David Paymer

David Paymer

1954-08-30 Oceanside, Long Island, New York, USA 91 Credits

Biography

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

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Bad Shabbos

Bad Shabbos

2025

as Richard

10.0
Acting

An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental manslaughter gets in the...

Mr. Saturday Night

Mr. Saturday Night

2022

as Stan Yankleman

1.0
Acting

Billy Crystal stars—again—as Buddy Young, Jr. in this entertaining musical about an outrageous and outspoken comedian who has one last shot at reclaim...

The Sunlit Night

The Sunlit Night

2020

as Levi

5.5
Acting

An aspiring painter meets eccentric locals and a fellow New Yorker while working on a barn in Norway.

Bad Therapy

Bad Therapy

2020

as Dr. Edward Kingsley

4.2
Acting

Married couple Bob and Susan Howard decide to see a marriage counselor named Judy Small, who appears trustworthy but harbors dark and conflicted impul...

Horse Girl

Horse Girl

2020

as Doctor

5.7
Acting

A socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into ...

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

2019

as Jay Ross

6.6
Acting

When architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter Bee goes on a quest with Bern...

Fanboy

Fanboy

2019

as Angry Ice Cream Customer

Acting

A video store employee from South Carolina travels to Hollywood when he learns that his favorite director is holding auditions for his next big film.

Accident Man

Accident Man

2018

as Milton

6.2
Acting

Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who ac...

Lemon

Lemon

2017

as Dr. Gold

4.5
Acting

Isaac has seen better days. His acting career is tanking, his blind girlfriend of 10 years plans to leave him, and his own family singles him out as a...

The Pickle Recipe

The Pickle Recipe

2016

as Uncle Morty

2.5
Acting

Desperate for cash, a down on his luck party emcee is corrupted by his shameless uncle to steal his grandmother's top secret pickle recipe.

Two-Bit Waltz

Two-Bit Waltz

2014

as The Lawyer

5.5
Acting

Suspension from school, the loss of a friend, a broken heart and lack of inspiration lead to Maude's downfall in this romp through teenage error. You...

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

2014

as Dixon Lewis

6.1
Acting

Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

The Five-Year Engagement

The Five-Year Engagement

2012

as Pete Solomon

5.9
Acting

Exactly one year after Tom meets Violet, he surprises her with a wedding ring. By all accounts, Tom and Violet are destined for their happily ever aft...

Twixt

Twixt

2011

as Sam

5.1
Acting

A struggling horror writer visiting a small town on a book tour gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he i...

Bad Teacher

Bad Teacher

2011

as Doctor Vogel

5.6
Acting

A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after ...

Drag Me to Hell

Drag Me to Hell

2009

as Mr. Jacks

6.4
Acting

After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for th...

Redbelt

Redbelt

2008

as Richard

6.5
Acting

Is there room for principle in Los Angeles? Mike Terry teaches jujitsu and barely makes ends meet. His Brazilian wife, whose family promotes fights, w...

Resurrecting the Champ

Resurrecting the Champ

2007

as Whitley

6.3
Acting

Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. Wha...

Ocean's Thirteen

Ocean's Thirteen

2007

as The V.U.P.

6.7
Acting

Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tish...

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

2006

as Rafael Horowitz

5.8
Acting

Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on...

Warm Springs

Warm Springs

2005

as Louis Howe

6.8
Acting

Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.

Checking Out

Checking Out

2005

as Ted Applebaum

6.5
Acting

A feisty octogenarian on the verge of his ninetieth birthday invites his three grown children to his upcoming birthday celebration with the explicit u...

Candor City Hospital

2005

Acting

Short film from David Paymer

Candor City Hospital

2005

Director

Directing

Short film from David Paymer

My Suicidal Sweetheart

My Suicidal Sweetheart

2005

as Max Sr.

5.8
Acting

A suicidal comedy about two young lovers who get married and escape from a mental institution in search of new ways to die...and the white light.

School of Life

School of Life

2005

as Matt Warner

6.4
Acting

At Fallbrook Middle School, the annual student-elected Teacher of the Year award is held. And every year for the last 43 years Norman Warner or most f...

In Good Company

In Good Company

2004

as Morty

6.0
Acting

Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naiv...

Balto III: Wings of Change

Balto III: Wings of Change

2004

as Mel (voice)

6.7
Acting

Balto and the other sled dogs are feeling dejected because the mail that used to be delivered by dogsled is now being delivered by airplanes. But when...

Spartan

Spartan

2004

as TV News Anchor (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get thi...

Alex & Emma

Alex & Emma

2003

as John Shaw

5.2
Acting

Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes mo...

The Burial Society

The Burial Society

2002

as Morry Zimmer

5.3
Acting

In The Burial Society, Sheldon Kasner, an unlikely criminal who works as a bank loan manager, infiltrates the mysterious world of the Chevrah Kadisha ...

RFK

RFK

2002

as Dick Goodwin

5.6
Acting

Following the death of his brother John, Robert Kennedy is forced to rise to the challenge of leading his country and carrying on his brother's vision...

Joe and Max

Joe and Max

2002

as Joe Jacobs

4.9
Acting

True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.

Focus

Focus

2001

as Mr. Finkelstein

6.4
Acting

In the waning months of World War II, a man and his wife are mistakenly identified as Jews by their anti-Semitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the vict...

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

2001

as Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice)

7.0
Acting

Donnie goes missing and the rest of the Thornberry family have various adventures (broken bones, getting lost in a cave, and a forest fire) while look...

Bartleby

Bartleby

2001

as The Boss

5.9
Acting

An adaptation of Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" told in the setting of a modern office.

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

2000

as Embassy interviewer

6.2
Acting

In the early 1970s, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) is torn between his own musical dreams and the dreams of his wife, Marianela (MĂ­a Ma...

Bounce

Bounce

2000

as Prosecuting Attorney Mandel (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

Buddy Amaral, a successful and self-absorbed Los Angeles advertising executive, switches airline tickets with a stranger just before boarding a long-d...

Enemies of Laughter

Enemies of Laughter

2000

as Paul

5.5
Acting

Nerdy-looking Paul is a neurotic, failed sitcom writer with a lackluster love life. But his best pal has an idea that might turn things around when he...

Bait

Bait

2000

as Agent Wooly

5.7
Acting

Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves r...

State and Main

State and Main

2000

as Marty Rossen

6.3
Acting

A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.

Partners

Partners

2000

as Bob

4.8
Acting

After stealing a briefcase, a drifter finds himself caught in the middle of an international crime caper.

From Where I Sit

2000

as Bob

Acting

High school sex education teacher Sharon and her husband, overwhelmed family man Bob humorously deal with life's ups and downs in suburban Boston.

Mumford

Mumford

1999

as Dr. Ernest Delbanco

6.5
Acting

When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford, comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarm...

The Hurricane

The Hurricane

1999

as Myron Bedlock

7.4
Acting

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

Chill Factor

Chill Factor

1999

as Dr. Richard Long

4.9
Acting

A store clerk and an ice cream truck driver are thrown together when a dying scientist entrusts them with a deadly chemical kept in ice. This chemical...

Dash and Lilly

Dash and Lilly

1999

as Arthur Kober

8.0
Acting

Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to marry,...

Payback

Payback

1999

as Arthur Stegman

6.8
Acting

With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and lea...

Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young

1998

as Harry Ruben

6.3
Acting

As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill ...

Outside Ozona

Outside Ozona

1998

as Alan Defaux

5.1
Acting

A widowed trucker fends off isolation in the company of a dog named Girl, two bickering sisters try to reconcile their differences and a down-and-out ...

The Lesser Evil

The Lesser Evil

1998

as George

5.8
Acting

Four best friends reunite in a remote cabin for the first time in two decades. They are not there to reminisce about the good old days, but rather, to...

Amistad

Amistad

1997

as Secretary John Forsyth

7.0
Acting

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are th...

Gang Related

Gang Related

1997

as Elliot Goff

6.4
Acting

Two corrupt cops have a successful, seemingly perfect money making scheme- they sell drugs that they seize from dealers, kill the dealers, and blame t...

The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home

1997

as (voice)

7.1
Acting

The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.

The 6th Man

The 6th Man

1997

as Coach Pederson

6.1
Acting

A college athlete returns from the dead to help his brother's basketball team win the NCAA title.

Crime of the Century

Crime of the Century

1996

as David Wilentz

6.7
Acting

In 1932, the nation was shocked when the 14-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped, held for ransom, and murdered. Two years later, Bruno Ri...

Carpool

Carpool

1996

as Daniel Miller

5.1
Acting

A man with an important business meeting finds himself having to take care of the carpool for the neighborhood school children when his wife gets sick...

Unforgettable

Unforgettable

1996

as Curtis Avery

5.6
Acting

Seattle medical examiner David Krane is obsessed with solving his wife's murder. A possible solution presents itself in an experimental "memory" serum...

City Hall

City Hall

1996

as Abe Goodman

5.9
Acting

The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.

Nixon

Nixon

1995

as Ron Ziegler

6.9
Acting

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spa...

The American President

The American President

1995

as Leon Kodak

6.5
Acting

Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wa...

Get Shorty

Get Shorty

1995

as Leo Devoe

6.5
Acting

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror fil...

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again

1995

as Deputy D.A. Feldberg

7.0
Acting

New York's toughest lady detectives re-team to solve the murder of a homeless transient who had been terrorizing the residents of a posh apartment bui...

In Search of Dr. Seuss

In Search of Dr. Seuss

1994

as The Ad Man

7.1
Acting

A nosy reporter wants to find out all she can about Dr. Seuss, aka Ted Geisel, and gets told the real facts by several of his characters, with large s...

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

1994

as Deputy Dist. Atty. Feldberg

6.6
Acting

1994. Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache of missing firearms.

Quiz Show

Quiz Show

1994

as Dan Enright

7.3
Acting

Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-...

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

1994

as Ira Shalowitz

5.3
Acting

Mitch Robbins' 40th birthday begins quite well until he returns home and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa. Neverthel...

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993

as Kalev

7.1
Acting

A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

Heart and Souls

Heart and Souls

1993

as Hal the Bus Driver

6.9
Acting

A fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghosts; their souls become eternally entwined to the l...

Mr. Saturday Night

Mr. Saturday Night

1992

as Stan

5.7
Acting

Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes ...

City Slickers

City Slickers

1991

as Ira Shalowitz

6.4
Acting

Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.

Crazy People

Crazy People

1990

as George

5.8
Acting

A bitter ad executive, who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution, where his career actually begins to thrive with the ...

Sky High

Sky High

1990

1.0
Acting

Two midwestern farmboys inherit a vintage bi-plane and then learn to fly it from an eccentric former stunt pilot.

No Holds Barred

No Holds Barred

1989

as Unger

4.7
Acting

Rip is the World Wrestling Federation champion who is faithful to his fans and the network he wrestles for, but Brell, the new head of the World Telev...

The Absent-Minded Professor

The Absent-Minded Professor

1988

as Mr. Oliphant

5.0
Acting

Henry Crawford is the titular absent-minded professor busy at work in his laboratory. He has a girlfriend, but she is getting frustrated at his repeat...

Rock 'N Roll Mum

Rock 'N Roll Mum

1988

as Boris

3.3
Acting

Dyan Cannon portrays Annie Hackett, an aspiring singer and suburban mother of two, who rocks and rolls her way through her household chores. When one ...

No Way Out

No Way Out

1987

as Technician

6.9
Acting

Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretar...

Night of the Creeps

Night of the Creeps

1986

as Young Scientist

6.7
Acting

In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a frate...

Howard the Duck

Howard the Duck

1986

as Larry, Scientist

5.4
Acting

A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar-smoking drake, Howard, fr...

Pleasures

Pleasures

1986

as Stanley

3.0
Acting

Three related women have summer romances in this drama. The first has recently been deserted by her husband. When an old college beau shows up, sparks...

Love, Mary

Love, Mary

1985

as David Lewis

5.0
Acting

A teen, who is always in trouble in school and has been sent to reform school, turns her life around when a counselor discovers she is dyslexic.

Perfect

Perfect

1985

as Managing Editor

5.7
Acting

A female aerobics instructor meets a male reporter doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love at first sight.

Irreconcilable Differences

Irreconcilable Differences

1984

as Alan Sluiser

5.6
Acting

Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.

Best Defense

Best Defense

1984

as Kurly

4.3
Acting

An engineer fails to get the bugs out of a tank before an Army officer has to use it in Kuwait.

Her Life as a Man

Her Life as a Man

1984

as Ted

6.0
Acting

To land a sportswriting job on a national magazine run by a chauvinistic editor, an aspiring female reporter convincingly disguises herself as a man t...

Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly

1983

as Jay Kanter

6.2
Acting

The fairy tale story of the actress who became a princess is told in this biography that traces her rise from Philadelphia socialite to Hollywood movi...

Airplane II: The Sequel

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

as Court Photographer

6.1
Acting

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle...

This House Possessed

This House Possessed

1981

as Pasternak

5.7
Acting

A sinister force permeating a secluded mountain estate convinces the nurse/companion of rock star Parker Stevenson, who has had a nervous collapse, th...

The In-Laws

The In-Laws

1979

as Cabbie

6.7
Acting

In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a ...

The In-Laws

The In-Laws

1979

as Cab Driver

6.7
Acting

In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a ...

Butterfly in the Typewriter

Butterfly in the Typewriter

N/A

as Stanley Kauffmann

Acting

Troubled author John Kennedy Toole's struggle to bring A Confederacy of Dunces to print.