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