Paul Reiser
Acting
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.
As actor 91
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Saturday Night Live
1975
Stranger Things
2016
The Boys
2019
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Mad About You
1992
Sherri
2022
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Tamron Hall
2019
Whiplash
2014
Remington Steele
1982
Aliens
1986
The Tony Danza Show
2004
People's Choice Awards
1975
Beverly Hills Cop
1984
My Two Dads
1987
Red Oaks
2014
The Kominsky Method
2018
TripTank
2014
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024
The Movies That Made Us
2019
Long Story Short
2025
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018
The Romanoffs
2018
Beyond Stranger Things
2017
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018
Concussion
2015
Reboot
2022
Fosse/Verdon
2019
Funny People
2009
The Little Hours
2017
Mad About You
2019
Behind the Candelabra
2013
Fatherhood
2021
The Marrying Man
1991
Horse Girl
2020
George Carlin's American Dream
2022
War on Everyone
2016
One Night at McCool's
2001
The Story of Us
1999
The Aristocrats
2005
The Emmy Awards
1949
Mr. Write
1994
The Paul Reiser Show
2011
The Darkness
2016
The Book of Love
2017
Life After Beth
2014
Crazy People
1990
Get Bruce!
1999
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
Diner
1982
Joshy
2016
I Do... Until I Don't
2017
The Gutter
2024
Bye Bye Love
1995
The Thing About My Folks
2005
Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time
1998
Aliens Expanded
2024
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
1987
Pros & Cons
1999
The Problem with People
2024
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
2003
Cross My Heart
1987
Martini Ranch: Reach
1988
Women vs. Men
2002
Diner
1983
Family Prayers
1993
Diner: On The Flip Side
1999
Comic Relief III
1989
The Tower
1993
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
1992
Sunset Limousine
1983
You Ruined My Life
1987
Miles
2017
Purpose
2002
From Here to Maternity
1986
Strange Relations
2001
Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of Characters
1994
Scenes from an Empty Church
2021
Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from Home
1991
Paul Reiser: Life, Death & Rice Pudding
2024
Odd Jobs
1986
On the crew 11
Mad About You
1992
There's... Johnny!
2017
Loco x Vos
2016
The Paul Reiser Show
2011
Invincible
2008
The Thing About My Folks
2005
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
2004
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
1987
The Problem with People
2024
Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from Home
1991
Paul Reiser: Life, Death & Rice Pudding
2024