David Paymer
Born	August 30, 1954 (1954-08-30) (age 55) Oceanside, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, Director
Years active	1979 — present

David Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor, seen in such films as Quiz Show, Searching for Bobby Fischer, City Slickers, Crazy People, State and Main, Payback, Get Shorty, Carpool, The American President, and Ocean's Thirteen. Paymer was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1992 for Mr. Saturday Night. He played a mob boss in the short-lived series Line of Fire.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Personal life

Paymer was born in Oceanside, New York, the son of Sylvia, a travel agent, and Marvin Paymer, a pianist and musical director^[1] who originally worked in the scrap metal business. The two divorced in 1973.^[2] Paymer is Jewish; his mother was born in Belgium and left for the United States because of the Nazi occupation.^[3] Paymer has a brother, Steve, and graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in theater and psychology.

[edit] Career

Paymer's acting career began in 1979 with the film The In-Laws. Paymer has appeared in over 90 films in his career. He has also appeared in many popular television shows, including Taxi, Happy Days, L.A. Law, Ghost Whisperer and Entourage. He has had recurring roles on Cheers, Murphy Brown, and The Larry Sanders Show. He has also appeared in such films as Amistad, City Hall, RFK, and Into the West. Paymer has also dabbled into the world of animation, lending his voice to the character "Sheldon" in the Kids' WB cartoon series Channel Umptee-3.

Paymer has directed episodes of several popular television series, including Gilmore Girls, Grey's Anatomy, One Tree Hill, Melrose Place, and Everwood. In the television series Angel, there is a running gag about Cordelia Chase socializing with Paymer and his brother, Steve.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1979	The In-Laws	Cab Driver
1981	This House Possessed	Pasternak
1982	Airplane II: The Sequel	Court Photographer
1984	Best Defense	Kurly
	Irreconcilable Differences	Alan Sluiser
1985	Perfect	Managing Editor
1986	Howard the Duck	Larry
1987	No Way Out	David
1988	Rock 'n' Roll Mom	Boris
1989	No Holds Barred	Unger
1990	Crazy People	George
1991	City Slickers	Ira Shalowitz
1991-96	The Commish	Arnie Metzger
1992	Mr. Saturday Night	Stan	Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1993	Searching for Bobby Fischer	Kalev
	Heart and Souls	Hal
1994	City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold	Ira Shalowitz
	Quiz Show	Dan Enright
	Cagney & Lacey: The Return	Feldberg
1995	Cagney & Lacey: Together Again	Feldberg
	Get Shorty	Leo Devoe	Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
	The American President	Leon Kodak
	Nixon	Ron Ziegler	Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1996	Unforgettable	Curtis Avery
	City Hall	Abe Goodman
	Carpool	Daniel Miller
	Crime of the Century	David Wilentz	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
1997	The Sixth Man	Pederson
	Gang Related	Elliot Goff
	Amistad	Forsyth
	Channel Umptee-3	Sheldon S. Cargo (voice)
1998	The Lesser Evil	George
	Outside Ozona	Alan Defaux
	Mighty Joe Young	Dr. Harry Ruben
1999	Payback	Stegman
	Chill Factor	Dr. Richard Long
	Mumford	Dr. Ernest Delbanco
	The Hurricane	Myron Bedlock
2000	State and Main	Marty Rossen	Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast National Board of Review Award for Best Cast Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
	Bait	Agent Wooly
	For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story	Embassy interviewer
	Partners	Bob
	Bounce	Mandel
	Enemies of Laughter	Paul Halpern
2001	Focus	Mr. Finkelstein
2002	Joe & Max	Joe Jacobs
2003	Alex & Emma	John Shaw
	Line of Fire	Jonah Malloy	13 episodes Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
2004	In Good Company	Morty
	Spartan
2005	School of Life	Matt Warner
	Warm Springs	Louis Howe
	Checking Out	Ted Applebaum
2007	Resurrecting the Champ	Whitley
	Ocean's Thirteen	V.U.P.
2008	Redbelt	Richard
2009	Drag Me to Hell	Mr. Jacks

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• David Paymer at the Internet Movie Database

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NAME	Paymer, David
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor, Director
DATE OF BIRTH	1954-08-30
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oceanside, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH