Paul Reiser

Biography

Paul Reiser 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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self

Stranger Things

Sam Owens

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Sherri

Self - Guest

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Paul Reiser

The Boys

The Legend

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F	Jeffrey
2024	The Problem with People	Barry
2024	The Gutter	Angelo
2024	Aliens Expanded	Self
2024	Paul Reiser: Life, Death & Rice Pudding	Self
2021	Fatherhood	Paul
2021	Scenes from an Empty Church	The Dad
2020	Horse Girl	Gary
2018	The Spy Who Dumped Me	Arnie
2017	Miles	Lloyd Bryant
2017	The Book of Love	Wendell
2017	I Do... Until I Don't	Harvey Burger
2017	The Little Hours	Ilario
2016	Joshy	Steve
2016	The Darkness	Simon Richards
2016	War on Everyone	Gerry Stanton
2015	Concussion	Dr. Elliot Pellman
2014	Life After Beth	Noah Orfman
2014	Whiplash	Jim
2013	Behind the Candelabra	Mr. Felder
2009	Funny People	Paul Reiser
2005	The Thing About My Folks	Ben Kleinman
2005	The Aristocrats	Self
2003	Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'	Self (archive footage)
2002	Purpose	Ben Fisher
2002	Women vs. Men	Bruce
2001	One Night at McCool's	Carl Harding
2001	Strange Relations	Jerry Lipman
1999	Pros & Cons	Prison Man #1
1999	The Story of Us	Dave
1999	Get Bruce!	Self
1999	Diner: On The Flip Side	Self
1998	Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time	Self
1997	Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life	Self
1995	Bye Bye Love	Donny Carson
1994	Mr. Write	Charlie Fischer
1994	Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of Characters	Himself - Host
1993	The Tower	Tony Minot
1993	Family Prayers	Dan Lidner
1992	Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue	Paul Reiser
1991	Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from Home	Self
1991	The Marrying Man	Phil Golden
1990	Crazy People	Stephen Bachman
1989	Comic Relief III	Self
1987	Beverly Hills Cop II	Jeffrey Friedman
1987	Cross My Heart	Bruce Gaynor
1987	Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim	Self
1987	You Ruined My Life	Dexter Bunche
1986	Aliens	Burke
1986	Odd Jobs	Max
1986	From Here to Maternity	Marco
1984	Beverly Hills Cop	Jeffrey
1983	Sunset Limousine	Jay Neilson
1983	Diner	Modell
1982	Diner	Modell

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Long Story Short	Elliott (voice)
2022	Reboot	Gordon
2022	George Carlin's American Dream	Self
2022	Sherri	Self - Guest
2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest
2019	The Movies That Made Us	Self
2019	The Boys	The Legend
2019	Mad About You	Paul Buchman
2019	Fosse/Verdon	Cy Feuer
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self
2018	The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale	Self - Additional Guest
2018	The Kominsky Method	Martin Schneider
2018	The Romanoffs	Bob Isaacson
2017	Beyond Stranger Things	Self
2016	Stranger Things	Sam Owens
2014	Red Oaks	Getty
2014	TripTank	Gary (voice)
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self
2011	The Paul Reiser Show	Paul Reiser
2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Paul Reiser
1997	The View	Self - Guest
1997	The View	Self
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest
1992	Mad About You	Paul Buchman
1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1987	My Two Dads	Michael Taylor
1982	Remington Steele	Ivan Turbell
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1949	The Emmy Awards	Self