David Paymer

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Biography

David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, and television director.

Known For

Ocean's Thirteen

The V.U.P.

Bad Teacher

Doctor Vogel

The Mentalist

James "Jim" Panzer

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Stephen Elroy

Drag Me to Hell

Mr. Jacks

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Dr. Frederick Tate

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Dixon Lewis

Payback

Arthur Stegman

Full Filmography

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

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