Josh Pais

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Josh Pais
Born
Joshua Atwill Pais

(1958-06-21) June 21, 1958 (age 65)
Occupation(s) Actor
Acting coach
Years active1988–present
Spouses
(m. 1990;div. 2003)
(m. 2006)
Children1
Parent(s) Abraham Pais
Lila Lee Atwill

Joshua Atwill Pais (born June 21, 1958) is an American actor and acting coach. He has appeared in the films Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Music of the Heart (1999), Assassination of a High School President (2008), I Saw the Light (2015) and Motherless Brooklyn (2019). He also appeared in nine episodes of Ray Donovan .

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He is also the director of the 2002 documentary 7th Street (the street he grew up on in Alphabet City, Manhattan) depicting various personages living there between the years 1992–2002.

Early life

Pais was born in New York City, and is the son of Lila Lee (née Atwill), a painter and poet, and Dutch-born physicist, professor, and writer Abraham Pais. [1] [2] [3] His father was from a Jewish family of Portuguese descent, and his mother converted to Judaism. [4]

Career

He has appeared in Hollywood films including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (in which he was both in the costume and was the voice) as Raphael, Music of the Heart , Scream 3 , It Runs in the Family , Phone Booth , Little Manhattan and Find Me Guilty . [5] He played Assistant M.E. Borak in 15 episodes of the series Law & Order , between 1990 and 2002. He also played the Spanish teacher in the film Assassination of a High School President . He had a recurring role as an obnoxious movie producer on the American crime drama series Ray Donovan . He also appeared as a lawyer on 2 Broke Girls .

Personal life

Pais married actress Lisa Emery on August 27, 1990. [1] They are parents of the actor Zane Pais.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Jacknife Rick
1990How to Be LouiseMike
1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Raphael
1996 I'm Not Rappaport Rodney
1997 Colin Fitz Lives! Cathartic Fan
1998 Safe Men Mitchell
1998 Rounders Weitz
1998 A Civil Action Law Clerk
1998Karma LocalCharlie
1999 Music of the Heart Dennis
2000 Scream 3 Wallace
2000 Swimming Neil Wheeler
2001 Scotland, PA Douglas McKenna
2001 A Beautiful Mind Princeton Professor
2002 Phone Booth Mario
2003 The Station Agent Carl
2003 It Runs in the Family Barney
2005 Little Manhattan Ronny
2005 Confess Allen Kelner
2005The Reality TrapTom
2006UnconsciousWarner Wilcott
2007 Teeth Dr. Godfrey
2007 Year of the Dog Robin
2007 Watching the Detectives Andy
2007Neal CassadyCalbert Holt
2008 Assassination of a High School President Padre Newell
2008 Synecdoche, New York Ophthalmologist
2008LifelinesIra Bernstein
2009 Adventureland Mr. Lewin
2009ReunionSaul
2009 Leaves of Grass Ken Feinman
2009 Gentlemen Broncos Todd Keefe
2010 Please Give Adam
2011 The Key Man Dr. Abraham Meyer
2011 Detachment Meredith's Father
2012 Arbitrage John Aimes
2012 Price Check Doug Cain
2012 The Normals Dr. Honeysack
2013 Touchy Feely Paul
2013 Syrup Davidson
2014 That Awkward Moment Fred
2014 5 Flights Up Jackson
2015 I Saw the Light Dore Schary
2015 The Family Fang Freeman
2016 Bakery in Brooklyn Alexander Johnson
2017 Crown Heights D.A. Mengano
2017 Going in Style Chuck Lofton
2018 The Land of Steady Habits Larry Eichner
2019 Motherless Brooklyn William Lieberman
2019 Joker Hoyt Vaughn
2020 The Mimic The Neurotic Lawyer
2021CheckoutDov
2022 Funny Pages Lewis
2022 Spoiler Alert Scott

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 The Cosby Show AndyEpisode: "Waterworks"
1989 Murphy Brown Secretary #18Episode: "Funnies Girl"
1989Teething with AngerDog GuyTelevision film
1990–2009 Law & Order Various roles16 episodes
1994The Second Greatest Story Ever ToldJoey JoesephsonTelevision film
1996On Seventh AvenueDonny / Photo Assistant
1997, 1998 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Gaila2 episodes
1998 Homicide: Life on the Street M.E. #2Episode: "Shaggy Dog, City Goat"
1998 Sex and the City Nick WaxlerEpisode: "Models and Mortals"
1998 The Crow: Stairway to Heaven MyronEpisode: "Death Wish"
2000 The Street Elliot BandoEpisode: "Closet Case"
2000–2016 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Hank Abraham /

Robert Sorensen

10 episodes
2001 The Job MarkEpisode: "Anger"
2002 Porn 'n Chicken Prof. HoffmanTelevision film
2003, 2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Noah Brezner /

Ralph Friedman

2 episodes
2004 Hope & Faith Harvey ZakEpisode: "Hope Gets a Job"
2005 Rescue Me LeonEpisode: "Reunion"
2006 The Sopranos Zev CharneyEpisode: "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..."
2007 The Bronx Is Burning Phil Pepe 3 episodes
2007 Damages George BerberEpisode: "She Spat at Me"
2009 Michael & Michael Have Issues Jim Biederman7 episodes
2011 How to Make It in America GarrettEpisode: "In or Out"
2012 2 Broke Girls LeoEpisode: "And the Drug Money"
2012 NYC 22 Maxwell TannerEpisode: "Jumpers"
2013 Psych Dr. Richard UmmaEpisode: "No Trout About It"
2013–2019 Ray Donovan Stu Feldman9 episodes
2014 The Good Wife Howard LampeyEpisode: "We, the Juries"
2014 Alpha House Owen LefkowitzEpisode: "The Nuptials"
2014DutyIraTelevision film
2015 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Ira Feinbaum8 episodes
2015–2021 Younger Todd Heller5 episodes
2018 High Maintenance IraEpisode: "Ghost"
2018 Maniac Andy3 episodes
2018I Was A Teenage Pillow QueenDavidTelevision film
2019 Tales of the City DougEpisode: "Rainbow Warriors"
2019 Mrs. Fletcher Barry5 episodes
2020 The Plot Against America Maurice SilvermanEpisode: "Part 5"
2022 The Dropout Wade Miquelon 2 episodes

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