David Paymer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 30 August 1954 · Oceanside, Long Island, New York, USA
David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, and television director.
Known for
Acting 92
- 2026Butterfly in the Typewriter as Stanley Kauffmann
- 2025Bad Shabbos as Richard
- 2022Mr. Saturday Night as Stan Yankleman
- 2020The Sunlit Night as Levi
- 2020Bad Therapy as Dr. Edward Kingsley
- 2020Horse Girl as Doctor
- 2019Where'd You Go, Bernadette as Jay Ross
- 2019Fanboy as Angry Ice Cream Customer
- 2018Accident Man as Milton
- 2017Lemon as Dr. Gold
- 2016The Pickle Recipe as Uncle Morty
- 2014Two-Bit Waltz as The Lawyer
- 2014Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit as Dixon Lewis
- 2012The Five-Year Engagement as Pete Solomon
- 2011Twixt as Sam
- 2011Bad Teacher as Doctor Vogel
- 2009Drag Me to Hell as Mr. Jacks
- 2008Redbelt as Richard
- 2008The Mentalist as James "Jim" Panzer · 1 episode
- 2007Resurrecting the Champ as Whitley
- 2007Ocean's Thirteen as The V.U.P.
- 2006Checking Out as Ted Applebaum
- 2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Rafael Horowitz
- 2005Warm Springs as Louis Howe
- 2005Candor City Hospital
- 2005Crazy for Love as Max Sr.
- 2005School of Life as Matt Warner
- 2004In Good Company as Morty
- 2004Balto III: Wings of Change as Mel (voice)
- 2004Spartan as TV News Anchor (uncredited)
- 2003Alex & Emma as John Shaw
- 2002The Burial Society as Morry Zimmer
- 2002RFK as Dick Goodwin
- 2002Joe and Max as Joe Jacobs
- 2001Focus as Mr. Finkelstein
- 2001The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie as Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice)
- 2001Bartleby as The Boss
- 2000For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story as Embassy interviewer
- 2000Bounce as Prosecuting Attorney Mandel (uncredited)
- 2000Enemies of Laughter as Paul
- 2000Bait as Agent Wooly
- 2000State and Main as Marty Rossen
- 2000Partners as Bob
- 2000From Where I Sit as Bob
- 1999Mumford as Dr. Ernest Delbanco
- 1999The Hurricane as Myron Bedlock
- 1999Chill Factor as Dr. Richard Long
- 1999Dash and Lilly as Arthur Kober
- 1999Payback as Arthur Stegman
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Stephen Elroy · 1 episode
- 1998Mighty Joe Young as Harry Ruben
- 1998Outside Ozona as Alan Defaux
- 1998The Lesser Evil as George
- 1997Amistad as Secretary John Forsyth
- 1997Gang Related as Elliot Goff
- 1997The Long Way Home as (voice)
- 1997The 6th Man as Coach Pederson
- 1997The View as Self · 1 episode
- 1996Crime of the Century as David Wilentz
- 1996Carpool as Daniel Miller
- 1996Unforgettable as Curtis Avery
- 1996City Hall as Abe Goodman
- 1995Nixon as Ron Ziegler
- 1995The American President as Leon Kodak
- 1995Get Shorty as Leo Devoe
- 1995Cagney & Lacey: Together Again as Deputy D.A. Feldberg
- 1994In Search of Dr. Seuss as The Ad Man
- 1994Cagney & Lacey: The Return as Deputy Dist. Atty. Feldberg
- 1994Quiz Show as Dan Enright
- 1994City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold as Ira Shalowitz
- 1993Searching for Bobby Fischer as Kalev
- 1993Heart and Souls as Hal the Bus Driver
- 1992Mr. Saturday Night as Stan
- 1991City Slickers as Ira Shalowitz
- 1990Crazy People as George
- 1990Sky High as Vic
- 1989No Holds Barred as Unger
- 1988The Absent-Minded Professor as Mr. Oliphant
- 1988Rock 'N Roll Mom as Boris
- 1987No Way Out as Technician
- 1986Night of the Creeps as Young Scientist
- 1986Howard the Duck as Larry, Scientist
- 1986Pleasures as Stanley
- 1985Love, Mary as David Lewis
- 1985Perfect as Managing Editor
- 1984Irreconcilable Differences as Alan Sluiser
- 1984Best Defense as Kurly
- 1984Her Life as a Man as Ted
- 1983Grace Kelly as Jay Kanter
- 1982Airplane II: The Sequel as Court Photographer
- 1981This House Possessed as Pasternak
- 1979The In-Laws as Cabbie
Directing 3
- 2008The Mentalist · 1 episode
- 2005Candor City Hospital · director
- 2005Grey's Anatomy · 1 episode