
Paul Reiser (born March 30, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, television writer, and musician. He is known for his roles as Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You, Modell in the 1982 film Diner, Carter Burke in the 1986 film Aliens, as Detective Jeffrey Friedman in Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). More recently, Reiser is recognized as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Doug Getty in the Amazon Video series Red Oaks.

Whiplash
2014 · as Jim

Aliens
1986 · as Burke

Beverly Hills Cop
1984 · as Jeffrey

Beverly Hills Cop II
1987 · as Jeffrey Friedman

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024 · as Jeffrey

The Little Hours
2017 · as Ilario

The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018 · as Arnie

The Aristocrats
2005 · as Self

Behind the Candelabra
2013 · as Mr. Felder

The Story of Us
1999 · as Dave

Horse Girl
2020 · as Gary

Funny People
2009 · as Paul Reiser

Fatherhood
2021 · as Paul

One Night at McCool's
2001 · as Carl Harding

Get Bruce!
1999 · as Self

Concussion
2015 · as Dr. Elliot Pellman

Life After Beth
2014 · as Noah Orfman

Joshy
2016 · as Steve