Cast & creator
Paul Reiser
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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.
Also known as: پل رایزر
65
film credits
48
television credits
94
1949–2025 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (113)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The View
Self - Guest
1997The View
Self
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Stranger Things
Dr. Sam Owens
2016
The Boys
The Legend
2019
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Paul Reiser
2000
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
Mad About You
Paul Buchman
1992Mad About You
Writer
1992Mad About You
Executive Producer
1992Mad About You
Creator
1992The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Remington Steele
Ivan Turbell
1982
Whiplash
Jim
2014
People's Choice Awards
Self - Host
1975
Aliens
Burke
1986
Beverly Hills Cop
Jeffrey
1984
Red Oaks
Getty
2014
The Kominsky Method
Martin Schneider
2018
The Movies That Made Us
Self
2019
Reboot
Gordon
2022
The Romanoffs
Bob Isaacson
2018
TripTank
Gary (voice)
2014
Beverly Hills Cop II
Jeffrey Friedman
1987
Long Story Short
Elliott (voice)
2025
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
Self - Additional Guest
2018
Fosse/Verdon
Cy Feuer
2019
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Jeffrey
2024
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Arnie
2018
My Two Dads
Michael Taylor
1987
Funny People
Paul Reiser
2009
Mad About You
Paul Buchman
2019
Beyond Stranger Things
Self
2017
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Concussion
Dr. Elliot Pellman
2015
The Little Hours
Ilario
2017
There's... Johnny!
Executive Producer
2017There's... Johnny!
Writer
2017There's... Johnny!
Creator
2017
The Story of Us
Dave
1999
Loco x Vos
Creator
2016Loco x Vos
Creator
2016
Fatherhood
Paul
2021
George Carlin's American Dream
Self
2022
Life After Beth
Noah Orfman
2014
Behind the Candelabra
Mr. Felder
2013Invincible
Producer
2008
The Paul Reiser Show
Paul Reiser
2011The Paul Reiser Show
Creator
2011
War on Everyone
Gerry Stanton
2016
The Darkness
Simon Richards
2016
Horse Girl
Gary
2020
One Night at McCool's
Carl Harding
2001
The Book of Love
Wendell
2017
The Aristocrats
Self
2005
The Marrying Man
Phil Golden
1991
Crazy People
Stephen Bachman
1990
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
Executive Producer
2004Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
Writer
2004
Diner
Modell
1982
Joshy
Steve
2016
Get Bruce!
Self
1999
The Gutter
Angelo
2024
Aliens Expanded
Self
2024
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Self (archive footage)
2003
I Do... Until I Don't
Harvey Burger
2017
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
Self
1987Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
Writer
1987
Bye Bye Love
Donny Carson
1995
The Problem with People
Barry
2024The Problem with People
Writer
2024The Problem with People
Producer
2024
Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time
Self
1998
Martini Ranch: Reach
Snakeoil Salesman (uncredited)
1988
The Thing About My Folks
Ben Kleinman
2005The Thing About My Folks
Writer
2005The Thing About My Folks
Producer
2005
The Tower
Tony Minot
1993
Mr. Write
Charlie Fischer
1994
From Here to Maternity
Marco
1986
Scenes from an Empty Church
The Dad
2021
Cross My Heart
Bruce Gaynor
1987Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Self
1997
Miles
Lloyd Bryant
2017
Strange Relations
Jerry Lipman
2001Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
Paul Reiser
1992
You Ruined My Life
Dexter Bunche
1987
Women vs. Men
Bruce
2002
Family Prayers
Dan Lidner
1993
Diner
Modell
1983
Comic Relief III
Self
1989Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of Characters
Himself - Host
1994
Odd Jobs
Max
1986
Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from Home
Self
1991Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from Home
Writer
1991
Purpose
Ben Fisher
2002
Diner: On The Flip Side
Self
1999
Pros & Cons
Prison Man #1
1999
Sunset Limousine
Jay Neilson
1983
Paul Reiser: Life, Death & Rice Pudding
Self
2024Paul Reiser: Life, Death & Rice Pudding
Writer
2024