Jarrad Paul

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Jarrad Paul
Born (1976-06-20) June 20, 1976 (age 47)
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • director
  • actor
Years active1989–present

Jarrad Paul (born June 20, 1976) [1] is an American screenwriter, director, and actor.

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Early life and education

Paul grew up in Miami, Florida. After graduating from high school, he moved to Los Angeles. [1]

Career

Paul co-created and executive produced the Fox comedy The Grinder starring Rob Lowe and Fred Savage. He also co-wrote and co-directed The D Train starring Jack Black and James Marsden, which was purchased at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival by IFC. During the 1990s Paul had a role on Seinfeld as Darin, Home Improvement as Jason and a recurring role in the 2000s on Monk . In 1999, he co-starred with Jay Mohr in Action as screenwriter Adam Rafkin.

Films he has appeared in include 40 Days and 40 Nights , The Shaggy Dog , and Yes Man , which he also co-wrote.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Liar Liar Zit Boy
2002 40 Days and 40 Nights Duncan
2005 Kicking & Screaming Beantown Employee
Bewitched Valet
2006 The Shaggy Dog Larry
2008 Yes Man ReggieAlso co-writer
2013 Movie 43 Bill
2015 The D Train Co-director and co-writer

TV series

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Touched by an Angel Dink Whitten1 episode
1995 Legend Skeeter12 episodes
1995 Family Matters Kevin1 episode
1995–1996 Home Improvement Jason4 episodes
1996 Weird Science PuppetmanEpisode: "Puppet Love"
1997 Men Behaving Badly PipsqueakEpisode: "I Am What I Am"
Seinfeld DarinEpisode: "The Voice"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer DiegoEpisode: "Lie to Me"
1999–2000 Action Adam Rafkin13 episodes
2001 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TellerEpisode: Fahrenheit 932
2001–2002 UC: Undercover Cody11 episodes
2002 Andy Richter Controls the Universe ToddEpisode: Relationship Ripcord
2004–2009 Monk Kevin Dorfman 6 episodes
2007 The Singles Table Adam Leventhal2 episodes
2010 Important Things with Demetri Martin BillEpisode: "2"
2011 Allen Gregory Announcer/Brian (voice)2 episodes
2015 The Grinder PincusEpisode: "A Hero Has Fallen"
2021–present Chad Charles3 episodes

Writer

YearTitleNotes
1998–2003 Stargate SG-1 4 episodes
2005–2007 Living with Fran 6 episodes
2008 Yes Man
2011 Allen Gregory Creator; 4 episodes
2015 The D Train
2015 The Grinder Creator; 2 episodes

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