David Paymer
Born in Oceanside, Long Island, New York, USA — Aug 30 1954
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David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, and television director.
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Grey's Anatomy
Directing
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Stephen Elroy
The Mentalist
James "Jim" Panzer
Cheers
Phil Schumacher
Lucifer
Directing
The Good Wife
Judge Richard Cuesta
One Tree Hill
Directing
Without a Trace
Mr. Freedman
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Dr. Frederick Tate
Medium
Directing
Gilmore Girls
Directing
Ghost Whisperer
Adam Godfrey
Everwood
Directing
Entourage
Sammy Kane
Family Ties
Larry Harris
L.A. Law
Joey Paul
St. Elsewhere
Mr. Bickle
Switched at Birth
Directing
21 Jump Street
Mike Ferris
90210
Directing
Hart to Hart
Happy Days
My Name Is Earl
Clark Clark
Taxi
Ned
Moonlighting
Camille's PR
Matlock
Lenny Marcus
Barney Miller
Felix Morrissey
Star Trek: Picard
Dr. Moritz Benayoun
Simon & Simon
Brothers and Sisters
Donald Dudley
Fame
Murphy Brown
Dr. Bishop
The Wild Thornberrys
Finch / Iguana (voice)
The Unit
Directing
Tales from the Crypt
Andy Conway
The Conners
Gary
Hill Street Blues
Lou Grant
The Morning Show
Mr. Shoenfeld
The Oscars
Self
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Harry Drake
DAVE
Don
Franklin & Bash
Directing
Perception
Rueben Bauer
The Larry Sanders Show
Norman Litkey
Static Shock
Mason Andrews (voice)
The Jeffersons
The Commish
Hart of Dixie
Directing
St. Denis Medical
Bob
Cagney & Lacey
Todd Feldberg
Room 104
Robert
Jake and the Fatman
Minx
Myron
The New Batman Adventures
Frank (voice)
Make It or Break It
Directing
Mistresses
Directing
Justice League
Chancellor / Nomad (voice)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
All's Fair
Dr. Pollan
Jack & Bobby
It's Garry Shandling's Show
Richard Kimble
Good American Family
Dr. Lawrence
Life Unexpected
Directing
Pepper Dennis
Directing
Bookie
Nathan
What About Brian
Directing
Melrose Place
Directing
Night Visions
Jim Osgoode (segment "Neighborhood Watch")
Godzilla: The Series
Dean Whitehead (voice)
October Road
Men of a Certain Age
Directing
No Ordinary Family
Directing
Cop Rock
Louis Newman
Mancuso, F.B.I.
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Buck Bridges
Privileged
Directing
Ocean's Thirteen
The V.U.P.
Bunheads
Directing
Recovery Road
Directing
Drag Me to Hell
Mr. Jacks
Hellcats
Directing
Windfall
Directing
Line of Fire
Jonah Malloy
No Way Out
Technician
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Dixon Lewis
Bad Teacher
Doctor Vogel
The American President
Leon Kodak
Heartland
Directing
Century City
Miller Sisto
Get Shorty
Leo Devoe
Santo Bugito
The Professor (voice)
Payback
Arthur Stegman
Quiz Show
Dan Enright
Nixon
Ron Ziegler
Channel Umptee-3
Sheldon S. Cargo (voice)
Side Order of Life
Directing
Airplane II: The Sequel
Court Photographer
Glory Days
Mac Ten's Lawyer
Howard the Duck
Larry, Scientist
Accident Man
Milton
Resurrecting the Champ
Whitley
Heart and Souls
Hal the Bus Driver
The Hurricane
Myron Bedlock
City Slickers
Ira Shalowitz
Spartan
TV News Anchor (uncredited)
Twixt
Sam
The Five-Year Engagement
Pete Solomon
Redbelt
Richard
Horse Girl
Doctor
There's... Johnny!
Dr. Neuberger
Perfect
Managing Editor
Downtown
Capt. David Kiner
Mighty Joe Young
Harry Ruben
Bait
Agent Wooly
Mumford
Dr. Ernest Delbanco
Gang Related
Elliot Goff
In Good Company
Morty
City Hall
Abe Goodman
State and Main
Marty Rossen
Night of the Creeps
Young Scientist
Open All Night
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Kalev
Chill Factor
Dr. Richard Long
Best Defense
Kurly
Carpool
Daniel Miller
Love, Mary
David Lewis
Mr. Saturday Night
Stan
Lemon
Dr. Gold
The In-Laws
Cabbie
Bounce
Prosecuting Attorney Mandel (uncredited)
Bad Therapy
Dr. Edward Kingsley
School of Life
Matt Warner
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Rafael Horowitz
Focus
Mr. Finkelstein
Outside Ozona
Alan Defaux
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Jay Ross
Unforgettable
Curtis Avery
Irreconcilable Differences
Alan Sluiser
Crazy People
George
Balto III: Wings of Change
Mel (voice)
Sky High
Vic
Bad Shabbos
Richard
Fanboy
Angry Ice Cream Customer
The 6th Man
Coach Pederson
Crime of the Century
David Wilentz
Alex & Emma
John Shaw
Warm Springs
Louis Howe
Crazy for Love
Max Sr.
Rock 'N Roll Mom
Boris
Her Life as a Man
Ted
The Sunlit Night
Levi
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Deputy Dist. Atty. Feldberg
RFK
Dick Goodwin
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Stanley Kauffmann
Dash and Lilly
Arthur Kober
Partners
Bob
The Lesser Evil
George
This House Possessed
Pasternak
From Where I Sit
Bob
Two-Bit Waltz
The Lawyer
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice)
Joe and Max
Joe Jacobs
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
Deputy D.A. Feldberg
Enemies of Laughter
Paul
No Holds Barred
Unger
Candor City Hospital
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
Embassy interviewer
Checking Out
Ted Applebaum
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Ira Shalowitz
Grace Kelly
Jay Kanter
Bartleby
The Boss
Pleasures
Stanley
In Search of Dr. Seuss
The Ad Man
The Long Way Home
(voice)
The Absent-Minded Professor
Mr. Oliphant
Amistad
Secretary John Forsyth
Mr. Saturday Night
Stan Yankleman
The Burial Society
Morry Zimmer
The Pickle Recipe
Uncle Morty