Biography
Josh Pais (born June 21, 1964) is an American actor of film and television. He has appeared in many Hollywood films, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (in which he both was in the costume and was the voice) as Raphael, Music of the Heart, Scream 3, It Runs in the Family, Little Manhattan and Find Me Guilty. He played Assistant M.E. Borak in 15 episodes of the series Law & Order, between 1990 and 2002. He also played the Spanish teacher in the film Assassination of a High School President. ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Friend
2025
as Jerry
When a solitary writer adopts and bonds with a Great Dane that belonged to a late friend, she begins to come to terms with her past and her own creati...

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
2025
as Brad
With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increa...

Checkout
2023
as Dov
Dov, an undercover Mossad agent, gets called for retirement, just as the Mossad's number one target walks into the Turkish hotel where he was statione...

You Hurt My Feelings
2023
as Josh Pais
A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.

Spoiler Alert
2022
as Scott
Journalist Michael Ausiello embarks on a rollercoaster ride of emotions when Kit Cowan, his partner of 14 years, is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Funny Pages
2022
as Lewis
A teenage cartoonist rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul.

The Mimic
2021
as The Neurotic Lawyer
Based on a true story, ‘the Narrator’ is befriended by his young new neighbor, after he joins the local newspaper team. Obsessed with the idea that ‘t...

Motherless Brooklyn
2019
as William Lieberman
New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed ...

Joker
2019
as Hoyt Vaughn
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychop...

The Land of Steady Habits
2018
as Larry Eastwood
After leaving his wife and his job to find happiness, Anders begins a clumsy, heartbreaking quest to reassemble the pieces of his fractured life.

Crown Heights
2017
as District Attorney Maffeo
When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.

Going in Style
2017
as Chuck Lofton
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very b...

Bakery in Brooklyn
2016
as Lawyer
Brooklyn, New York. After the sudden death of their aunt Isabelle, Vivien and Chloe inherit her historic bakery. Vivien wants to keep up the tradition...

The Family Fang
2016
as Freeman
A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.

I Saw the Light
2016
as Dore Schary
Singer and songwriter Hank Williams rises to fame in the 1940s, but alcohol abuse and infidelity take a toll on his career and marriage to fellow musi...

5 Flights Up
2014
as Jackson
A long-time married couple who've spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related iss...

That Awkward Moment
2014
as Fred
Best pals Jason and Daniel indulge in casual flings and revel in their carefree, unattached lives. After learning that the marriage of their friend Mi...

Touchy Feely
2013
as Paul
Abby is a sought after massage therapist and a free spirit, while her brother Paul thrives on routine, running a failing dental practice with his assi...

Syrup
2013
as Davidson
A slacker hatches a million-dollar idea. But, in order to see it through, he has to learn to trust his attractive corporate counterpart. Based on Max ...

The Normals
2012
as Dr. Honeysack
With a debt collector hot on his trail, Harvard graduate Billy Schine enrolls in a clinical drug trial to make a quick buck. Carted out of New York Ci...

Price Check
2012
as Doug Cain
A middle aged, middle class, former music industry executive with a stay-at-home wife and son toils away at a supermarket chain. When a new high energ...

Arbitrage
2012
as John Aimes
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for ...

Detachment
2011
as Meredith's Father
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Bar...

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
2011
as Self
A year in the making, Still Screaming is the definitive documentary on the making of the iconic Scream movies. Dive into the fascinating success story...

The Key Man
2011
as Dr. Abraham Meyer
An insurance salesman gets mixed up with two gangsters in effort to make more money and provide for his family, but things don't go as he planned.

Please Give
2010
as Adam
In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.

Gentlemen Broncos
2009
as Todd Keefe
A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.

Leaves of Grass
2009
as Ken Feinman
An Ivy League professor returns home, where his pot-growing twin brother has concocted a plan to take down a local drug lord.

Adventureland
2009
as Mr. Lewin
In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared ...

Reunion
2009
as Saul
Ten years after the death of a close friend, a group of Yale graduates who formed a secret society to make the world a better place reunite, only to d...

Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Ophthalmologist
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as ...

Teeth
2008
as Dr. Godfrey
Dawn is an active member of her high-school chastity club but, when she meets Tobey, nature takes its course, and the pair answer the call. They sudde...

Assassination of a High School President
2008
as Padre Newelll
After the theft of copies of SAT exams from a principal's office, teenage reporter Bobby Funke sets out to unmask the thief. Bobby prints an article f...

Lifelines
2008
as Ira Bernstein
Mom Nancy, a schoolteacher, is unable to handle the constant barrage of hostility from her three children. Husband Ira is ineffectual in helping his w...

Watching the Detectives
2007
as Andy
Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he...

Year of the Dog
2007
as Robin
A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.

Unconscious
2006
as Warner Wilcott
Six different people all believe an unconscious and unidentified man in a hospital is their missing person. A film about being unconscious . . . or no...

Find Me Guilty
2006
as Harry Bellman
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.

Little Manhattan
2005
as Ronny
Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walked into his life, actually into his karate class. But befor...

Confess
2005
as Allen Kelner
A young ex-hacker, disgruntled with his life, lashes back at those deemed responsible, uploading unfavorable video footage of them on the internet.

The Station Agent
2003
as Carl
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a w...

It Runs in the Family
2003
as Barney
This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile

Phone Booth
2003
as Mario
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light f...
7th Street
2003
Director
Prepare for a unique glimpse into the seismic impact of gentrification on a neighborhood in New York City's East Village -- Alphabet City, which was o...

Porn 'n Chicken
2002
as Prof. Hoffman
In 1996, five overworked Yale undergrads formed a club to watch porno films on weekends while ingesting mass quantities of fried chicken and Miller Hi...

A Beautiful Mind
2001
as Princeton Professor
From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, ...

Swimming
2000
as Neil Wheeler
Swimming is a bittersweet and intimate look at friendship, love and growing up. The easy life of summertime in Myrtle Beach is turned upside down for ...

Scream 3
2000
as Wallace
While Sidney Prescott and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, another Ghostface killer rises...

Music of the Heart
1999
as Dennis
Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.

A Civil Action
1998
as Law Clerk
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obses...

Rounders
1998
as Weitz
A young reformed gambler must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

Safe Men
1998
as Mitchell
Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the loca...

Colin Fitz
1997
as Cathartic Fan
Two security guards, Paul and Grady, are hired to guard the grave of dead rock legend, Colin Fitz. Through the course of one bizarre night, these two ...

I'm Not Rappaport
1996
as Rodney
Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still ...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990
as Raphael (voice) / Passenger In Cab
A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.

Jacknife
1989
as Rick
A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who rem...
The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems
N/A
as Weatherman Phil
Bee Mitty, a high-ranking employee at an omnipotent techfirm, must help Ian - her depressed, activist brother - move into their Auntie's house while a...
Karma Local
N/A
as Charlie
An engaging comic thriller about a young Indian newsstand clerk who stumbles onto a more exciting life when he agrees to mind a stranger's package at ...