Cast & creator
Paul Ben-Victor
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Mentalist, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Ben-Victor (born July 24, 1965) is an American actor. Ben-Victor was born Paul Friedman, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Leah Kornfeld, a playwright, and Victor Friedman. Ben-Victor debuted on the small screen in 1987 in the made-for-TV movie Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife and on an episode of Cagney & Lacey. Fifteen years after beginning his television career with bit parts, Ben-Victor found himself cast in important roles on HBO dramas The Wire and Entourage, as well as making a 2006 appearance as Coach Lou on My Name is Earl. He portrayed Moe Howard in the 2000 made-for-TV film The Three Stooges. Ben-Victor has been featured on many television cop dramas like Monk and CSI, and also had a recurring role as two-bit con man Steve Richards on three episodes of NYPD Blue from 1994 to 1997. Ben-Victor has co-written stage plays with his mother. At least two of their plays have been staged in the Manhattan area, including "Club Soda" and "The Good Steno". Ben-Victor had a starring role in the Sci-Fi channel television show, The Invisible Man, alongside Vincent Ventresca. The two later guest starred together on the hit TV show Las Vegas. They were reunited again on an episode of the new USA Network series In Plain Sight (Episode 1.2, "Hoosier Daddy"), on which Ben-Victor has a supporting role. Appeared on "Everybody Hates Chris" as Mr. Thurman In 2008, Ben-Victor held a supporting role in the feature film, Clear Lake, WI, starring Michael Madsen. In August 2008, Ben-Victor co-starred in Coma, a web series on Crackle.
Also known as: Paul Benvictor, Paul Ben Victor , Paul Friedman
102
film credits
68
television credits
167
1986–2027 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (170)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Peter Abrams
1999
The Mentalist
Noah Landau
2008
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Joey
2000
Lanterns
Antaan
2026Lanterns
Antaan (voice)
2026
Castle
Dino Scarpella
2009
Hawaii Five-0
Agent Devin Campbell
2010
FBI
Mark Krawley
2018
Chicago Med
Mr. McGregor
2015
The X-Files
Dr. Aaron Monte
1993
Monk
Al Nicoletto
2002
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Ticket Scalper
2000
Person of Interest
Detective Cameron
2011
FBI: Most Wanted
Jackie 'The Fox' Bianchi
2020
The Practice
Benny Small
1997
Crossing Jordan
Theo
2001
The Chosen
Herod Antipas
2019
Las Vegas
Michael
2003
Entourage
Alan Gray
2004
The Resident
Edmund Carver
2018
True Detective
Major Leroy Salter
2014
L.A. Law
Sergeant Costellano
1986L.A. Law
Bowles' Atty. Peters
1986
The Wire
Spiros 'Vondas' Vondopoulos
2002
Strong Medicine
Frank
2000
The Lincoln Lawyer
Sly Funaro Sr.
2022
The Shield
Detective Paul Reyes
2002
My Name Is Earl
Coach Lou
2005
Bull
Ryan Vance
2016
Lethal Weapon
Frank Truno
2016
Childrens Hospital
Spiros
2008
Early Edition
Elliott Rosenfield
1996
Goliath
Cleft Chin
2016
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Karl
1989
In Plain Sight
Stan McQueen
2008
Preacher
Viktor
2016
Close to Home
Paul Bosco
2005
Shark
Ricky Rago
2006
Nobody Wants This
Ilan Roklov
2024
Will & Grace
Mario
2017
Brooklyn South
Steve Richards
1997
The Mick
Jerry Berlin
2017
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Joey Tataglia
1993
Creature Commandos
Bulldozer / General King / Large Son (voice)
2024
Freddy's Nightmares
Paul
1988
Bookie
Nick Quatrani
2023
Santa Clarita Diet
Victor
2017
The Irishman
Jake Gottlieb
2019
Fastlane
Marty
2002
L.A. Doctors
1998
Everybody Still Hates Chris
(voice)
2024
Rude Awakening
Carl
1998
M.I.A.
Boris Federov
2026
The Invisible Man
Роберт Альберт Хоббс
2000
Alias
Carter
2001
Plane
Terry Hampton
2023
True Romance
Luca
1993
Man on Fire
CIA Director Moncrief
2026
Vinyl
Maury Gold
2016
The Banker
Donald Silverthorne
2020
Flight Risk
Coleridge (voice)
2025
Vegas
Barry Silver
2012
Emancipation
Major G. Halstead
2022
Tombstone
Florentino
1993
Dark Justice
1991
Daredevil
Quesada
2003
Pam & Tommy
Richard Alden
2022
Don Jon
Priest
2013
Allegiance
Special Agent Faber
2015
John from Cincinnati
Palaka
2007
The Rookie
Little Felix
1990
Drive
The Truck Driver
2007
Maximum Risk
Agent Pellman
1996
Get Hard
Gayle Burns
2015
Grudge Match
Lou Camare
2013
Empire State
Tommy
2013
The Corruptor
Schabacker
1999
Dream Lover
Clown
1994
A Civil Action
Bobby Pasqueriella
1998
Cool World
Valet
1992
Gravesend
2020
Rosario
Marty
2025
Paul T. Goldman
Mob Boss
2023
Last Looks
Conady
2022
The Collective
Miro Lindell
2023
The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage
1991
Gun Shy
Howard
2000
Monster
Anthony Petrocelli
2021The Boys from Brazil
Sidney Beynon
Metro
Clarence Teal
1997
Houseguest
Pauly Gasperini
1995Empire City
Cmssr. Lance Davies
The Super
Mr. Johnson
2018
Crazy in Alabama
D.A. Mackie
1999
The Last Outlaw
Posseman Grubb
1993
Bushwhacked
Dana's father (uncredited)
1995
Body Parts
Ray Kolberg
1991
The 6th Man
Bernie
1997
Drowning Mona
Deputy Tony Carlucci
2000
Feast of the Seven Fishes
Johnny
2019
Point Blank
Howard
1998
Blood and Money
Bill
2020
Collide
Clyde
2022
Trouble Bound
Zand
1993
On the Doll
Jimmy Sours
2007
By the Gun
Vincent Tortano
2014
The Three Stooges
Moe Howard
2000
Video Girl
Jermaine Stanford
2011
A Crooked Somebody
Detective Zimmer
2018
Venus & Vegas
Carlo
2010
Extreme Justice
Councilman Joe Taylor
1993
The Amityville Murders
Ronald DeFeo Sr.
2018
Murder at Hollow Creek
Jeff Rhodes
2024
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
1987
Red Scorpion 2
Vince D'Angelo
1995
Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury
Kip Tippington
2011
Camera Store
Mr. Bibideaux
2016
Goliath
Cleft Chin
2016
Should've Been Romeo
Joey
2012Should've Been Romeo
Screenplay
2012Should've Been Romeo
Story
2012Should've Been Romeo
Producer
2012
American Bully
Principal Wheeler
2009
Love Is All You Need?
Principal Henry Birdsell
2016Killing Castro
Sam Giancana
2026
Vinyl (2016)
Another Day in America
Sam Ackerman
2025
The Bookie & the Bruiser
Generale Francesco Viscuzo
Assault of the Killer Bimbos
Customer
1988
Any Day
William
2015
Pass the Ammo
Eddie Depaul
1988
Friends and Romans
Dennis Socio
2014
Web of Deception
Detective Fracinetti
1994
Sunset Heat
New Yorker
1992
On Our Way
Mr. Adler
2023
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Franciso, Ghost, Gravedigger, Osric & Fortinbras
1995
State of Emergency
Trevor Jacobs
1994
Eyes of the Beholder
Dr. Medaris
1992
The Cure for Boredom
Rudy
2001
Mighty Fine
Bobby
2012
Tempting Fate
Police officer
1998
The First Man
Dulles
1996
The Chosen: Crucifixion
Kind Herod
2027
Terrified
Sol Lipsteiger
1995
Very Mean Men
Jimmy D.
2000
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
Vince
1999
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
Det. Meyer
1997
Adventure Force 5
Executive Victor
2019
Clear Lake, WI
Sheriff Joe Dietzer
2009His Lover
Scotty Davidson Jr.
2017
3 Days Rising
Detective Detective
Player 5150
Jimmy
2008
A Reuben by Any Other Name
Max
2010
FDR: American Badass!
Mussolini
2012
Wired
Tom Perino
1989
Blowtorch
Blackie
2016
Streets
Officer #2
1990
Firestorm
Duran
1996
Black Marigolds
Doctor Taylor
2013
After the Shock
Dr. Steven Brattesani
1990
The Carrier
Vlade
2012
My Brothers' Crossing
Officer Byrd
2020
8-Ball
acting
Randy & the Mob
Franco
2007
Standoff
Agent Hank McGill
1998
The Invisible Man
Robert Albert Hobbes
2000
Soulmates
Driver
1992
Heist
Abbie
1998Choosing Matthias
Chase
2001