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David Paymer

Actor, director David Emmanuel Paymer is known for City Slickers, Mr. Saturday Night, Quiz Show, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Get Shorty, The Hurricane, Ocean's Thirteen, and Drag Me to Hell. He was memorable as mob boss Jonah Malloy in the television series Line of Fire, Judge Richard Cuesta in The Good Wife and as Don in Dave.

English

Bad Teacher

2011
as Doctor Vogel

Drag Me to Hell

2009
as Mr. Jacks

Mighty Joe Young

1998
as Harry Ruben

The Five-Year Engagement

2012
as Pete Solomon

Chill Factor

1999
as Dr. Richard Long

Redbelt

2008
as Richard

Fanboy

2019
as Angry Ice Cream Customer

No Way Out

1987
as Computer Technician

Two-Bit Waltz

2014
as The Lawyer

State and Main

2000
as Marty Rossen

Lemon

2017
as Dr. Gold

Downtown (1986)

1986
as Capt. David Kiner

RFK

2002
as Dick Goodwin

School of Life

2005
as Matt Warner

Checking Out

2005
as Ted Applebaum

Partners

2003
as Bob

Outside Ozona

1998
as Alan Defaux

Bait

2000
as Agent Wooly

The Sixth Man

1997
as Coach Pederson

Gang Related

1997
as Elliot Goff

Accident Man

2018
as Milton

Night of the Creeps

1986
as Young Scientist

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again

1995
as Deputy D.A. Feldberg

Payback: Straight Up

2006
as Arthur Stegman

Pleasures

1986
as Stanley

Love, Mary

1985
as David Lewis

The In-Laws

1979
as Cabbie

Bad Shabbos

2024
as Richard

Unforgettable

1996
as Curtis Avery

This House Possessed

1981
as Pasternak

Bartleby

2001
as The Boss

The Burial Society

2002
as Morry Zimmer

Alex & Emma

2003
as John Shaw

Amistad

1997
as Secretary John Forsyth

City Slickers

1991
as Ira Shalowitz

City Hall

1996
as Abe Goodman

Mumford

1999
as Dr. Ernest Delbanco

Nixon

1995
as Ron Ziegler

Focus

2001
as Mr. Finkelstein

Warm Springs

2005
as Louis Howe

Get Shorty

1995
as Leo Devoe

Payback

1999
as Arthur Stegman

The Hurricane

1999
as Myron Bedlock

Crazy People

1990
as George

The Pickle Recipe

2016
as Uncle Morty

Joe and Max

2002
as Joe Jacobs

Quiz Show

1994
as Dan Enright

Crime of the Century

1996
as David Wilentz

Twixt

2011
as Sam

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

1994
as Deputy Dist. Atty. Feldberg

Howard the Duck

1986
as Larry, Scientist

The Lesser Evil

1998
as George

Carpool

1996
as Daniel Miller

Director

Episode Side Order of Life
Coming Out
2007
Episode One Tree Hill
All Tomorrow's Parties
2006
Episode Privileged
All About Confessions
2009
Episode Hart of Dixie
In Havoc & In Heat
2011
Episode Switched at Birth
The Homecoming
2011
Episode Privileged
All About A Brand New You!
2009
Episode Hart of Dixie
How Do You Like Me Now?
2013
Episode Medium
Allison Rolen Got Married
2010
Episode The Carrie Diaries
Endgame
2013
Episode Hart of Dixie
Old Alabama
2013
Episode Medium
Knowing Her
2006
Episode Mistresses (US)
A Kiss is Just a Kiss?
2013
Episode October Road
Once Around the Block
2007
Episode Hart of Dixie
The Crush & The Crossbow
2011
Episode Hart of Dixie
Miracles
2013
Episode Switched at Birth
Protect Me From What I Want
2012
Episode Brothers & Sisters
Compromises
2008
Episode The Unit
Inquisition
2008
Episode Recovery Road
My Loose Thread
2016
Episode The Fosters (2013)
Vigil
2013
Episode Switched at Birth
The Player's Choice
2015
Episode Brothers & Sisters
36 Hours
2007
Episode Hart of Dixie
Hairdos & Holidays
2011
Episode Bunheads
No One Takes Khaleesi's Dragons
2012
Episode The Mentalist
Red and Itchy
2013
Episode Switched at Birth
Between Hope and Fear
2015
Episode Hellcats
Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
2010
Episode Everwood
Put on a Happy Face
2005
Episode Hart of Dixie
A Better Man
2014
Episode Brothers & Sisters
Lost & Found
2009
Episode Pepper Dennis
Dennis, Bulgari, Big Losers at ACoRNs
2006
Episode Switched at Birth
Ecce Mono
2013
Episode 90210
The Enchanted Donkey
2011
Episode Brothers & Sisters
All in the Family
2007
Episode October Road
Dancing Days Are Here Again
2008
Episode Grey's Anatomy
Break on Through
2006
Episode Life UneXpected
Bride Unbridled
2010
Episode Lucifer
Favorite Son
2016
Episode Franklin & Bash
Shoot to Thrill
2013
Episode Make It or Break It
Like Mother, Like Daughter, Like Supermodel
2009
Episode Melrose Place (2009)
June
2009
Episode Gilmore Girls
Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore?
2007
Episode Make It or Break It
I Won't Dance, Don't Ask Me
2010
Episode Switched at Birth
Tree of Forgiveness
2012
Episode Bunheads
There's Nothing Worse Than a Pantsuit
2013
Episode Hart of Dixie
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
2013
Episode Everwood
Giving Up the Girl
2005
Episode One Tree Hill
Let the Reigns Go Loose
2004
Episode Make It or Break It
If Only...
2010
Episode Men of a Certain Age
Powerless
2010
Episode October Road
Hat? No Hat?
2008
Episode Privileged
All About the Power Position
2008
Episode Hart of Dixie
Destiny & Denial
2012
Episode Jack & Bobby
Stand By Me
2005
Episode Everwood
Sick
2004
Episode No Ordinary Family
No Ordinary Visitors
2010
Episode Privileged
All About Tough Love
2009
Episode October Road
Forever. Until Now
2007

Guest Star

Episode Perception
Asylum
2013
Episode Hooperman
The Sure Thing
1989
Episode 21 Jump Street
16 Blown to 35
1987
Episode The Larry Sanders Show
A Brush with (the Elbow of) Greatness
1992
Episode Who's the Boss?
A Jack Story
1988
Episode Static Shock
Hoop Squad
2004
Episode Barney Miller
Guns
1980
Episode Matlock
The Prisoner (1)
1989
Episode Hardcastle and McCormick
The Yankee Clipper
1985
Episode Entourage
I Wanna Be Sedated
2006
Episode Perception
Ch-Ch-Changes
2013
Episode Gloria
Gloria On The Couch
1983
Episode The Jeffersons
I Do, I Don't
1983
Episode The Larry Sanders Show
Make a Wish
1997
Episode Without a Trace
Birthday Boy
2002
Episode Family Ties
Oh Donna
1985
Episode Matlock
The Prisoner (2)
1989
Episode Jake and the Fatman
I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
1991
Episode The Larry Sanders Show
The Interview
1998
Episode Diff'rent Strokes
Arnold's Initiation
1986
Episode Lou Grant
Nightside
1980
Episode St. Elsewhere
The Naked Civil Surgeon
1988
Episode Perception
Brotherhood
2014
Episode Murphy Brown
The Bitch's Back
1990
Episode Murphy Brown
Hoarse Play
1991
Episode Rags to Riches
Born to Ride
1987
Episode The Good Wife
The Penalty Box
2012
Episode Godzilla: The Series
Talkin' Trash
1998
Episode Justice League
War World (1)
2002
Episode Diff'rent Strokes
Lifestyles of the Poor and Unknown
1986
Episode The Greatest American Hero
Wizards and Warlocks
1983
Episode Family Ties
Cold Storage
1985
Episode The Larry Sanders Show
The Roast
1997
Episode St. Elsewhere
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1988
Episode Taxi
Alex the Gofer
1982
Episode Ghost Whisperer
A Grave Matter
2006
Episode Moonlighting
Camille
1986
Episode Perception
Dirty (1)
2014
Episode The Conners
There Won't Be Blood
2018
Episode Duet
One Man Out
1988
Episode Jack & Bobby
Pilot
2004
Episode Star Trek: Picard
Maps and Legends
2020
Episode Jack & Bobby
The Kindness of Strangers
2004
Episode The Mentalist
Blinking Red Light
2011
Episode October Road
Dancing Days Are Here Again
2008
Episode Brothers & Sisters
All in the Family
2007
Episode Cheers
King of the Hill
1985
Episode Scarecrow and Mrs. King
D.O.A.: Delirious on Arrival
1985
Episode Cheers
Strange Bedfellows (1)
1986
Episode Cheers
Strange Bedfellows (2)
1986
Episode The Larry Sanders Show
The Mr. Sharon Stone Show
1994
Episode Duckman
Joking the Chicken
1994
Episode Century City
Pilot
2004
Episode Cheers
Strange Bedfellows (3)
1986
Episode L.A. Law
Whatever Happened to Hannah?
1990
Episode The Larry Sanders Show
Flip (1)
1998
Episode The New Batman Adventures
Torch Song
1998
Episode Equal Justice
Sleeping with the Enemy
1991
Episode Happy Days
If You Knew Rosa
1981
Episode My Sister Sam
And They Said It Would Never Last
1987
Episode Tales from the Crypt
Two for the Show
1993