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Paul Reiser
1 FOLLOWER • 42 CREDITS • MAR 30, 1957 • 67
Biography
Paul Reiser (born March 30, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, television writer, and musician. He is known for his roles as Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You, Modell in the 1982 film Diner, Carter Burke in the 1986 film Aliens, as Detective Jeffrey Friedman in Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). More recently, Reiser is recognized as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Doug Getty in the Amazon Video series Red Oaks.
Known For
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
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The Boys
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Saturday Night Live
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xAFMZ3wFIEXTISryRZD94AAvWng.jpg)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Remington Steele
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The Movies That Made Us
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TripTank
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The Emmy Awards
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The Kominsky Method
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Beyond Stranger Things
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The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
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Fosse/Verdon
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uOOtwVbSr4QDjAGIifLDwpb2Pdl.jpg)
Stranger Things
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Horse Girl
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eBJEvKkhQ0tUt1dBAcTEYW6kCle.jpg)
Beverly Hills Cop
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The Romanoffs
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The Spy Who Dumped Me
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The Little Hours
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Fatherhood
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Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
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Beverly Hills Cop II
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Aliens
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The Paul Reiser Show
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
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George Carlin's American Dream
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Reboot
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Women vs. Men
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Crazy People
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Red Oaks
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Bye Bye Love
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Whiplash
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h2WYpwOczP3sQjmDpx91CrRjm5r.jpg)
My Two Dads
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Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from Home
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Mad About You
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