Paul Reiser
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Beverly Hills Cop
1984
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
One Night at McCool's
2001
Aliens
1986
Bye Bye Love
1995
Pros & Cons
1999
Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time
1998
The Thing About My Folks
2005
The Story of Us
1999
Diner
1982
The Aristocrats
2005
Crazy People
1990
Get Bruce!
1999
Odd Jobs
1986
Purpose
2002
Cross My Heart
1987
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
1987
Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from Home
1991
You Ruined My Life
1987
The Tower
1993
Behind the Candelabra
2013
Life After Beth
2014
Funny People
2009
Women vs. Men
2002
Diner: On The Flip Side
1999
Whiplash
2014
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024
Concussion
2015
Mr. Write
1994
The Problem with People
2024
From Here to Maternity
1986
Miles
2017
The Gutter
2024
Joshy
2016
Family Prayers
1993
The Book of Love
2017
I Do... Until I Don't
2017
The Darkness
2016
Aliens Expanded
2024
The Little Hours
2017
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
War on Everyone
2016
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
1992
The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018
Sunset Limousine
1983
Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of Characters
1994
Fatherhood
2021
Horse Girl
2020
The Marrying Man
1991
Strange Relations
2001
Diner
1983
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
2003
Scenes from an Empty Church
2021
Comic Relief III
1989
Paul Reiser: Life, Death & Rice Pudding
2024
Martini Ranch: Reach
1988
Mad About You
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Remington Steele
1982
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
My Two Dads
1987
The View
1997
Tamron Hall
2019
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Beyond Stranger Things
2017
The Emmy Awards
1949
The Paul Reiser Show
2011
Saturday Night Live
1975
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Red Oaks
2014
The Movies That Made Us
2019
Reboot
2022
George Carlin's American Dream
2022
TripTank
2014
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018
The Boys
2019
Stranger Things
2016
The Kominsky Method
2018
Mad About You
2019
The View
1997
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Fosse/Verdon
2019
The Romanoffs
2018
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Sherri
2022
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Long Story Short
2025
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
People's Choice Awards
1975
Late Night with David Letterman
1982