
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 · Rosario as Marty
- 2025 · Flight Risk as Coleridge (voice)
- 2024 · Creature Commandos as Bulldozer / General King / Large Son (voice)
- 2024 · Nobody Wants This as Ilan Roklov
- 2024 · Everybody Still Hates Chris as (voice)
- 2024 · Murder at Hollow Creek as Jeff Rhodes
- 2023 · Bookie as Nick Quatrani
- 2023 · The Collective as Miro Lindell
- 2023 · On Our Way as Mr. Adler
- 2023 · Plane as Terry Hampton
- 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 · Blood and Money as Bill
- 2020 · The Banker as Donald Silverthorne
- 2020 · FBI: Most Wanted as Jackie 'The Fox' Bianchi
- 2019 · Adventure Force 5 as Executive Victor
- 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 · 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 · Blowtorch as Blackie
- 2016 · Goliath as
- 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
- 2015 · Allegiance as Special Agent Faber
- 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
- 2012 · FDR: American Badass! as Mussolini
- 2012 · Mighty Fine as Bobby
- 2012 · The Carrier as Vlade
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Detective Cameron
- 2010 · Venus & Vegas as Carlo
- 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
- 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 Paul Bosco
- 2004 · Entourage as Alan Gray
- 2003 · Las Vegas as Michael
- 2003 · Daredevil as Jose Quesada
- 2002 · Fastlane as Marty
- 2002 · Monk as Al Nicoletto
- 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 · The Invisible Man as Robert Albert Hobbes
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Frank
- 2000 · The Invisible Man as Robert Albert Hobbes
- 2000 · The Three Stooges as Moe Howard
- 2000 · Drowning Mona as Deputy Tony Carlucci
- 1999 · Kiss Toledo Goodbye as Vince
- 1999 · Crazy in Alabama as D.A. Mackie
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Peter Abrams
- 1999 · The Corruptor as Schabacker
- 1998 · A Civil Action as Bobby Pasqueriella
- 1998 · L.A. Doctors as
- 1998 · Point Blank as Howard
- 1998 · Standoff as Agent Hank McGill
- 1997 · Brooklyn South as Steve Richards
- 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 Elliott Rosenfield
- 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
- 1994 · Dream Lover as Clown
- 1994 · Web of Deception as Detective Fracinetti
- 1994 · State of Emergency as Trevor Jacobs
- 1993 · Tombstone as Florentino
- 1993 · The X-Files as Dr. Aaron Monte
- 1993 · True Romance as Luca
- 1993 · The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Joey Tataglia
- 1993 · Trouble Bound as Zand
- 1992 · Cool World as Valet
- 1992 · Sunset Heat as New Yorker
- 1991 · Dark Justice as
- 1989 · Doogie Howser, M.D. as
- 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
- 2025 · Another Day in America as Sam Ackerman
- 2023 · Paul T. Goldman as Mob Boss
- 2020 · My Brothers' Crossing as Officer Byrd
- 2020 · Gravesend as
- 2018 · A Crooked Somebody as Detective Zimmer
- 2017 · His Lover as Scotty Davidson Jr.
- 2016 · Camera Store as Mr. Bibideaux
- 2016 · Goliath as Cleft Chin
- 2016 · Love Is All You Need? as Principal Henry Birdsell
- 2015 · Any Day as William
- 2014 · Friends and Romans as Dennis Socio
- 2013 · Black Marigolds as Doctor Taylor
- 2012 · Should've Been Romeo as Joey
- 2011 · Video Girl as Jermaine Stanford
- 2011 · Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury as Kip Tippington
- 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
- 2003 · Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil' as
- 2000 · Very Mean Men as Jimmy D.
- 2000 · Gun Shy as Howard
- 1999 · Heist as Abbie
- 1998 · Tempting Fate as Police officer
- 1997 · The 6th Man as Bernie
- 1995 · Terrified as Sol Lipsteiger
- 1995 · Houseguest as Pauly Gasperini
- 1995 · The Fifteen Minute Hamlet as Franciso, Ghost, Gravedigger, Osric & Fortinbras
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Posseman Grubb
- 1993 · Extreme Justice as Councilman Joe Taylor
- 1992 · Eyes of the Beholder as Dr. Medaris
- 1992 · Soulmates as Driver
- 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
- 1989 · Wired as Tom Perino
- 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