Paul Reiser
Acting
1956-03-30 · New York City, New York, USA
Paul Reiser (born March 30, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, television writer, and musician. He is known for his roles as Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You, Modell in the 1982 film Diner, Carter Burke in the 1986 film Aliens, as Detective Jeffrey Friedman in Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). More recently, Reiser is recognized as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Doug Getty in the Amazon Video series Red Oaks.
Filmography
Long Story Short
2025 · Series
Paul Reiser: Life, Death & Rice Pudding
2024 · Movie
The Gutter
2024 · Movie
The Problem with People
2024 · Movie
Aliens Expanded
2024 · Movie
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024 · Movie
Reboot
2022 · Series
Sherri
2022 · Series
George Carlin's American Dream
2022 · Series
Scenes from an Empty Church
2021 · Movie
Fatherhood
2021 · Movie
Horse Girl
2020 · Movie
The Movies That Made Us
2019 · Series
Mad About You
2019 · Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Tamron Hall
2019 · Series
The Boys
2019 · Series
Fosse/Verdon
2019 · Series
The Kominsky Method
2018 · Series
The Romanoffs
2018 · Series
The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018 · Movie
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018 · Series
There's... Johnny!
2017 · Series
Beyond Stranger Things
2017 · Series
I Do... Until I Don't
2017 · Movie
The Little Hours
2017 · Movie
Miles
2017 · Movie
The Book of Love
2017 · Movie
War on Everyone
2016 · Movie
Loco x Vos
2016 · Series
Joshy
2016 · Movie
Stranger Things
2016 · Series
The Darkness
2016 · Movie
Concussion
2015 · Movie
Whiplash
2014 · Movie
Red Oaks
2014 · Series
Life After Beth
2014 · Movie
TripTank
2014 · Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
Behind the Candelabra
2013 · Movie
The Paul Reiser Show
2011 · Series
Funny People
2009 · Movie
Invincible
2008 · Series
The Aristocrats
2005 · Movie
The Thing About My Folks
2005 · Movie
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
2004 · Movie
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Series
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
2003 · Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
Women vs. Men
2002 · Movie
Purpose
2002 · Movie
Strange Relations
2001 · Movie
One Night at McCool's
2001 · Movie
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Series
The Story of Us
1999 · Movie
Diner: On The Flip Side
1999 · Movie
Get Bruce!
1999 · Movie
Pros & Cons
1999 · Movie
Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time
1998 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997 · Movie
Bye Bye Love
1995 · Movie
Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of Characters
1994 · Movie
Mr. Write
1994 · Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
The Tower
1993 · Movie
Family Prayers
1993 · Movie
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
1992 · Movie
Mad About You
1992 · Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Series
Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from Home
1991 · Movie
The Marrying Man
1991 · Movie
Crazy People
1990 · Movie
Comic Relief III
1989 · Movie
Martini Ranch: Reach
1988 · Movie
Cross My Heart
1987 · Movie
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
1987 · Movie
My Two Dads
1987 · Series
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987 · Movie
You Ruined My Life
1987 · Movie
Aliens
1986 · Movie
From Here to Maternity
1986 · Movie
Odd Jobs
1986 · Movie
Beverly Hills Cop
1984 · Movie
Sunset Limousine
1983 · Movie
Diner
1983 · Movie
Remington Steele
1982 · Series
Diner
1982 · Movie
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
People's Choice Awards
1975 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Series