David Paymer

ActorDirectorWriter Aug 30 (age 71) Oceanside, Long Island, New York, USA 1974–2025 (51 year career)

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Biography

David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, and television director.

Known For

Film

Lucifer

Director

Film

Grey's Anatomy

Director

Film

The Mentalist

Director

Film

Ocean's Thirteen

The V.U.P.

Film

Gilmore Girls

Director

Film

The Hurricane

Myron Bedlock

Film

Drag Me to Hell

Mr. Jacks

Film

Payback

Arthur Stegman

Filmography

Acting (157)

Movies (91)

Bad Shabbos

as Richard

Mr. Saturday Night

as Stan Yankleman

Horse Girl

as Doctor

Bad Therapy

as Dr. Edward Kingsley

The Sunlit Night

as Levi

Fanboy

as Angry Ice Cream Customer

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

as Jay Ross

Accident Man

as Milton

Lemon

as Dr. Gold

The Pickle Recipe

as Uncle Morty

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

as Dixon Lewis

Two-Bit Waltz

as The Lawyer

The Five-Year Engagement

as Pete Solomon

Bad Teacher

as Doctor Vogel

Twixt

as Sam

Drag Me to Hell

as Mr. Jacks

Redbelt

as Richard

Ocean's Thirteen

as The V.U.P.

Resurrecting the Champ

as Whitley

Payback: Straight Up

as Arthur Stegman

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

as Rafael Horowitz

Checking Out

as Ted Applebaum

School of Life

as Matt Warner

Warm Springs

as Louis Howe

Crazy for Love

as Max Sr.

Candor City Hospital

In Good Company

as Morty

Spartan

as TV News Anchor (uncredited)

6.2

Balto III: Wings of Change

as Mel (voice)

Alex & Emma

as John Shaw

The Burial Society

as Morry Zimmer

RFK

as Dick Goodwin

Joe and Max

as Joe Jacobs

Bartleby

as The Boss

Focus

as Mr. Finkelstein

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

2001

as Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice)

Bait

as Agent Wooly

From Where I Sit

as Bob

State and Main

2000

as Marty Rossen

6.2

Bounce

2000

as Prosecuting Attorney Mandel (uncredited)

5.8

Partners

2000

as Bob

4.8

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

2000

as Embassy interviewer

Enemies of Laughter

as Paul

Payback

as Arthur Stegman

The Hurricane

as Myron Bedlock

Mumford

as Dr. Ernest Delbanco

Chill Factor

as Dr. Richard Long

Dash and Lilly

as Arthur Kober

Mighty Joe Young

as Harry Ruben

The Lesser Evil

as George

Outside Ozona

as Alan Defaux

The 6th Man

as Coach Pederson

Gang Related

as Elliot Goff

Amistad

as Secretary John Forsyth

The Long Way Home

as (voice)

Crime of the Century

as David Wilentz

City Hall

as Abe Goodman

Unforgettable

as Curtis Avery

Carpool

as Daniel Miller

Get Shorty

as Leo Devoe

Nixon

as Ron Ziegler

The American President

1995

as Leon Kodak

6.5

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again

1995

as Deputy D.A. Feldberg

7.0

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

as Ira Shalowitz

Quiz Show

as Dan Enright

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

1994

as Deputy Dist. Atty. Feldberg

6.6

In Search of Dr. Seuss

1994

as The Ad Man

7.1

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993

as Kalev

7.1

Heart and Souls

1993

as Hal the Bus Driver

Mr. Saturday Night

as Stan

City Slickers

as Ira Shalowitz

Crazy People

as George

Sky High

as Vic

No Holds Barred

as Unger

The Absent-Minded Professor

as Mr. Oliphant

Rock 'N Roll Mom

as Boris

No Way Out

as Technician

Howard the Duck

as Larry, Scientist

Night of the Creeps

as Young Scientist

Pleasures

as Stanley

Perfect

as Managing Editor

Love, Mary

as David Lewis

Her Life as a Man

as Ted

Irreconcilable Differences

as Alan Sluiser

Best Defense

as Kurly

Grace Kelly

as Jay Kanter

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

as Court Photographer

This House Possessed

as Pasternak

The In-Laws

as Cabbie

Butterfly in the Typewriter

as Stanley Kauffmann

Payback: Straight Up

as Arthur Stegman

Television (66)

All's Fair

as Dr. Pollan

Good American Family

as Dr. Lawrence

St. Denis Medical

as Bob

Bookie

as Nathan

Minx

as Myron

Star Trek: Picard

as Dr. Moritz Benayoun

DAVE

as Don

The Morning Show

as Mr. Shoenfeld

On Becoming a God in Central Florida

as Buck Bridges

The Conners

as Gary

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

as Harry Drake

Room 104

as Robert

There's... Johnny!

as Dr. Neuberger

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

as Dr. Frederick Tate

Perception

as Rueben Bauer

The Good Wife

as Judge Richard Cuesta

7.6

The Mentalist

2008

as James "Jim" Panzer

October Road

Brothers and Sisters

as Donald Dudley

My Name Is Earl

as Clark Clark

Ghost Whisperer

as Adam Godfrey

Entourage

as Sammy Kane

Jack & Bobby

Century City

as Miller Sisto

Line of Fire

as Jonah Malloy

Without a Trace

as Mr. Freedman

Justice League

as Chancellor / Captain (voice)

8.2

Night Visions

2001

as Jim Osgoode (segment "Neighborhood Watch")

7.2

Static Shock

2000

as Mason Andrews (voice)

8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Stephen Elroy

7.9

The Wild Thornberrys

1998

as Finch / Iguana (voice)

7.0

Godzilla: The Series

1998

as Dean Whitehead (voice)

7.9

The View

1997

as Self

4.3

The New Batman Adventures

1997

as Frank (voice)

8.0

Channel Umptee-3

1997

as Sheldon S. Cargo (voice)

Santo Bugito

1995

as The Professor (voice)

The Larry Sanders Show

as Norman Litkey

The Commish

Cop Rock

as Louis Newman

Glory Days

as Mac Ten's Lawyer

Tales from the Crypt

as Andy Conway

Mancuso, F.B.I.

Murphy Brown

as Dr. Bishop

21 Jump Street

as Mike Ferris

Jake and the Fatman

L.A. Law

as Joey Paul

Matlock

as Lenny Marcus

It's Garry Shandling's Show

as Richard Kimble

Downtown

as Capt. David Kiner

Moonlighting

as Camille's PR

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Cheers

as Phil Schumacher

Family Ties

as Larry Harris

St. Elsewhere

as Mr. Bickle

Fame

Cagney & Lacey

as Deputy District Attorney Feldberg

Simon & Simon

Hill Street Blues

Open All Night

Hart to Hart

Taxi

as Ned

Lou Grant

Barney Miller

as Felix Morrissey

The Jeffersons

Happy Days

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (32)

Movies (1)

Candor City Hospital

2005

Director

Television (31)

Lucifer

Director

Recovery Road

Director

Mistresses

Director

Bunheads

Director

Switched at Birth

Director

Switched at Birth

Writer

Hart of Dixie

Director

Franklin & Bash

Director

Life Unexpected

Director

No Ordinary Family

Director

Hellcats

Director

Men of a Certain Age

Director

Make It or Break It

Director

Melrose Place

Director

The Mentalist

Director

90210

Director

Privileged

Director

October Road

Director

Heartland

Director

Side Order of Life

Director

Brothers and Sisters

Director

The Unit

Director

What About Brian

Director

Pepper Dennis

Director

Windfall

Director

Grey's Anatomy

Director

Medium

Director

Jack & Bobby

Director

One Tree Hill

Director

Everwood

Director

Gilmore Girls

Director