David Paymer

Total Box Office:
 $409.6M
Highest Rated:
100% Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Lowest Rated:
0% Carpool (1996)
Birthday:
Aug 30
Birthplace:
Oceanside, Long Island, New York, USA
Bio:
A former theatre and psychology major at the University of Michigan, actor David Paymer's first Broadway success was in the long-running musical Grease. He tentatively launched his film career in the tiny but telling role of a cabbie in 1979's The In-Laws, then returned to working "live" as a…

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Filmography


MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
Jack Ryan: Shadow One
  • Actor
-- 2013
63% The Five-Year Engagement
  • Pete Solomon
$28.6M 2012
31% Twixt
  • Actor
-- 2012
44% Bad Teacher
  • Doctor Vogel
$100.3M 2011
11% Alex & Emma
  • John Shaw
$14.1M 2011
The Quiz Show Scandal (Kwijeu Wang)
  • Actor
-- 2010
92% Drag Me to Hell
  • Mr. Jacks
$42.1M 2009
67% Redbelt
  • Richard
$2.3M 2008
70% Ocean's Thirteen
  • The V.U.P.
$117.1M 2007
59% Resurrecting the Champ
  • Whitely
$2.9M 2007
22% Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
  • Rafael Horowitz
$0.2M 2006
Payback: Straight Up
  • Stegman
-- 2006
School of Life
  • Matt Warner
-- 2005
Warm Springs
  • Louis Howe
-- 2005
43% Checking Out
  • Ted Applebaum
-- 2005
Max and Grace
  • Actor
-- 2005
My Suicidal Sweetheart
  • Max Sr.
-- 2005
84% In Good Company
  • Morty
$45.5M 2004
53% The Burial Society
  • Actor
-- 2003
Joe and Max
  • Actor
  • Director
-- 2002
RFK
  • Dick Goodwin
-- 2002
35% Bartleby
  • The Boss
$60.3k 2001
56% Focus
  • Finkelstein
-- 2001
Partners
  • Actor
-- 2000
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
  • Actor
-- 2000
52% Bounce
  • Actor
$35.8M 2000
26% Bait
  • Agent Wooly
$14.9M 2000
86% State and Main
  • Marty Rossen
$5.8M 2000
57% Enemies of Laughter
  • Paul Halpern
-- 2000
11% Chill Factor
  • Dr. Richard Long
-- 1999
56% Mumford
  • Dr. Ernest Delbanco
-- 1999
Dash and Lilly
  • Arthur Kober
-- 1999
83% The Hurricane
  • Myron Bedlock
-- 1999
Partners
  • Actor
-- 1999
53% Payback
  • Stegman
-- 1999
60% The Lesser Evil
  • Actor
-- 1998
25% Outside Ozona
  • Alan Defaux
-- 1998
52% Mighty Joe Young
  • Harry Ruben
-- 1998
76% Amistad
  • Secretary Forsyth
-- 1997
The Long Way Home
  • Actor
-- 1997
56% Gang Related
  • Elliot Goff
-- 1997
23% The 6th Man
  • Coach Pederson
-- 1997
54% City Hall
  • Abe Goodman
-- 1996
23% Unforgettable
  • Curtis Avery
-- 1996
Crime of the Century
  • Actor
-- 1996
0% Carpool
  • Daniel Miller
-- 1996
75% Nixon
  • Ron Ziegler
-- 1995
90% The American President
  • Leon Kodak
-- 1995
86% Get Shorty
  • Leo Devoe
-- 1995
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
  • Actor
-- 1995
19% City Slickers 2 - The Legend of Curly's Gold
  • Ira Shalowitz
-- 1994
In Search of Dr. Seuss
  • Actor
-- 1994
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
  • Deputy Dist. Atty. Feldberg
-- 1994
96% Quiz Show
  • Dan Enright
-- 1994
100% Searching for Bobby Fischer
  • Kalev
-- 1993
55% Heart and Souls
  • Hal the Bus Driver
-- 1993
56% Mr. Saturday Night
  • Stan Yankelman
-- 1992
90% City Slickers
  • Ira Shalowitz
-- 1991
33% Crazy People
  • George Cartelli
-- 1990
5% No Holds Barred
  • Unger
-- 1989
92% No Way Out
  • Technician
-- 1987
15% Howard the Duck
  • Larry Scientist
-- 1986
69% Night of the Creeps
  • Young Scientist
-- 1986
19% Perfect
  • Managing Editor
-- 1985
62% Irreconcilable Differences
  • Alan Slusier
-- 1984
Best Defense
  • Kurly
-- 1984
Grace Kelly
  • Jay Kanter
-- 1983
39% Airplane 2 - The Sequel
  • Court Photographer
-- 1982
88% The In-Laws
  • Cab Driver
-- 1979


TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
67% No Ordinary Family
  • Director
2010-2011
90210
2008-2013
Grey's Anatomy
2005-2013
64% Hellcats
2010-2011
87% The Fosters
2013-2013
The Carrie Diaries
2013
100% The Good Wife
  • Judge Richard Cuesta
  • Judge Cuesta
2009-2014
57% Melrose Place
2009-2010
Medium
2005-2011
Life Unexpected
2010-2011
Brothers & Sisters
  • Donald Dudley
2006-2011
The Mentalist
  • James Panzer
2008-2013
100% Men of a Certain Age
2009-2011
Hart of Dixie
2011-2013
One Tree Hill
2003-2012
Ghost Whisperer
  • Adam Godfrey
2005-2010
37% Mistresses
2013-2013

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Quotes from David Paymer's Characters

    1. Cab Driver: Mrs. Edelman cannot open her mouth! She cannot bite down!
    From The In-Laws. Submitted by Marc S (11 months ago)
    1. Robin McCall: Fellas, we haven't slept in three years. Can't we forget about work for one night and take a moment to enjoy each other as friends? It's Christmas.
    2. Lewis Rothschild: It's Christmas?
    3. Leon Kodak: Yeah. You didn't get the memo?
    From The American President. Submitted by Hunter I (2 years ago)
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