Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 24, 1965
Place of Birth:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Paul Ben-Victor
Biography
​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Paul Ben-Victor (born July 24, 1965) is an American actor. Ben-Victor was born Paul Friedman, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Leah Kornfeld, a playwright, and Victor Friedman. Ben-Victor debuted on the small screen in 1987 in the made-for-TV movie Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife and on an episode of Cagney & Lacey. Fifteen years after beginning his television career with bit parts, Ben-Victor found himself cast in important roles on HBO dramas The Wire and Entourage, as well as making a 2006 appearance as Coach Lou on My Name is Earl. He portrayed Moe Howard in the 2000 made-for-TV film The Three Stooges. Ben-Victor has been featured on many television cop dramas like Monk and CSI, and also had a recurring role as two-bit con man Steve Richards on three episodes of NYPD Blue from 1994 to 1997. Ben-Victor has co-written stage plays with his mother. At least two of their plays have been staged in the Manhattan area, including "Club Soda" and "The Good Steno". Ben-Victor had a starring role in the Sci-Fi channel television show, The Invisible Man, alongside Vincent Ventresca. The two later guest starred together on the hit TV show Las Vegas. They were reunited again on an episode of the new USA Network series In Plain Sight (Episode 1.2, "Hoosier Daddy"), on which Ben-Victor has a supporting role. Appeared on "Everybody Hates Chris" as Mr. Thurman In 2008, Ben-Victor held a supporting role in the feature film, Clear Lake, WI, starring Michael Madsen. In August 2008, Ben-Victor co-starred in Coma, a web series on Crackle.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rosario | Marty |
| 2025 | Flight Risk | Coleridge (voice) |
| 2024 | Murder at Hollow Creek | Jeff Rhodes |
| 2023 | On Our Way | Mr. Adler |
| 2023 | Plane | Terry Hampton |
| 2023 | The Collective | Miro Lindell |
| 2022 | Collide | Clyde |
| 2022 | Emancipation | Major G. Halstead |
| 2022 | Last Looks | Conady |
| 2021 | Monster | Anthony Petrocelli |
| 2020 | The Banker | Donald Silverthorne |
| 2020 | Blood and Money | Bill |
| 2020 | My Brothers' Crossing | Officer Byrd |
| 2019 | Feast of the Seven Fishes | Johnny |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Jake Gottlieb |
| 2019 | Adventure Force 5 | |
| 2018 | The Super | Mr. Johnson |
| 2018 | The Amityville Murders | Ronald DeFeo Sr. |
| 2018 | A Crooked Somebody | Detective Zimmer |
| 2017 | His Lover | Scotty Davidson Jr. |
| 2016 | Love Is All You Need? | Principal Henry Birdsell |
| 2016 | Goliath | Cleft Chin |
| 2016 | Blowtorch | Blackie |
| 2016 | Camera Store | Mr. Bibideaux |
| 2015 | Any Day | William |
| 2015 | Get Hard | Gayle Burns |
| 2014 | By the Gun | Vincent Tortano |
| 2014 | Friends and Romans | Dennis Socio |
| 2013 | Don Jon | Priest |
| 2013 | Empire State | Tommy |
| 2013 | Grudge Match | Lou Camare |
| 2013 | Black Marigolds | Doctor Taylor |
| 2012 | Mighty Fine | Bobby |
| 2012 | Should've Been Romeo | Joey |
| 2012 | FDR: American Badass! | Mussolini |
| 2012 | The Carrier | Vlade |
| 2011 | Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury | Kip Tippington |
| 2011 | Video Girl | Jermaine Stanford |
| 2010 | A Reuben by Any Other Name | Max |
| 2010 | Venus & Vegas | Carlo |
| 2009 | American Bully | Principal Wheeler |
| 2009 | Clear Lake, WI | Sheriff Joe Dietzer |
| 2007 | Randy & the Mob | Franco |
| 2007 | On the Doll | Jimmy Sours |
| 2003 | Daredevil | Jose Quesada |
| 2003 | Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil' | |
| 2001 | The Cure for Boredom | Rudy |
| 2000 | Drowning Mona | Deputy Tony Carlucci |
| 2000 | The Three Stooges | Moe Howard |
| 2000 | Gun Shy | Howard |
| 2000 | Very Mean Men | Jimmy D. |
| 2000 | The Invisible Man | Robert Albert Hobbes |
| 1999 | Crazy in Alabama | D.A. Mackie |
| 1999 | The Corruptor | Schabacker |
| 1999 | Kiss Toledo Goodbye | Vince |
| 1999 | Heist | Abbie |
| 1998 | A Civil Action | Bobby Pasqueriella |
| 1998 | Point Blank | Howard |
| 1998 | Standoff | Agent Hank McGill |
| 1998 | Tempting Fate | Police officer |
| 1997 | Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave | Det. Meyer |
| 1997 | The 6th Man | Bernie |
| 1997 | Metro | Clarence Teal |
| 1996 | Maximum Risk | Agent Pellman |
| 1996 | Firestorm | Duran |
| 1996 | The First Man | Dulles |
| 1995 | Terrified | Sol Lipsteiger |
| 1995 | Red Scorpion 2 | Vince D'Angelo |
| 1995 | The Fifteen Minute Hamlet | Franciso, Ghost, Gravedigger, Osric & Fortinbras |
| 1995 | Houseguest | Pauly Gasperini |
| 1995 | Bushwhacked | Dana's father (uncredited) |
| 1994 | State of Emergency | Trevor Jacobs |
| 1994 | Web of Deception | Detective Fracinetti |
| 1993 | The Last Outlaw | Posseman Grubb |
| 1993 | Trouble Bound | Zand |
| 1993 | Tombstone | Florentino |
| 1993 | True Romance | Luca |
| 1993 | Dream Lover | Clown |
| 1993 | Extreme Justice | Councilman Joe Taylor |
| 1992 | Soulmates | Driver |
| 1992 | Eyes of the Beholder | Dr. Medaris |
| 1992 | Sunset Heat | New Yorker |
| 1992 | Cool World | Valet |
| 1991 | Body Parts | Ray Kolberg |
| 1990 | After the Shock | Dr. Steven Brattesani |
| 1990 | The Rookie | Little Felix |
| 1990 | Streets | Officer #2 |
| 1989 | Wired | Tom Perino |
| 1988 | Assault of the Killer Bimbos | Customer |
| 1988 | Pass the Ammo | Eddie Depaul |
| 1987 | Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife | |
| Another Day in America | Sam Ackerman | |
| 8-Ball | acting |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Nobody Wants This | Ilan Roklov |
| 2024 | Everybody Still Hates Chris | (voice) |
| 2024 | Creature Commandos | Bulldozer / General King / Large Son (voice) |
| 2023 | Paul T. Goldman | Mob Boss |
| 2023 | Bookie | Nick Quatrani |
| 2022 | Pam & Tommy | Richard Alden |
| 2022 | The Lincoln Lawyer | Sylvester 'Sly' Funaro, Sr. |
| 2020 | FBI: Most Wanted | Jackie 'The Fox' Bianchi |
| 2020 | Gravesend | |
| 2019 | The Chosen | Herod Antipas |
| 2018 | FBI | Mark Krawley |
| 2018 | The Resident | Edmund Carver |
| 2017 | The Mick | Jerry Berlin |
| 2017 | Santa Clarita Diet | Victor |
| 2017 | Will & Grace | Mario |
| 2016 | Vinyl | Maury Gold |
| 2016 | Lethal Weapon | Frank Truno |
| 2016 | Bull | Ryan Vance |
| 2016 | Goliath | |
| 2015 | Allegiance | Special Agent Faber |
| 2015 | Chicago Med | Mr. McGregor |
| 2014 | True Detective | Major Leroy Salter |
| 2011 | Person of Interest | Detective Cameron |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Agent Devin Campbell |
| 2009 | Castle | Dino Scarpella |
| 2008 | In Plain Sight | |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Noah Landau |
| 2008 | Childrens Hospital | Spiros |
| 2007 | John from Cincinnati | |
| 2007 | Drive | The Truck Driver |
| 2006 | Shark | |
| 2005 | Everybody Hates Chris | |
| 2005 | My Name Is Earl | Coach Lou |
| 2005 | Close to Home | |
| 2004 | Entourage | |
| 2004 | Entourage | Allen Grey |
| 2003 | Las Vegas | |
| 2002 | The Shield | Detective Paul Reyes |
| 2002 | The Wire | |
| 2002 | Monk | Al Nicoletto |
| 2002 | Fastlane | Marty |
| 2002 | The Wire | Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos |
| 2001 | Alias | Carter |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Theo |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Joey |
| 2000 | The Invisible Man | Robert Albert Hobbes |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Ticket Scalper |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine | Frank |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Peter Abrams |
| 1998 | L.A. Doctors | |
| 1997 | The Practice | Benny Small |
| 1997 | Brooklyn South | Steve Richards |
| 1996 | Early Edition | Elliott Rosenfield |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Dr. Aaron Monte |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Joey Tataglia |
| 1991 | The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage | |
| 1991 | Dark Justice | |
| 1989 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | |
| 1988 | Freddy's Nightmares | Paul |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Sgt. Costellano |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Bowles' Atty. Peters |