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Paul Reiser (/ˈraɪzər/; born March 30, 1956)[1] is an American actor, comedian, and television writer. 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, and as Detective Jeffrey Friedman in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley.[2] More recently, Reiser has gained recognition for his roles as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Dr. Sam Owens in the Netflix series Stranger Things.

Paul Reiser
Reiser at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born	(1956-03-30) March 30, 1956 (age 66) New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	Binghamton University
Occupation	Actor, comedian, television writer
Years active	1982–present
Organizations	Hinman Production Company Nuance Productions
Spouse	Paula Ravets ​ (m. 1988)​
Children	2
Relatives	Will Reiser (cousin) Richard Epstein (first cousin)
Website	paulreiser.com

Reiser is ranked 77th on Comedy Central's 2004 list of the "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time". The name of Reiser's production company, Nuance Productions, is inspired by one of his lines in the film Diner, in which his character explains his discomfort with the word "nuance".

Reiser is arguably best known for his role as the greedy, slimey company man Carter Burke in James Cameron's Aliens, in which he went against his casting type and showcased his range of acting abilities. He appeared in the second and third seasons of The Kominsky Method as Martin, the boyfriend of Mindy Kominsky.

Early life

Reiser was born in New York City in 1956, the son of Helen Hollinger Reiser (1919–2012), a homemaker who was one of the first women to graduate from Baruch College, and Samuel H. Reiser (1914–1989), a wholesale health food distributor who served in the military.[3][4] His family is of Romanian Jewish descent; he has three sisters. Reiser attended the East Side Hebrew Institute and graduated from Stuyvesant High School.[5] He earned his bachelor's degree at Binghamton University, where he majored in music (piano, composition).

During his university years, Reiser was active in student theater productions at the Hinman Little Theater, an on-campus community theater organization located in Hinman College, Reiser's dorm community.[6] It was later renamed the Hinman Production Company.[7] He found his calling as a comedian while performing in New York clubs during university summer breaks.

Career

After developing his skills as a stand-up comedian, Reiser had a breakout film role in 1982 when he appeared in Diner, a coming-of-age film directed by Barry Levinson. Reiser's character, Modell, a closet stand-up comedian, effectively brought Reiser's abilities to the attention of Hollywood. He followed this success by playing a detective in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), a role he reprised in its sequel, Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley.[2] Reiser also had roles in James Cameron's Aliens (1986), in which he played the villainous Carter Burke, a role played so well that even Reiser's own family cheered when his character met his deserved comeuppance; The Marrying Man (1991) and Bye Bye Love (1995).

Reiser starred as one of two possible fathers of a teenage girl in the TV sitcom My Two Dads (1987–90), and later came to prominence in North America as Paul Buchman in Mad About You (1992–99), a comedy series he co-created, in which Helen Hunt co-starred as his on-screen wife. He was also the co-composer of the show's theme song, "The Final Frontier" (with Don Was),[8] and performed the piano for the theme's recording. Reiser's role in Mad About You earned nominations for an Emmy, a Golden Globe, an American Comedy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for him. For the show's final season, Reiser and Hunt received $1 million ($1.6 million today) per episode.[9] After signing onto a Mad About You revival in 2018,[10] it was picked up as a 12-episode limited series by Spectrum Originals in March 2019, which became available for members of Amazon Prime Video as of fall 2020.[11]

In 2001, Reiser played a dramatic role as a man desperate to locate his biological mother, after learning he has a serious illness, in the British TV film My Beautiful Son. In 2002, Reiser made a guest appearance as himself on Larry David's HBO sitcom, Curb Your Enthusiasm.[12] In the TV comedy film Atlanta (2007), Reiser appears as one half of a couple who, after meeting at a funeral, are unable to stay away from each other.[13] In 2010, Reiser collaborated with the singer Julia Fordham to create a CD album titled Unusual Suspects, which includes the song "UnSung Hero", dedicated to American soldiers serving in Afghanistan. The two embarked on an acoustic tour after its release. Reiser also co-wrote the song, "No There There" with Melissa Manchester for her 2015 album, You Gotta Love the Life.[14] Early in his career, Reiser was the opening act for Manchester, who warned him that music audiences can be rough on comedians and that the last comedian that opened for her left the stage in tears. Reiser reflects about this warning and on how he then bombed at the Concord Hotel in the chapter "Don't Worry if They Suck" in I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics (2010), by Ritch Shydner and Mark Schiff.[15]

Reiser scripted and starred in the semi-autobiographical comedy series The Paul Reiser Show, which aired on NBC as a mid-season replacement during the 2010–11 TV season.[16] "This is nice", commented Reiser on the Stephanie Miller radio program, "because you get to sit around and root for other shows to fail." However, due to the lack of lead time and promotion by NBC prior to its debut (as well as poor scheduling),[17][18] the low-rated show was canceled on April 22, 2011, with only two episodes aired.[19][20][21] He co-created (but did not star in) the 2017 dramedy There's... Johnny!, set backstage at The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1972. Originally created for Seeso, the seven-episode season was released on Hulu after Seeso's collapse.[22] In recent years Reiser has appeared in films such as Whiplash and TV series such as Red Oaks and Stranger Things.

Reiser has written three books: Couplehood, about the ups and downs of being in a committed relationship; Babyhood, about his experiences as a first-time father; and Familyhood (released in May 2011), a collection of humorous essays. Couplehood is unique in that it starts on page 145; Reiser explained this as his method of giving the reader a false sense of accomplishment. In 1996, Reiser appeared on Late Show with David Letterman in the middle of writing Babyhood. Since he had not yet decided on a title, he presented a prop book, titled simply "Book" and with the same cover as that of Couplehood.

In 2022, Reiser appeared in season three of The Boys as The Legend.

Personal life

Reiser married Paula Ravets on August 21, 1988. They have two sons: born in 1995 and 2000. His oldest son has cerebral palsy, which Reiser has spoken about publicly at fundraisers and other events.[23] Reiser is the cousin of screenwriter and producer Will Reiser,[24] who is known for writing the semi-autobiographical comedy-drama film 50/50 (2011).

Reiser's first cousin is the legal scholar Richard Epstein.[25]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Diner	Modell
1984	Beverly Hills Cop	Det. Jeffrey Friedman
1986	Odd Jobs	Max
	Aliens	Carter Burke
1987	Beverly Hills Cop II	Det. Jeffrey Friedman
	Cross My Heart	Bruce Gaynor
1990	Crazy People	Stephen Bachman
1991	The Marrying Man	Phil Golden
1992	3½ Blocks from Home	Himself
1993	Family Prayers	Dan Linder
1994	Mr. Write	Charlie Fisher
1995	Bye Bye Love	Donny
1999	Get Bruce	Unknown
	The Story of Us	Dave	Uncredited
	Pros & Cons	Prison Man #1
2001	One Night at McCool's	Carl
	Purpose	Ben Fisher
2005	The Thing About My Folks	Ben Kleinman
	The Aristocrats	Himself
2009	Funny People
2014	Whiplash	Jim Neiman
	Life After Beth	Noah Orfman
2015	Concussion	Dr. Elliot Pellman
2016	Joshy	Steve
	Miles	Lloyd Bryant
	War on Everyone	Lt. Gerry Stanton
	The Book of Love	Wendell
	The Darkness	Simon Richards
2017	The Little Hours	Ilario
	I Do... Until I Don't	Harvey Burger
2018	The Spy Who Dumped Me	Arnie Freeman
2020	Horse Girl	Gary
2021	Fatherhood	Paul
TBA	Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley	Det. Jeffrey Friedman	Filming[2]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Remington Steele	Ivan Turbell	Episode: "A Good Night's Steele"
1983	Sunset Limousine	Jay Neilson	Television film
1987	The Disney Sunday Movie	Dexter Bunche	Episode: "You Ruined My Life"
1987–1990	My Two Dads	Michael Taylor	60 episodes
1992–1999 Revival: 2019	Mad About You	Paul Buchman	174 episodes Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series Nominated—American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Performer in a Television Series Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (1995–98) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series (1994–97) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (1994–99) Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (1995–96) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (1995–98) Nominated—Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series
1993	The Tower	Tony Minot	Television movie
1995	37th Annual Grammy Awards	Himself (host)	TV special
	Saturday Night Live	Himself (host)	Episode: "Paul Reiser/Annie Lennox"
2001	My Beautiful Son	Jerry Lipman	Television movie; AKA Strange Relations
2002	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Paul Reiser	Episode: "The Terrorist Attack"
	Women vs. Men	Bruce	Television movie
2011	The Paul Reiser Show	Paul Reiser	7 episodes
2013	Behind the Candelabra	Mr. Felder	Television movie
2014–16	TripTank	Gary (voice)	10 episodes
2014–15	Married	Shep	10 episodes
2014–17	Red Oaks	Doug Getty	Main role
2017–22	Stranger Things	Dr. Sam Owens	14 episodes Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2018	The Romanoffs	Bob Isaacson	Episode: "House of Special Purpose"
2019	Fosse/Verdon	Cy Feuer	2 episodes
2019–21	The Kominsky Method	Martin Schneider	12 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2020, 2022)
2022	The Boys	The Legend	2 episodes
2022–present	Reboot	Gordon Gelman	Main cast

References

External links

• Paul Reiser at IMDb

На других языках

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Paul Reiser (* 30. März 1956 in New York City) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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[es] Paul Reiser

Paul Reiser (Nueva York, 30 de marzo de 1956) es un comediante, actor, escritor y guionista estadounidense.

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[ru] Райзер, Пол

Пол Ра́йзер (англ. Paul Reiser; род. 30 марта 1957 или 30 марта 1956[1], Нью-Йорк, Нью-Йорк) — американский актёр, комик, сценарист, композитор, писатель и телеведущий. Основатель продюсерской компании Nuance Productions[2]. Занимает 77-е место в списке 2004 года «100 величайших стендап-комиков всех времён» по версии американского кабельного телеканала Comedy Central[3].

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