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.
Beverly Hills Cop
(Jeffrey)
Beverly Hills Cop II
(Jeffrey Friedman)
One Night at McCool's
(Carl Harding)
Aliens
(Burke)
Bye Bye Love
(Donny Carson)
Pros & Cons
(Prison Man #1)
Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time
(Self)
The Thing About My Folks
(Ben Kleinman)
The Story of Us
(Dave)
Diner
(Modell)
The Aristocrats
(Self)
Crazy People
(Stephen Bachman)
Get Bruce!
(Self)
Odd Jobs
(Max)
Purpose
(Ben Fisher)
Cross My Heart
(Bruce Gaynor)
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
(Self)
Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from Home
(Self)
You Ruined My Life
(Dexter Bunche)
The Tower
(Tony Minot)
Behind the Candelabra
(Mr. Felder)
Life After Beth
(Noah Orfman)
Funny People
(Paul Reiser)
Women vs. Men
(Bruce)
Diner: On The Flip Side
(Self)
Whiplash
(Jim)
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
(Jeffrey)
Concussion
(Dr. Elliot Pellman)
Mr. Write
(Charlie Fischer)
The Problem with People
(Barry)
From Here to Maternity
(Marco)
Miles
(Lloyd Bryant)
The Gutter
(Angelo)
Joshy
(Steve)
Family Prayers
(Dan Lidner)
The Book of Love
(Wendell)
I Do... Until I Don't
(Harvey Burger)
The Darkness
(Simon Richards)
Aliens Expanded
(Self)
The Little Hours
(Ilario)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
(Self)
War on Everyone
(Gerry Stanton)
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
(Paul Reiser)
The Spy Who Dumped Me
(Arnie)
Sunset Limousine
(Jay Neilson)
Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of Characters
(Himself - Host)
Fatherhood
(Paul)
Horse Girl
(Gary)
The Marrying Man
(Phil Golden)
My Beautiful Son
(Jerry Lipman)
Diner
(Modell)
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
(Self (archive footage))
Scenes from an Empty Church
(The Dad)
Comic Relief III
(Self)
Mad About You
(Paul Buchman)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
The Tony Danza Show
(Self - Guest)
Remington Steele
(Ivan Turbell)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
My Two Dads
(Michael Taylor)
The View
(Self - Guest)
Tamron Hall
(Self - Guest)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
Beyond Stranger Things
(Self)
The Emmy Awards
(Self)
The Paul Reiser Show
(Paul Reiser)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
(Paul Reiser)
Red Oaks
(Getty)
The Movies That Made Us
(Self)
Reboot
(Gordon)
George Carlin's American Dream
(Self)
TripTank
(Gary (voice))
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
(Self - Additional Guest)
The Boys
(The Legend)
Stranger Things
(Sam Owens)
The Kominsky Method
(Martin Schneider)
Mad About You
(Paul Buchman)
The View
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Fosse/Verdon
(Cy Feuer)
The Romanoffs
(Bob Isaacson)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(Self)
The Problem with People
(Writer)
The Problem with People
(Producer)
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
(Executive Producer)
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
(Writer)
Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from Home
(Writer)
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
(Writer)
The Thing About My Folks
(Writer)
The Thing About My Folks
(Producer)
Mad About You
(Writer)
Mad About You
(Executive Producer)
Invincible
(Producer)
There's... Johnny!
(Executive Producer)
Loco x Vos
(Creator)
Mad About You
(Creator)
The Paul Reiser Show
(Creator)
There's... Johnny!
(Creator)
Loco x Vos
(Creator)