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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
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- 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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