Cast & creator
Paul Lazar
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Third Watch
Paul Lazar is an American actor, director, and teacher. As an actor he is best known for his collaborations with Jonathan Demme, having appeared in six of Demme’s films including The Silence of the Lambs (1991). In addition to his film work, he is co-founder of Big Dance Theatre and an associate member of The Wooster Group, and currently teaches theater at Harvard.
53
film credits
9
television credits
60
1983–2024 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (62)
Showing 62 of 62 credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sid Gabbert
1999
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Donald
2001
Third Watch
Erik
1999
Miami Vice
David Sugarman
1984
Snowpiercer
Paul
2013
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Dave Baker
2005
Lisey's Story
Thomas Fenton
2021
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
Bob Oppenheimer
1993
The Silence of the Lambs
Pilcher
1991
Rachel Getting Married
Rehearsal Dinner Guest
2008
The Host
American Doctor
2006
Married to the Mob
Tommy Boyle
1988
Philadelphia
Dr. Klenstein
1993
Wonderland
Willie Watches
2000
The Manchurian Candidate
Gillespie
2004
Queens Supreme
2003
The Substitute 2: School's Out
Mack Weathers
1998
Mickey Blue Eyes
Ritchie Vitale
1999
Trapped in Paradise
Timmy
1994
Lorenzo's Oil
Professor Duncan
1992
Speechless
Harry
1994
Experimenter
Paul Errara
2015
Cymbeline
Quarry Cop 1
2014
Beloved
General Store Proprietor
1998
Lulu on the Bridge
Restaurant Man #2
1998
Subway Stories
Mr. Nervous (segment "Subway Car from Hell")
1997
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Seymour
1995
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
Drunk
2020
29th Street
Needle Nose Nipton
1991
Anamorph
Medical Examiner
2007
Henry Fool
Doctor
1998
New York City Serenade
Festival Chairman
2007
How to Seduce Difficult Women
Sam
2009
Six Ways to Sunday
Hyman
1999
Streamers
MP Lieutenant
1983
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Ad Man (segment 'A Domestic Dilemma')
1991
2BPerfectlyHonest
Bank Manager
2004
On the Run
Cabbie
1999
Buffalo Girls
Doc Rames
1995
Money Kings
Rocky
1998
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
2016
No Such Thing
Fred
2002
The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems
Bill Allen
Los Locos
Buck
1997
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
The Baker
2013
Arresting Gena
Uncle John
1997
From Other Worlds
Larry
2004
Taking the Heat
Chucky
1993
10 Crosby
Older Doorman
2016
Sweet Relief
Mr. McDaniel
2023
The Favor
Mr. Smith
2007Silent Street
2016
Suits
Mitchell Mitnick
1999
Ghostwritten
Mark Brooks
2022
We're Gonna Die
Director
2015
All the Words on the Page
Paul
2024
Brace Up!
Fyodor Ilyich Kulygin
1993
Toe Tags
Coroner's Assistant
1996
The Debt
The Salesman
1993
Bass Ackwards
Co-Writer
2010
Another Telepathic Thing
2015