Paul Reiser | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | March 30, 1956
Alma mater | Binghamton University |
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Years active | 1982–present |
Spouse |
Paula Ravets (m. 1988) |
Children | 2 |
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Website | paulreiser |
Paul Reiser (/ˈraɪzər/; born March 30, 1956)[1] 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.
Reiser is ranked 77th on Comedy Central's 2004 list of the "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time". The name of his production company, Nuance Productions, is inspired by one of his lines in the film Diner, where his character explains his discomfort with the word "nuance".