David Paymer | |
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Born | David Emmanuel Paymer August 30, 1954 Oceanside, New York, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Occupation(s) | Actor, director, comedian |
Years active | 1979–present |
Spouse | Liz Georges (m. 1988) |
Children | 2 |
David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor and television director. He has been in films such as Mr. Saturday Night , Quiz Show , Searching for Bobby Fischer , City Slickers , Crazy People , State and Main , Payback , Get Shorty , Carpool , The American President , The Hurricane , Ocean's Thirteen , and Drag Me to Hell . He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 1992's Mr. Saturday Night.
Paymer was born in Oceanside, New York, the son of Sylvia, a travel agent, and Marvin Paymer, a pianist and musical director [1] who originally worked in the scrap metal business. They divorced in 1973. [2] Paymer is Jewish; his mother was born in Belgium and left for the United States to escape the Nazi occupation. [3]
Paymer has a brother, Steve, and graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts in theater and psychology. He is married to Liz Georges; they have two children.[ citation needed ]
Paymer's acting career began in 1979 with the film The In-Laws . He has appeared in over 90 films in his career. He has also appeared in many popular television shows, including Taxi , Happy Days , L.A. Law , Cheers , Ghost Whisperer , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Entourage , Diff'rent Strokes, The Good Wife, and Family Ties . He has had recurring roles on Cheers , Murphy Brown , and The Larry Sanders Show . He has also appeared in such films as Amistad , City Hall , RFK , and Into the West . He received an Academy Award nomination for Mr. Saturday Night . His voice-over work includes Sheldon in the Kids' WB cartoon series Channel Umptee-3, and neurotic Welsh Terrier Mel in Balto 3: Wings of Change.
Paymer has directed episodes of several popular television series, including Gilmore Girls , Grey's Anatomy , One Tree Hill , Melrose Place , Everwood , Brothers & Sisters , and Bunheads .
He has appeared on the stage. In 2022 Paymer reprised his Mr. Saturday Night role thirty years later, appearing in the musical adaptation. [4]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1979 | ABC Afterschool Special | Ralph | Episode: "Make Believe Marriage" |
1980 | Barney Miller | Felix Morrissey | Episode: "Guns" |
1980 | Lou Grant | Roy | Episode: "Nightside" |
1981 | Happy Days | Dwayne | Episode: "If You Knew Rosa" |
1981 | House Calls | Johnny Vance | Episode: "No Balls, One Strike" |
1981 | This House Possessed | Pasternak | Television film |
1981 | Hart to Hart | Orderly | Episode: "Hart of Darkness" |
1982 | Cagney & Lacey | Vinnie | Episode: "You Call This Plain Clothes?" |
1982 | Open All Night | Punker | Episode: "Sitting Ducks" |
1982 | Taxi | Ned | Episode: "Alex the Gofer" |
1982 | Fame | The Salesman | Episode: "The Sell-Out" |
1983 | The Greatest American Hero | The Gatekeeper | Episode: "Wizards and Warlocks" |
1983 | Grace Kelly | Jay Kanter | Television film |
1983 | Gloria | Robber | Episode: "Gloria on the Couch" |
1983 | The Powers of Matthew Star | Dr. Benson | Episode: "Matthew Star D.O.A." |
1983 | The Jeffersons | David | Episode: "I Do, I Don't" |
1984 | Hill Street Blues | Attorney Michael Shapiro | Episode: "The Other Side of Oneness" |
1984 | Her Life as a Man | Ted | Television film |
1984–1986 | The Paper Chase | Myslesky | 6 episodes |
1984–1988 | Cagney & Lacey | Todd Feldberg | 10 episodes |
1985 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Dr. Fronan | Episode: "DOA: Delirious on Arrival" |
1985 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Patrick Burke | Episode: "The Yankee Clipper" |
1985 | Family Ties | Larry Harris | Episodes 58 & 66 "Oh Donna" & "Cold Storage" |
1985 | Cheers | Reporter | Episode: "King of the Hill" |
1985 | Love, Mary | David Lewis | Television film |
1986 | Diff'rent Strokes | Mr. Wallace | 2 episodes |
1986 | Moonlighting | Camille's PR | Episode: "Camille" |
1986 | Cheers | Phil Schumacher | 2 episodes |
1985 | Pleasures | Stanley | Television film |
1986–1987 | Downtown | Captain David Kiner | 14 episodes |
1987 | 21 Jump Street | Mike Ferris | Episode: "16 Blown to 35" |
1987 | Rags to Riches | Arnie | Episode: "Born to Ride" |
1987 | My Sister Sam | Bob | Episode: "And They Said It Would Never Last" |
1987 | Private Eye | Archie Hammond | Episode: "Blue Hotel" |
1987 | It's Garry Shandling's Show | Richard Kimble | Episode: "The Fugitive" |
1988 | St. Elsewhere | Mr. Bickle | 2 episodes |
1988 | Simon & Simon | Brian Sadler | Episode: "Ain't Gonna Get It from Me, Jack" |
1988 | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | Boris | Episode: "Rock 'n Roll Mom" |
1988 | Who's the Boss? | Jack | Episode: "A Jack Story" |
1988 | A Year in the Life | Defense Attorney | Episode: "Fathers and Other Strangers"" |
1988 | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | Mr. Oliphant | Episode: "The Absent-Minded Professor" |
1988 | Duet | Andy | Episode: "One Man Out" |
1989 | Matlock | Lenny Marcus | Episode: "The Prisoner: Part 1" |
1989 | Hooperman | Leonard | Episode: "The Sure Thing" |
1990 | L.A. Law | Joey Paul | Episode: "Whatever Happened to Hannah?" |
1990 | Mancuso, F.B.I. | Lloyd | Episode: "Adamant Five" |
1990 | Cop Rock | Homeless Man | Episode: "Oli of Ol' Lay" |
1990–1991 | Murphy Brown | Dr. Bishop | 2 episodes |
1991 | Jake and the Fatman | Henry Stocker | Episode: "I'm Gonna Live Til I Die" |
1991 | Equal Justice | Stuey | Episode: "Sleeping with the Enemy" |
1991–1992 | The Commish | Arnie Metzger | 10 episodes |
1992–1998 | The Larry Sanders Show | Norman Litkey | 6 episodes |
1993 | Tales from the Crypt | Andy Conway | Episode: "Two for the Show" Nominated—CableACE Award for Actor in a Dramatic Series |
1994 | Cagney & Lacey: The Return | Feldberg | Television film |
1994–1995 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Murray | Voice, 2 episodes [5] |
1995 | Cagney & Lacey: Together Again | Feldberg | Television film |
1995 | Santo Bugito | The Professor, Centipede, Biker Bug | Voice, episode: "My Name Is Revenge" [5] |
1996 | Crime of the Century | David Wilentz | Television film Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
1997–1998 | Channel Umptee-3 | Sheldon S. Cargo | Voice, 13 episodes |
1998 | The New Batman Adventures | Frank | Voice, episode: "Torch Song" [5] |
1998 | Godzilla: The Series | Dean Whitehead | Voice, episode: "Talkin' Trash" |
1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Finch, Iguana | Voice, 2 episodes [5] |
1998 | Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain | Shad Equippo | Voice, 2 episodes [5] |
1999 | Dash and Lilly | Arthur Kober | Television film |
2000 | Rocket Power | Director | Voice, episode: "The Wrath of Don" |
2000 | For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story | Embassy interviewer | Television film |
2000 | Partners | Bob | Television film |
2001 | Night Visions | Jim Osgoode | Episode: "Neighborhood Watch" |
2002 | Without a Trace | Mr. Freedman | Episode: "Birthday Boy" |
2002 | Justice League | Chancellor | Voice, episode: "War World" [5] |
2002 | Joe and Max | Joe Jacobs | Television film |
2002 | RFK | Dick Goodwin | Television film |
2003–2004 | Line of Fire | Jonah Malloy | 13 episodes Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama |
2004 | Static Shock | Mason Andrews | Voice, episode: "Hoop Squad" [5] |
2004 | Century City | Miller Sisto | Episode: "Pilot" |
2004 | Jack & Bobby | Adam Chasen | 2 episodes |
2005 | School of Life | Matt Warner | Television film |
2005 | Into the West | Daniel Royer | Episode: "Ghost Dance" |
2005 | Warm Springs | Louis Howe | Television film |
2006 | Entourage | Sammy Kane | Episode: "I Wanna Be Sedated" |
2006 | Ghost Whisperer | Adam Godfrey | Episode: "A Grave Matter" |
2007 | Brothers & Sisters | Donald Dudley | Episode: "All in the Family" |
2008 | October Road | Dr. Dough Levy | Episode: "Dancing Days Are Here Again"; also directed 4 episodes |
2008 | My Name Is Earl | Clark Clark | Episode: "Monkeys Take a Bath" |
2009–2016 | The Good Wife | Judge Richard Cuesta | 9 episodes |
2010 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Stephen Elroy | Episode: "Ace" |
2011 | The Mentalist | James Panzer | Episode: "Blinking Red Light" |
2013–2014 | Perception | Rueben Bauer | 4 episodes |
2017 | Pure Genius | Douglas Prescott | Episode: "Hero Worship" |
2017 | There's... Johnny! | Dr. Neuberger | Episode: "Take Me to Church" |
2017–2018 | I'm Dying Up Here | Ernie Falk | 5 episodes |
2017–2022 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Harry Drake | 5 episodes |
2018 | The Conners | Gary | Episode: "There Won't Be Blood" |
2019 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Dr. William Tate | Episode: "The Therapist" |
2019 | On Becoming a God in Central Florida | Buck Bridges | 2 episodes |
2019 | Room 104 | Robert | Episode: "Night Shift" |
2020 | Star Trek: Picard | Dr. Benayoun | Episode: "Maps and Legends" |
2020 | Briarpatch | Jimmy Jr. | 3 episodes |
2020 | Dave | Don | 4 episodes |
2021 | The Morning Show | Hannah's Father | Episode: "Ghosts" |
2022 | Minx | Myron | Episode: "You happened to me" |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2004–2005 | Everwood | 4 episodes |
2004–2006 | One Tree Hill | 2 episodes |
2005 | Jack & Bobby | Episode: "Stand by Me" |
2005 | Inconceivable | Episode: "Face Your Demon Semen" (unaired) |
2006 | Windfall | Episode: "Crash Into You" |
2006 | Grey's Anatomy | Episode: "Break on Through" |
2006 | Pepper Dennis | Episode: "Dennis, Bulgari, Big Losers at ACoRNS" |
2006, 2010 | Medium | 2 episodes |
2007 | Brothers & Sisters | Episode: "All in the Family" |
2007 | What About Brian | Episode: "What About the Exes..." |
2007 | Gilmore Girls | Episode: "Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore?" |
2007 | Heartland | Episode: "Domino Effect" |
2007 | Side Order of Life | Episode: "Coming Out" |
2007–2009 | Brothers & Sisters | 4 episodes |
2008 | The Unit | Episode: "Inquisition" |
2008–2009 | Privileged | 4 episodes |
2009 | Melrose Place | Episode: "June" |
2009–2012 | Make It or Break It | 7 episodes |
2010 | Men of a Certain Age | Episode: "Powerless" |
2010 | Life Unexpected | Episode: "Bride Unbridled" |
2010 | Hellcats | Episode: "Nobody Loves Me But My Mother" |
2010 | No Ordinary Family | Episode: "No Ordinary Visitors" |
2011 | 90210 | Episode: "The Enchanted Donkey" |
2011–2015 | Hart of Dixie | 11 episodes |
2011–2015 | Switched at Birth | 6 episodes |
2012–2013 | Bunheads | 2 episodes |
2013 | The Carrie Diaries | Episode: "Endgame" |
2013 | Mistresses | Episode: "A Kiss Is Just a Kiss?" |
2013 | The Mentalist | Episode: "Red and Itchy" |
2013 | The Fosters | Episode: "Vigil" |
2013 | Franklin & Bash | Episode: "Shoot to Thrill" |
2016 | Recovery Road | Episode: "My Loose Thread" |
2016 | Lucifer | Episode: "Favorite Son" |
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