Paul Reiser
Acting
Paul Reiser (born March 30, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, television writer, and musician. He is known for his roles as Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You, Modell in the 1982 film Diner, Carter Burke in the 1986 film Aliens, as Detective Jeffrey Friedman in Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). More recently, Reiser is recognized as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Doug Getty in the Amazon Video series Red Oaks.
Born: March 30, 1956 · New York City, New York, USA
Filmography (74)
Long Story Short
2025
The Gutter
2024
The Problem with People
2024
Aliens Expanded
2024
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024
Reboot
2022
Sherri
2022
George Carlin's American Dream
2022
Fatherhood
2021
Horse Girl
2020
The Movies That Made Us
2019
Mad About You
2019
Tamron Hall
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Boys
2019
Fosse/Verdon
2019
The Kominsky Method
2018
The Romanoffs
2018
The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018
There's... Johnny!
2017
Beyond Stranger Things
2017
I Do... Until I Don't
2017
The Little Hours
2017
Miles
2017
The Book of Love
2017
War on Everyone
2016
Joshy
2016
Stranger Things
2016
The Darkness
2016
Concussion
2015
Whiplash
2014
Red Oaks
2014
Life After Beth
2014
TripTank
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Behind the Candelabra
2013
Funny People
2009
The Aristocrats
2005
The Thing About My Folks
2005
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
2004
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Women vs. Men
2002
Purpose
2002
One Night at McCool's
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
The Story of Us
1999
Get Bruce!
1999
Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time
1998
The View
1997
Bye Bye Love
1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tower
1993
Mad About You
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Marrying Man
1991
Crazy People
1990
Cross My Heart
1987
My Two Dads
1987
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
Aliens
1986
Odd Jobs
1986
Beverly Hills Cop
1984
Sunset Limousine
1983
Remington Steele
1982
Diner
1982
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Saturday Night Live
1975
People's Choice Awards
1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Emmy Awards
1949