David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, and television director.

KNOWN FOR

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2010
The Mentalist
2011
Grey's Anatomy
2006
The View
2003
Gilmore Girls
2007
The Good Wife
2009
Lucifer
2016
One Tree Hill
2004
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2019
Cheers
1985
Without a Trace
2002
Medium
2006

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
160
Directing
31
Writing
1
2026
Adults
as Sandy Adler
2025
Bad Shabbos
as Richard
2025
Good American Family
as Dr. Lawrence
2025
All's Fair
as Dr. Pollan
2024
St. Denis Medical
as Bob
2024
Bookie
as Nathan
2022
Mr. Saturday Night
as Stan Yankleman
2022
Minx
as Myron
2021
The Morning Show
as Mr. Shoenfeld
2020
The Sunlit Night
as Levi
2020
Horse Girl
as Doctor
2020
Bad Therapy
as Dr. Edward Kingsley
2020
DAVE
as Don
2020
Star Trek: Picard
as Dr. Moritz Benayoun
2019
Fanboy
as Angry Ice Cream Customer
2019
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Jay Ross
2019
Room 104
as Robert
2019
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Dr. Frederick Tate
2019
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
as Buck Bridges
2018
Accident Man
as Milton
2018
The Conners
as Gary
2017
Lemon
as Dr. Gold
2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Harry Drake
2017
There's... Johnny!
as Dr. Neuberger
2016
The Pickle Recipe
as Uncle Morty
2014
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
as Dixon Lewis
2014
Two-Bit Waltz
as The Lawyer
2013
Perception
as Rueben Bauer
2012
The Five-Year Engagement
as Pete Solomon
2011
Twixt
as Sam
2011
Bad Teacher
as Doctor Vogel
2011
The Mentalist
as James "Jim" Panzer
2010
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Stephen Elroy
2009
Drag Me to Hell
as Mr. Jacks
2009
The Good Wife
as Judge Richard Cuesta
2008
Redbelt
as Richard
2008
October Road
2008
My Name Is Earl
as Clark Clark
2007
Ocean's Thirteen
as The V.U.P.
2007
Resurrecting the Champ
as Whitley
2007
Brothers and Sisters
as Donald Dudley
2006
Checking Out
as Ted Applebaum
2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Rafael Horowitz
2006
Ghost Whisperer
as Adam Godfrey
2006
Entourage
as Sammy Kane
2005
School of Life
as Matt Warner
2005
Warm Springs
as Louis Howe
2005
Crazy for Love
as Max Sr.
2005
Candor City Hospital
2004
In Good Company
as Morty
2004
Balto III: Wings of Change
as Mel (voice)
2004
Spartan
as TV News Anchor (uncredited)
2004
Static Shock
as Mason Andrews (voice)
2004
Jack & Bobby
2004
Century City
as Miller Sisto
2003
Alex & Emma
as John Shaw
2003
Line of Fire
as Jonah Malloy
2003
The View
as Self
2002
RFK
as Dick Goodwin
2002
Joe and Max
as Joe Jacobs
2002
The Burial Society
as Morry Zimmer
2002
Without a Trace
as Mr. Freedman
2002
Justice League
as Chancellor / Captain (voice)
2002
Justice League
as Chancellor / Nomad (voice)
2001
Bartleby
as The Boss
2001
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
as Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice)
2001
Focus
as Mr. Finkelstein
2001
Night Visions
as Jim Osgoode (segment "Neighborhood Watch")
2001
The Wild Thornberrys
as Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice)
2000
State and Main
as Marty Rossen
2000
Bait
as Agent Wooly
2000
Partners
as Bob
2000
Enemies of Laughter
as Paul
2000
Bounce
as Prosecuting Attorney Mandel (uncredited)
2000
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
as Embassy interviewer
2000
From Where I Sit
as Bob
1999
Payback
as Arthur Stegman
1999
Chill Factor
as Dr. Richard Long
1999
Mumford
as Dr. Ernest Delbanco
1999
The Hurricane
as Myron Bedlock
1999
Dash and Lilly
as Arthur Kober
1998
Mighty Joe Young
as Harry Ruben
1998
The Lesser Evil
as George
1998
Outside Ozona
as Alan Defaux
1998
The New Batman Adventures
as Frank (voice)
1998
The Wild Thornberrys
as Finch / Iguana (voice)
1998
Godzilla: The Series
as Dean Whitehead (voice)
1997
Amistad
as Secretary John Forsyth
1997
The 6th Man
as Coach Pederson
1997
Gang Related
as Elliot Goff
1997
The Long Way Home
as (voice)
1997
Channel Umptee-3
as Sheldon S. Cargo (voice)
1996
Unforgettable
as Curtis Avery
1996
Carpool
as Daniel Miller
1996
City Hall
as Abe Goodman
1996
Crime of the Century
as David Wilentz
1995
Nixon
as Ron Ziegler
1995
Get Shorty
as Leo Devoe
1995
The American President
as Leon Kodak
1995
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
as Deputy D.A. Feldberg
1995
Santo Bugito
as The Professor (voice)
1994
Quiz Show
as Dan Enright
1994
In Search of Dr. Seuss
as The Ad Man
1994
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
as Ira Shalowitz
1994
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Deputy Dist. Atty. Feldberg
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Kalev
1993
Heart and Souls
as Hal the Bus Driver
1993
Tales from the Crypt
as Andy Conway
1993
The Oscars
as Self
1992
Mr. Saturday Night
as Stan
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
as Norman Litkey
1992
The Commish
as Arnie
1991
City Slickers
as Ira Shalowitz
1991
The Commish
1991
Jake and the Fatman
1990
Crazy People
as George
1990
Sky High
as Vic
1990
L.A. Law
as Joey Paul
1990
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1990
Murphy Brown
as Dr. Bishop
1990
Glory Days
as Mac Ten's Lawyer
1990
Cop Rock
as Louis Newman
1989
No Holds Barred
as Unger
1989
Matlock
as Lenny Marcus
1988
The Absent-Minded Professor
as Mr. Oliphant
1988
Rock 'N Roll Mom
as Boris
1988
Simon & Simon
1988
St. Elsewhere
as Mr. Bickle
1987
No Way Out
as Technician
1987
21 Jump Street
as Mike Ferris
1987
It's Garry Shandling's Show
as Richard Kimble
1986
Pleasures
as Stanley
1986
Night of the Creeps
as Young Scientist
1986
Howard the Duck
as Larry, Scientist
1986
Moonlighting
as Camille's PR
1986
Downtown
as Capt. David Kiner
1985
Perfect
as Managing Editor
1985
Love, Mary
as David Lewis
1985
Cheers
as Phil Schumacher
1985
Family Ties
as Larry Harris
1985
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1984
Irreconcilable Differences
as Alan Sluiser
1984
Best Defense
as Kurly
1984
Her Life as a Man
as Ted
1984
Hill Street Blues
1983
Grace Kelly
as Jay Kanter
1983
The Jeffersons
1982
Airplane II: The Sequel
as Court Photographer
1982
Fame
1982
Cagney & Lacey
as Todd Feldberg
1982
Open All Night
1982
Taxi
as Ned
1981
This House Possessed
as Pasternak
1981
Happy Days
1981
Hart to Hart
1980
Lou Grant
1980
Barney Miller
as Felix Morrissey
1979
The In-Laws
as Cabbie
1979
The In-Laws
as Cab Driver
Butterfly in the Typewriter
as Stanley Kauffmann