Paul Reiser
Known for acting · Born 30 March 1956 · 70 · New York City, New York, USA
102 credits
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
Whiplash
2014
Mad About You
1992
Stranger Things
2016
Aliens
1986
My Two Dads
1987
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024
Red Oaks
2014
Life After Beth
2014
One Night at McCool's
2001
The Boys
2019
Crazy People
1990
Bye Bye Love
1995
Acting (91)
2025Long Story ShortElliott (voice) · 10 episodesSeries
2024Beverly Hills Cop: Axel FJeffreyFilm
2024The Problem with PeopleBarryFilm
2024Aliens ExpandedSelfFilm
2024The GutterAngeloFilm
2024Paul Reiser: Life, Death & Rice PuddingSelfFilm
2022RebootGordon · 8 episodesSeries
2022George Carlin's American DreamSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2022SherriSelf - GuestSeries
2021FatherhoodPaulFilm
2021Scenes from an Empty ChurchThe DadFilm
2020Horse GirlGaryFilm
2019The BoysThe Legend · 3 episodesSeries
2019The Movies That Made UsSelfSeries
2019Fosse/VerdonCy Feuer · 2 episodesSeries
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelfSeries
2019The Tamron Hall ShowSelf - GuestSeries
2019Mad About YouPaul Buchman · 12 episodesSeries
2018The Spy Who Dumped MeArnieFilm
2018The Kominsky MethodMartin Schneider · 6 episodesSeries
2018The RomanoffsBob IsaacsonSeries
2018The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHaleSelf - Additional GuestSeries
2017The Little HoursIlarioFilm
2017The Book of LoveWendellFilm
2017Beyond Stranger ThingsSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2017I Do... Until I Don'tHarvey BurgerFilm
2017MilesLloyd BryantFilm
2016Stranger ThingsDr. Sam Owens · 19 episodesSeries
2016The DarknessSimon RichardsFilm
2016War on EveryoneGerry StantonFilm
2016JoshySteveFilm
2015ConcussionDr. Elliot PellmanFilm
2014WhiplashJimFilm
2014Life After BethNoah OrfmanFilm
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf, Self - GuestSeries
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2014Red OaksGetty · 26 episodesSeries
2014TripTankGary (voice)Series
2013Behind the CandelabraMr. FelderFilm
2011The Paul Reiser ShowPaul Reiser · 4 episodesSeries
2009Funny PeoplePaul ReiserFilm
2005The AristocratsSelfFilm
2005The Thing About My FolksBen KleinmanFilm
2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf - GuestSeries
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!SelfSeries
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2003Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'Self (archive footage)Film
2002PurposeBen FisherFilm
2002Women vs. MenBruceFilm
2001One Night at McCool'sCarl HardingFilm
2001Strange RelationsJerry LipmanFilm
2000Curb Your EnthusiasmPaul ReiserSeries
1999The Story of UsDaveFilm
1999Get Bruce!SelfFilm
1999Pros & ConsPrison Man #1Film
1999Diner: On The Flip SideSelfFilm
1998Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last TimeSelfFilm
1997The ViewSelf - GuestSeries
1997Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of LifeSelfFilm
1995Bye Bye LoveDonny CarsonFilm
1994Mr. WriteCharlie FischerFilm
1994Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of CharactersHimself - HostFilm
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - GuestSeries
1993The TowerTony MinotFilm
1993Family PrayersDan LidnerFilm
1992Mad About YouPaul Buchman · 164 episodesSeries
1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries
1992Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & BluePaul ReiserFilm
1991The Marrying ManPhil GoldenFilm
1991Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from HomeSelfFilm
1990Crazy PeopleStephen BachmanFilm
1989Comic Relief IIISelfFilm
1988Martini Ranch: ReachSnakeoil Salesman (uncredited)Film
1987Beverly Hills Cop IIJeffrey FriedmanFilm
1987My Two DadsMichael Taylor · 60 episodesSeries
1987Cross My HeartBruce GaynorFilm
1987You Ruined My LifeDexter BuncheFilm
1987Paul Reiser: Out on a WhimSelfFilm
1986AliensBurkeFilm
1986Odd JobsMaxFilm
1986From Here to MaternityMarcoFilm
1984Beverly Hills CopJeffreyFilm
1983Sunset LimousineJay NeilsonFilm
1983DinerModellFilm
1982DinerModellFilm
1982Remington SteeleIvan TurbellSeries
1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - HostSeries
1975People's Choice AwardsSelf - HostSeries
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
1949The Emmy AwardsSelfSeries
Creator (1)
2011The Paul Reiser ShowCreatorSeries
Crew (1)
2016Loco x VosCreatorSeries
Production (4)
2024The Problem with PeopleProducer, WriterFilm
2017There's... Johnny!Executive Producer, Writer, CreatorSeries
2008InvincibleProducerSeries
2004Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for PappyExecutive Producer, WriterFilm
Writing (5)
2024Paul Reiser: Life, Death & Rice PuddingWriterFilm
2005The Thing About My FolksWriter, ProducerFilm
1992Mad About YouWriter, Executive Producer, CreatorSeries
1991Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from HomeWriterFilm
1987Paul Reiser: Out on a WhimWriterFilm