Sly' Funaro, Sr.
- 2022 · Pam & Tommy as Richard Alden
- 2020 · Blood and Money as Bill
- 2020 · The Banker as Donald Silverthorne
- 2020 · FBI: Most Wanted as Jackie 'The Fox' Bianchi
- 2019 · The Irishman as Jake Gottlieb
- 2019 · The Chosen as Herod Antipas
- 2018 · The Super as Mr. Johnson
- 2018 · FBI as Mark Krawley
- 2018 · The Resident as Edmund Carver
- 2017 · Will & Grace as Mario
- 2017 · Santa Clarita Diet as Victor
- 2017 · The Mick as Jerry Berlin
- 2016 · Goliath as Cleft Chin
- 2016 · Lethal Weapon as Frank Truno
- 2016 · Bull as Ryan Vance
- 2016 · Vinyl as Maury Gold
- 2015 · Chicago Med as Mr. McGregor
- 2015 · Get Hard as Gayle Burns
- 2014 · By the Gun as Vincent Tortano
- 2014 · True Detective as Major Leroy Salter
- 2013 · Don Jon as Priest
- 2013 · Black Marigolds as Doctor Taylor
- 2012 · Mighty Fine as Bobby
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Detective Cameron
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Agent Devin Campbell
- 2009 · Castle as Dino Scarpella
- 2008 · Childrens Hospital as Spiros
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Noah Landau
- 2008 · In Plain Sight as Stan McQueen
- 2006 · Shark as
- 2005 · Everybody Hates Chris as
- 2005 · My Name Is Earl as Coach Lou
- 2005 · Close to Home as Paul Bosco
- 2004 · Entourage as Alan Gray
- 2003 · Las Vegas as Michael
- 2002 · Fastlane as Marty
- 2002 · Monk as Al Nicoletto
- 2002 · The Wire as Spiros 'Vondas' Vondopoulos
- 2002 · The Shield as Detective Paul Reyes
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Theo
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Ticket Scalper
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Joey
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Frank
- 2000 · The Invisible Man as Robert Albert Hobbes
- 2000 · Drowning Mona as Deputy Tony Carlucci
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Peter Abrams
- 1999 · The Corruptor as Schabacker
- 1998 · L.A. Doctors as
- 1997 · Brooklyn South as Steve Richards
- 1997 · The 6th Man as Bernie
- 1997 · The Practice as Benny Small
- 1996 · Early Edition as Elliott Rosenfield
- 1996 · Maximum Risk as Agent Pellman
- 1996 · Firestorm as Duran
- 1995 · Bushwhacked as Dana's father (uncredited)
- 1995 · Terrified as Sol Lipsteiger
- 1994 · Dream Lover as Clown
- 1993 · Tombstone as Florentino
- 1993 · The X-Files as Dr. Aaron Monte
- 1993 · The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Joey Tataglia
- 1993 · Trouble Bound as Zand
- 1992 · Cool World as Valet
- 1992 · Soulmates as Driver
- 1991 · Dark Justice as
- 1989 · Doogie Howser, M.D. as
- 1989 · Wired as Tom Perino
- 1988 · Freddy's Nightmares as Paul
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Sgt. Costellano
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Bowles' Atty. Peters
- Future · Killing Castro as Sam Giancana
- 2027 · The Chosen: Crucifixion as Kind Herod
- 2025 · Rosario as Marty
- 2025 · Another Day in America as Sam Ackerman
- 2024 · Everybody Still Hates Chris as (voice)
- 2024 · Murder at Hollow Creek as Jeff Rhodes
- 2023 · On Our Way as Mr. Adler
- 2023 · Paul T. Goldman as Mob Boss
- 2022 · Collide as Clyde
- 2022 · Last Looks as Conady
- 2021 · Monster as Anthony Petrocelli
- 2020 · My Brothers' Crossing as Officer Byrd
- 2020 · Gravesend as
- 2019 · Adventure Force 5 as Executive Victor
- 2019 · Feast of the Seven Fishes as Johnny
- 2018 · The Amityville Murders as Ronald DeFeo Sr.
- 2018 · A Crooked Somebody as Detective Zimmer
- 2017 · His Lover as Scotty Davidson Jr.
- 2016 · Camera Store as Mr. Bibideaux
- 2016 · Blowtorch as Blackie
- 2016 · Goliath as Cleft Chin
- 2016 · Love Is All You Need? as Principal Henry Birdsell
- 2015 · Any Day as William
- 2015 · Allegiance as Special Agent Faber
- 2014 · Friends and Romans as Dennis Socio
- 2013 · Grudge Match as Lou Camare
- 2013 · Empire State as Tommy
- 2012 · FDR: American Badass! as Mussolini
- 2012 · Should've Been Romeo as Joey
- 2012 · The Carrier as Vlade
- 2011 · Video Girl as Jermaine Stanford
- 2011 · Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury as Kip Tippington
- 2010 · Venus & Vegas as Carlo
- 2010 · A Reuben by Any Other Name as Max
- 2009 · American Bully as Principal Wheeler
- 2009 · Clear Lake, WI as Sheriff Joe Dietzer
- 2007 · Randy & the Mob as Franco
- 2007 · On the Doll as Jimmy Sours
- 2007 · John from Cincinnati as
- 2007 · Drive as The Truck Driver
- 2003 · Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil' as
- 2003 · Daredevil as Jose Quesada
- 2001 · The Cure for Boredom as Rudy
- 2001 · Alias as Carter
- 2000 · The Invisible Man as Robert Albert Hobbes
- 2000 · Very Mean Men as Jimmy D.
- 2000 · The Three Stooges as Moe Howard
- 2000 · Gun Shy as Howard
- 1999 · Kiss Toledo Goodbye as Vince
- 1999 · Crazy in Alabama as D.A. Mackie
- 1999 · Heist as Abbie
- 1998 · A Civil Action as Bobby Pasqueriella
- 1998 · Point Blank as Howard
- 1998 · Tempting Fate as Police officer
- 1998 · Standoff as Agent Hank McGill
- 1997 · Metro as Clarence Teal
- 1997 · Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave as Det. Meyer
- 1996 · The First Man as Dulles
- 1995 · Red Scorpion 2 as Vince D'Angelo
- 1995 · Houseguest as Pauly Gasperini
- 1995 · The Fifteen Minute Hamlet as Franciso, Ghost, Gravedigger, Osric & Fortinbras
- 1994 · Web of Deception as Detective Fracinetti
- 1994 · State of Emergency as Trevor Jacobs
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Posseman Grubb
- 1993 · True Romance as Luca
- 1993 · Extreme Justice as Councilman Joe Taylor
- 1992 · Sunset Heat as New Yorker
- 1992 · Eyes of the Beholder as Dr. Medaris
- 1991 · Body Parts as Ray Kolberg
- 1991 · The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage as
- 1990 · The Rookie as Little Felix
- 1990 · After the Shock as Dr. Steven Brattesani
- 1990 · Streets as Officer #2
- 1988 · Assault of the Killer Bimbos as Customer
- 1988 · Pass the Ammo as Eddie Depaul
- 1987 · Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife as
- Future · 8-Ball as acting