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Paul Reiser

Born 1956 · American actor

Paul Reiser 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.

Paul Reiser, in order

  1. 1982 Diner: acted · directed by Barry Levinson · critics 92%, audiences 77%
  2. 1983 Diner: acted · directed by Barry Levinson
  3. 1984 Beverly Hills Cop: acted · directed by Martin Brest · critics 84%, audiences 82% · streaming on Philo, AMC+, Kanopy
  4. 1986 Aliens: acted · directed by James Cameron · critics 93%, audiences 94% · streaming on Netflix, Hulu
  5. 1986 Odd Jobs: acted · directed by Mark Story
  6. 1987 Beverly Hills Cop II: acted · directed by Tony Scott · critics 48%, audiences 58% · streaming on Philo, AMC+, Hoopla
  7. 1987 Cross My Heart: acted · directed by Armyan Bernstein
  8. 1987 My Two Dads (TV series): acted
  9. 1990 Crazy People: acted · directed by Tony Bill
  10. 1991 The Marrying Man: acted · directed by Jerry Rees
  11. 1992 Mad About You (TV series): created, acted
  12. 1994 Mr. Write: acted · directed by Charlie Loventhal
  13. 1995 Bye Bye Love: acted · directed by Sam Weisman · critics 20%, audiences 50%
  14. 1999 Get Bruce: acted · directed by Andrew J. Kuehn
  15. 1999 The Story of Us: acted · directed by Rob Reiner · critics 26%, audiences 58%
  16. 2001 One Night at McCool's: acted · directed by Harald Zwart · critics 33%, audiences 41%
  17. 2004 Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (TV movie): wrote · directed by Ezekiel Norton
  18. 2005 The Aristocrats: acted · directed by Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette
  19. 2005 The Thing About My Folks: wrote, acted · directed by Raymond De Felitta
  20. 2007 Atlanta: wrote · directed by Harold Ramis
  21. 2009 Funny People: acted · directed by Judd Apatow · critics 69%, audiences 48% · streaming on Starz
  22. 2011 The Paul Reiser Show (TV series): created
  23. 2014 Life After Beth: acted · directed by Jeff Baena
  24. 2014 Whiplash: acted · directed by Damien Chazelle · critics 94%, audiences 94% · streaming on Netflix
  25. 2015 Concussion: acted · directed by Peter Landesman · critics 58%, audiences 74% · streaming on Netflix
  26. 2016 Joshy: acted · directed by Jeff Baena · critics 84%, audiences 55% · streaming on Starz
  27. 2016 The Darkness: acted · directed by Greg McLean
  28. 2017–22 Stranger Things (TV series): acted · directed by Andrew Stanton and Matt Duffer · critics 90%, audiences 82% · streaming on Netflix
  29. 2017 The Book of Love: acted · directed by Bill Purple
  30. 2017 The Little Hours: acted · directed by Jeff Baena
  31. 2018 The Romanoffs (TV series): acted · directed by Matthew Weiner · critics 49%, audiences 63% · streaming on Prime Video, Prime Video (free), MX Player
  32. 2018 The Spy Who Dumped Me: acted · directed by Susanna Fogel · critics 49%, audiences 57%
  33. 2020 Horse Girl: acted · directed by Jeff Baena · critics 72%, audiences 49% · streaming on Netflix
  34. 2021 Fatherhood: acted · directed by Paul Weitz
  35. 2024 Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F: acted · directed by Mark Molloy
  36. 2024 The Gutter: acted · directed by Yassir Lester
  37. 2026 The Altruists (TV series): acted · directed by James Ponsoldt and Mairzee Almas