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American actor

Film & TV

New York City, New York, USA

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,…

Known for

  • Long Story Short — Elliott (voice)2025
  • Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F — Jeffrey2024
  • The Problem with People — Barry2024
  • The Gutter — Angelo2024
  • Aliens Expanded — Self2024
  • Paul Reiser: Life, Death & Rice Pudding — Self2024
  • Reboot — Gordon2022
  • George Carlin's American Dream — Self2022
  • The Sherri Shepherd Show — Self - Guest2022
  • Fatherhood — Paul2021

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Key facts

Born
( 1956-03-30 ) March 30, 1956 (age 70) , New York City , U.S.
Alma mater
Binghamton University
Occupations
Actor comedian writer
Years active
1982–present
Spouse
Paula Ravets ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1988 ) ​
Relatives
Will Reiser (cousin) Richard Epstein (cousin)
Website
paulreiser .com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Paul
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Occupation
musician
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Field of work
music
Instrument
piano
Official website
paulreiser.com
Image
Paul Reiser 2011 cropped.jpg
Number of children
2
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date of birth
1956-03-30
ethnic group
American Jews
Commons category
Paul Reiser
start of work period
1982-00-00
social media followers
55835
writing language
English language
name in native language
Paul Reiser
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Encyclopedic overview

Paul Reiser (/ˈraɪzər/; born March 30, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He played the roles of Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You, Modell in the 1982 film Diner, and Detective Jeffrey Friedman in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise. He has gained recognition for his roles as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Dr. Sam Owens in the Netflix series Stranger Things.

Reiser portrayed Carter Burke in James Cameron's Aliens. He appeared in the second and third seasons of The Kominsky Method as Martin, Mindy Kominsky's boyfriend.

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