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David Paymer

Acting · Born 1954-08-30 · Oceanside, Long Island, New York, USA

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

Credits · 179

All's Fair
2025 · Dr. Pollan
Film
Bad Shabbos
2025 · Richard
Good American Family
2025 · Dr. Lawrence
St. Denis Medical
2024 · Bob
Bookie
2023 · Nathan
Film
Mr. Saturday Night
2022 · Stan Yankleman
Minx
2022 · Myron
Film
The Sunlit Night
2020 · Levi
Film
Bad Therapy
2020 · Dr. Edward Kingsley
DAVE
2020 · Don
Film
Horse Girl
2020 · Doctor
Star Trek: Picard
2020 · Dr. Moritz Benayoun
The Morning Show
2019 · Mr. Shoenfeld
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
2019 · Buck Bridges
Film
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019 · Jay Ross
The Conners
2018 · Gary
Film
Accident Man
2018 · Milton
There's... Johnny!
2017 · Dr. Neuberger
Room 104
2017 · Robert
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017 · Harry Drake
Film
Lemon
2017 · Dr. Gold
Film
The Pickle Recipe
2016 · Uncle Morty
Lucifer
2016 · Director
Recovery Road
2016 · Director
Film
Two-Bit Waltz
2014 · The Lawyer
Film
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
2014 · Dixon Lewis
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013 · Dr. Frederick Tate
Mistresses
2013 · Director
Perception
2012 · Rueben Bauer
Bunheads
2012 · Director
Film
The Five-Year Engagement
2012 · Pete Solomon
Hart of Dixie
2011 · Director
Film
Twixt
2011 · Sam
Switched at Birth
2011 · Director
Franklin & Bash
2011 · Director
Film
Bad Teacher
2011 · Doctor Vogel
No Ordinary Family
2010 · Director
Hellcats
2010 · Director
Life Unexpected
2010 · Director
Men of a Certain Age
2009 · Director
The Good Wife
2009 · Judge Richard Cuesta
Melrose Place
2009 · Director
Make It or Break It
2009 · Director
Film
Drag Me to Hell
2009 · Mr. Jacks
The Mentalist
2008 · James "Jim" Panzer
Privileged
2008 · Director
90210
2008 · Director
Film
Redbelt
2008 · Richard
Side Order of Life
2007 · Director
Heartland
2007 · Director
Film
Resurrecting the Champ
2007 · Whitley
Film
Ocean's Thirteen
2007 · The V.U.P.
October Road
2007 · Director
Brothers and Sisters
2006 · Donald Dudley
Film
Checking Out
2006 · Ted Applebaum
Windfall
2006 · Director
What About Brian
2006 · Director
Pepper Dennis
2006 · Director
The Unit
2006 · Director
Film
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006 · Rafael Horowitz
Ghost Whisperer
2005 · Adam Godfrey
My Name Is Earl
2005 · Clark Clark
Film
Warm Springs
2005 · Louis Howe
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Director
Candor City Hospital
Film
Candor City Hospital
2005 · Director
Film
Crazy for Love
2005 · Max Sr.
Film
School of Life
2005 · Matt Warner
Medium
2005 · Director
Film
In Good Company
2004 · Morty
Jack & Bobby
2004 · Director
Entourage
2004 · Sammy Kane
Film
Balto III: Wings of Change
2004 · Mel (voice)
Century City
2004 · Miller Sisto
Film
Spartan
2004 · TV News Anchor (uncredited)
Line of Fire
2003 · Jonah Malloy
One Tree Hill
2003 · Director
Film
Alex & Emma
2003 · John Shaw
Film
The Burial Society
2002 · Morry Zimmer
Without a Trace
2002 · Mr. Freedman
Everwood
2002 · Director
Film
RFK
2002 · Dick Goodwin
Film
Joe and Max
2002 · Joe Jacobs
Justice League
2001 · Chancellor / Captain (voice)
Film
Focus
2001 · Mr. Finkelstein
Film
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001 · Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice)
Night Visions
2001 · Jim Osgoode (segment "Neighborhood Watch")
Film
Bartleby
2001 · The Boss
Film
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
2000 · Embassy interviewer
Film
Bounce
2000 · Prosecuting Attorney Mandel (uncredited)
Film
Enemies of Laughter
2000 · Paul
Gilmore Girls
2000 · Director
Static Shock
2000 · Mason Andrews (voice)
Film
Bait
2000 · Agent Wooly
Film
State and Main
2000 · Marty Rossen
Film
Partners
2000 · Bob
From Where I Sit
Film
From Where I Sit
2000 · Bob
Film
Mumford
1999 · Dr. Ernest Delbanco
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Stephen Elroy
Film
The Hurricane
1999 · Myron Bedlock
Film
Chill Factor
1999 · Dr. Richard Long
Film
Dash and Lilly
1999 · Arthur Kober
Film
Payback
1999 · Arthur Stegman
Film
Mighty Joe Young
1998 · Harry Ruben
Film
Outside Ozona
1998 · Alan Defaux
Film
The Lesser Evil
1998 · George
Godzilla: The Series
1998 · Dean Whitehead (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 · Finch / Iguana (voice)
Film
Amistad
1997 · Secretary John Forsyth
Channel Umptee-3
1997 · Sheldon S. Cargo (voice)
Film
Gang Related
1997 · Elliot Goff
Film
The Long Way Home
1997 · (voice)
The New Batman Adventures
1997 · Frank (voice)
The View
1997 · Self
Film
The 6th Man
1997 · Coach Pederson
Film
Crime of the Century
1996 · David Wilentz
Film
Carpool
1996 · Daniel Miller
Film
Unforgettable
1996 · Curtis Avery
Film
City Hall
1996 · Abe Goodman
Film
Nixon
1995 · Ron Ziegler
Film
The American President
1995 · Leon Kodak
Film
Get Shorty
1995 · Leo Devoe
Film
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
1995 · Deputy D.A. Feldberg
Santo Bugito
1995 · The Professor (voice)
Film
In Search of Dr. Seuss
1994 · The Ad Man
Film
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994 · Deputy Dist. Atty. Feldberg
Film
Quiz Show
1994 · Dan Enright
Film
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994 · Ira Shalowitz
Film
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993 · Kalev
Film
Heart and Souls
1993 · Hal the Bus Driver
Film
Mr. Saturday Night
1992 · Stan
The Larry Sanders Show
1992 · Norman Litkey
The Commish
1991 · Arnie
Film
City Slickers
1991 · Ira Shalowitz
Cop Rock
1990 · Louis Newman
Glory Days
1990 · Mac Ten's Lawyer
Film
Crazy People
1990 · George
Film
Sky High
1990 · Vic
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Andy Conway
Film
No Holds Barred
1989 · Unger
Film
The Absent-Minded Professor
1988 · Mr. Oliphant
Murphy Brown
1988 · Dr. Bishop
Film
Rock 'N Roll Mom
1988 · Boris
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Film
No Way Out
1987 · Technician
21 Jump Street
1987 · Mike Ferris
Downtown
1986 · Capt. David Kiner
L.A. Law
1986 · Joey Paul
It's Garry Shandling's Show
1986 · Richard Kimble
Film
Night of the Creeps
1986 · Young Scientist
Film
Howard the Duck
1986 · Larry, Scientist
Film
Pleasures
1986 · Stanley
Matlock
1986 · Lenny Marcus
Film
Love, Mary
1985 · David Lewis
Film
Perfect
1985 · Managing Editor
Moonlighting
1985 · Camille's PR
Film
Irreconcilable Differences
1984 · Alan Sluiser
Film
Best Defense
1984 · Kurly
Film
Her Life as a Man
1984 · Ted
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Film
Grace Kelly
1983 · Jay Kanter
Film
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982 · Court Photographer
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Mr. Bickle
Cheers
1982 · Phil Schumacher
Family Ties
1982 · Larry Harris
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Todd Feldberg
Fame
1982
Open All Night
1981
Simon & Simon
1981
Film
This House Possessed
1981 · Pasternak
Hill Street Blues
1981
Hart to Hart
1979
Film
The In-Laws
1979 · Cabbie
Taxi
1978 · Ned
Lou Grant
1977
Barney Miller
1975 · Felix Morrissey
The Jeffersons
1975
Happy Days
1974
The Oscars
1953 · Self
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