Paul Reiser

Born: 1956-03-30, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography

• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
• Stranger Things (2016)
• The Boys (2019)
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
• Remington Steele (1982)
• Mad About You (1992)
• Mad About You (1992)
• Whiplash (2014)
• Aliens (1986)
• The Kominsky Method (2018)
• My Two Dads (1987)
• Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
• Red Oaks (2014)
• Long Story Short (2025)
• Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)
• Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
• The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
• The Little Hours (2017)
• Concussion (2015)
• Funny People (2009)
• Fatherhood (2021)
• Horse Girl (2020)
• Behind the Candelabra (2013)
• War on Everyone (2016)
• One Night at McCool's (2001)
• The Story of Us (1999)
• The Darkness (2016)
• Life After Beth (2014)
• Joshy (2016)