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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Flight Risk as Director Coleridge
- 2024 · Rosario as Marty
- 2024 · Nobody Wants This as Ilan Roklov
- 2024 · Everybody Still Hates Chris as (voice)
- 2024 · Murder at Hollow Creek as Jeff Rhodes
- 2023 · The Collective as Miro Lindell
- 2023 · On Our Way as Mr. Adler
- 2023 · Plane as Terry Hampton
- 2023 · Paul T. Goldman as Mob Boss
- 2022 · Emancipation as Major G. Halstead
- 2022 · Collide as Clyde
- 2022 · The Lincoln Lawyer as Sylvester 'Sly' Funaro, Sr.
- 2022 · Pam & Tommy as Richard Alden
- 2022 · Last Looks as Conady
- 2021 · Monster as Anthony Petrocelli
- 2020 · My Brothers' Crossing as Officer Byrd
- 2020 · Blood and Money as Bill
- 2020 · Gravesend as
- 2020 · The Banker as Donald Silverthorne
- 2020 · FBI: Most Wanted as Jackie 'The Fox' Bianchi
- 2019 · Adventure Force 5 as
- 2019 · Feast of the Seven Fishes as Johnny
- 2019 · The Irishman as Jake Gottlieb
- 2019 · The Chosen as Herod Antipas
- 2018 · The Super as Mr. Johnson
- 2018 · The Amityville Murders as Ronald DeFeo Sr.
- 2018 · A Crooked Somebody as Detective Zimmer
- 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 · Camera Store as Mr. Bibideaux
- 2016 · Blowtorch as Blackie
- 2016 · Goliath as
- 2016 · Lethal Weapon as Frank Truno
- 2016 · Bull as Ryan Vance
- 2016 · Goliath as Cleft Chin
- 2016 · Love Is All You Need? as Principal Henry Birdsell
- 2016 · Vinyl as Maury Gold
- 2015 · Chicago Med as Mr. McGregor
- 2015 · Any Day as William
- 2015 · Get Hard as Gayle Burns
- 2015 · Allegiance as Special Agent Faber
- 2014 · Friends and Romans as Dennis Socio
- 2014 · By the Gun as Vincent Tortano
- 2014 · True Detective as Major Leroy Salter
- 2013 · Grudge Match as Lou Camare
- 2013 · Don Jon as Priest
- 2013 · Empire State as Tommy
- 2013 · Black Marigolds as Doctor Taylor
- 2012 · FDR: American Badass! as Mussolini
- 2012 · Mighty Fine as Bobby
- 2012 · Should've Been Romeo as Joey
- 2012 · The Carrier as Vlade
- 2011 · Video Girl as Jermaine Stanford
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Detective Cameron
- 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 · Castle as Dino Scarpella
- 2009 · Clear Lake, WI as Sheriff Joe Dietzer
- 2008 · Childrens Hospital as Spiros
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Noah Landau
- 2008 · In Plain Sight as
- 2007 · Randy & the Mob as Franco
- 2007 · On the Doll as Jimmy Sours
- 2007 · John from Cincinnati as
- 2007 · Drive as The Truck Driver
- 2006 · Shark as
- 2005 · Everybody Hates Chris as
- 2005 · My Name Is Earl as Coach Lou
- 2005 · Close to Home as
- 2004 · Entourage as
- 2003 · Las Vegas as
- 2003 · Beyond Hell's Kitchen - Making Daredevil as
- 2003 · Daredevil as Jose Quesada
- 2002 · Fastlane as Marty
- 2002 · Monk as Al Nicoletto
- 2002 · The Wire as
- 2002 · The Wire as Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos
- 2002 · The Shield as Detective Paul Reyes
- 2001 · The Cure for Boredom as Rudy
- 2001 · Alias as Carter
- 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 · Very Mean Men as Jimmy D.
- 2000 · The Invisible Man as Robert Albert Hobbes
- 2000 · The Three Stooges as Moe Howard
- 2000 · Drowning Mona as Deputy Tony Carlucci
- 2000 · Gun Shy as Howard
- 1999 · Kiss Toledo Goodbye as Vince
- 1999 · Crazy in Alabama as D.A. Mackie
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Peter Abrams
- 1999 · Heist as Abbie
- 1999 · The Corruptor as Schabacker
- 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 · Brooklyn South as Steve Richards
- 1997 · The Sixth Man as Bernie
- 1997 · The Practice as Benny Small
- 1997 · Metro as Clarence Teal
- 1997 · Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave as Det. Meyer
- 1996 · Early Edition as
- 1996 · Maximum Risk as Agent Pellman
- 1996 · The First Man as Dulles
- 1996 · Firestorm as Duran
- 1995 · Bushwhacked as Dana's father (uncredited)
- 1995 · Red Scorpion 2 as Vince D'Angelo
- 1995 · Terrified as Sol Lipsteiger
- 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 · Tombstone as Florentino
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Posseman Grubb
- 1993 · Dream Lover as Clown
- 1993 · The X-Files as Dr. Aaron Monte
- 1993 · True Romance as Luca
- 1993 · The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Joey Tataglia
- 1993 · Extreme Justice as Councilman Joe Taylor
- 1993 · Trouble Bound as Zand
- 1992 · Cool World as Valet
- 1992 · Sunset Heat as New Yorker
- 1992 · Soulmates as Driver
- 1992 · Eyes of the Beholder as Dr. Medaris
- 1991 · Body Parts as Ray Kolberg
- 1991 · Dark Justice as
- 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
- 1989 · Doogie Howser, M.D. as
- 1989 · Wired as Tom Perino
- 1988 · Freddy's Nightmares as Paul
- 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
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Sgt. Costellano
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Bowles' Atty. Peters
- Future · Another Day in America as Sam Ackerman
- Future · 8-Ball as acting