8.0
8.0
Dash and Lilly
1999
as Arthur Kober
David Paymer
Acting
Nationality:United States
Education:University of Michigan, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
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David Charles Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor and television director. He is known for his character actor roles on stage and screen. He has received nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Paymer made his feature film debut as a cab driver in the action comedy The In-Laws (1979). He went on to receive an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for playing a caring brother and exhausted agent in the showbiz drama Mr. Saturday Night (1992). He is also known for his comedic roles in Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), Crazy People (1990), City Slickers (1991), Get Shorty (1995), The American President (1995), Carpool (1996), State and Main (2000), and In Good Company (2004) as well as dramatic roles in Quiz Show (1994), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Nixon (1995), Amistad (1997), The Hurricane (1999), Ocean's Thirteen (2007), and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Filmography (79 movies)
7.4
7.4
The Hurricane
1999
as Myron Bedlock
7.3
7.3
Quiz Show
1994
as Dan Enright
7.1
7.1
In Search of Dr. Seuss
1994
as The Ad Man
7.1
7.1
Bad Shabbos
2025
as Richard
7.1
7.1
The Long Way Home
1997
as (voice)
7.1
7.1
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
as Kalev
7.0
7.0
Amistad
1997
as Secretary John Forsyth
7.0
7.0
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001
as Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice)
7.0
7.0
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
1995
as Deputy D.A. Feldberg
6.9
6.9
Nixon
1995
as Ron Ziegler
6.9
6.9
Heart and Souls
1993
as Hal the Bus Driver
6.8
6.8
Payback
1999
as Arthur Stegman
6.7
6.7
Ocean's Thirteen
2007
as The V.U.P.
6.7
6.7
Night of the Creeps
1986
as Young Scientist
6.7
6.7
Crime of the Century
1996
as David Wilentz
6.7
6.7
The In-Laws
1979
as Cabbie
6.7
6.7
Balto III: Wings of Change
2004
as Mel (voice)
6.6
6.6
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019
as Jay Ross
6.6
6.6
Warm Springs
2005
as Louis Howe
6.6
6.6
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994
as Deputy Dist. Atty. Feldberg
6.5
6.5
The American President
1995
as Leon Kodak
6.5
6.5
Get Shorty
1995
as Leo Devoe
6.5
6.5
Checking Out
2005
as Ted Applebaum
6.5
6.5
Mumford
1999
as Dr. Ernest Delbanco
6.5
6.5
Redbelt
2008
as Richard
6.5
6.5
Drag Me to Hell
2009
as Mr. Jacks
6.4
6.4
City Slickers
1991
as Ira Shalowitz
6.4
6.4
School of Life
2005
as Matt Warner
6.4
6.4
Gang Related
1997
as Elliot Goff
6.3
6.3
Resurrecting the Champ
2007
as Whitley
6.3
6.3
Mighty Joe Young
1998
as Harry Ruben
6.3
6.3
Focus
2001
as Mr. Finkelstein
6.3
6.3
State and Main
2000
as Marty Rossen
6.2
6.2
Accident Man
2018
as Milton
6.2
6.2
Grace Kelly
1983
as Jay Kanter
6.2
6.2
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
2000
as Embassy interviewer
6.1
6.1
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
2014
as Dixon Lewis
6.1
6.1
The 6th Man
1997
as Coach Pederson
6.0
6.0
In Good Company
2004
as Morty
5.9
5.9
City Hall
1996
as Abe Goodman
5.9
5.9
Crazy People
1990
as George
5.9
5.9
The Five-Year Engagement
2012
as Pete Solomon
5.8
5.8
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Rafael Horowitz
5.8
5.8
RFK
2002
as Dick Goodwin
5.8
5.8
Bartleby
2001
as The Boss
5.7
5.7
Mr. Saturday Night
1992
as Stan
5.7
5.7
This House Possessed
1981
as Pasternak
5.7
5.7
Bait
2000
as Agent Wooly
5.6
5.6
Horse Girl
2020
as Doctor
5.6
5.6
Unforgettable
1996
as Curtis Avery
5.6
5.6
Irreconcilable Differences
1984
as Alan Sluiser
5.5
5.5
Enemies of Laughter
2000
as Paul
5.5
5.5
The Lesser Evil
1998
as George
5.5
5.5
The Sunlit Night
2020
as Levi
5.5
5.5
Two-Bit Waltz
2014
as The Lawyer
5.3
5.3
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994
as Ira Shalowitz
5.3
5.3
The Burial Society
2002
as Morry Zimmer
5.3
5.3
My Suicidal Sweetheart
2005
as Max Sr.
5.2
5.2
Carpool
1996
as Daniel Miller
5.2
5.2
Alex & Emma
2003
as John Shaw
5.1
5.1
Twixt
2011
as Sam
5.0
5.0
The Absent-Minded Professor
1988
as Mr. Oliphant
5.0
5.0
Love, Mary
1985
as David Lewis
4.9
4.9
Chill Factor
1999
as Dr. Richard Long
4.8
4.8
Outside Ozona
1998
as Alan Defaux
4.8
4.8
Partners
2000
as Bob
4.7
4.7
No Holds Barred
1989
as Unger
4.4
4.4
Joe and Max
2002
as Joe Jacobs
4.2
4.2
Bad Therapy
2020
as Dr. Edward Kingsley
3.3
3.3
Rock 'N Roll Mom
1988
as Boris
3.0
3.0
Pleasures
1986
as Stanley
2.5
2.5
The Pickle Recipe
2016
as Uncle Morty
1.0
1.0
Mr. Saturday Night
2022
as Stan Yankleman
1.0
1.0
Sky High
1990
Fanboy
2019
as Angry Ice Cream Customer
From Where I Sit
2000
as Bob
Butterfly in the Typewriter
TBA
as Stanley Kauffmann
Candor City Hospital
2005
Director
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