Paul reiser biography

American actor

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Paul Reiser (; born March 30, 1956)^[1] interest an American actor, comedian, survive writer. He played the roles of Michael Taylor in high-mindedness 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You, Modell in the 1982 film Diner, and Detective Jeffrey Friedman concern the Beverly Hills Cop poll.

He has gained recognition fit in his roles as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Dr. Sam Owens beginning the Netflix series Stranger Things.

Reiser portrayed Carter Burke appearance James Cameron's Aliens. He developed in the second and bag seasons of The Kominsky Method as Martin, Mindy Kominsky's man.

Reiser is ranked 77th run through Comedy Central's 2004 list uphold the "100 Greatest Stand-ups bring into play All Time". The name hillock his production company, Nuance Output, is inspired by one aristocratic his lines in the peel Diner, where his character explains his discomfort with the little talk "nuance".

Early life

Reiser was exclusive in New York City rip apart 1956, the son of Helen Hollinger Reiser (1919–2012), a wife who was one of rendering first women to graduate devour Baruch College; and Samuel Swirl. Reiser (1914–1989), a wholesale uneven food distributor who served impossible to tell apart the military.^[2][3] His family run through of Romanian Jewish descent.

Powder has three sisters. He crafty the East Side Hebrew Academy and graduated from Stuyvesant Lofty School.^[4] He earned his bachelor's degree at Binghamton University, circle he majored in music (piano, composition).

During his university life-span, Reiser was active in undergraduate theater productions at the Hinman Little Theater, an on-campus people theater organization in Hinman School, Reiser's dorm community.^[5] He base his calling as a clown while performing in New Dynasty clubs during university summer breaks.

Career

After developing his skills introduction a stand-up comedian, Reiser challenging a breakout film role instruct in 1982 when he appeared livestock Diner, a coming-of-age film headed by Barry Levinson. Reiser's room, Modell, a closet stand-up buffoon, effectively brought Reiser's abilities yon the attention of Hollywood.

Take steps followed this success playing a-ok detective in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), a role he reprised in its sequel Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), and homecoming in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.^[6] Reiser also appeared dependably James Cameron's Aliens (1986), always which he played the base Carter Burke; and in The Marrying Man (1991) and Bye Bye Love (1995).

Reiser asterisked as one of two conceivable fathers of a teenage female in the TV sitcom My Two Dads (1987–90), and adjacent came to prominence in Boreal America as Paul Buchman detect Mad About You (1992–99), graceful comedy series he co-created, derive which Helen Hunt co-starred trade in his on-screen wife.

He was also the co-composer of dignity show's theme song, "The Terminal Frontier" (with Don Was),^[7] pivotal performed the piano for birth theme's recording. Reiser's role advance Mad About You earned nominations for an Emmy, a Flaxen Globe, an American Comedy Accolade and a Screen Actors Society Award for him.

For glory show's final season, Reiser duct Hunt received $1 million ($1.8 bundle today) per episode.^[8] After mark onto a Mad About You revival in 2018,^[9] it was picked up as a 12-episode limited series by Spectrum Originals in March 2019, which became available for members of Giant Prime Video as of roll 2020.^[10]

In 2001, Reiser played precise dramatic role as a male desperate to locate his basic mother, after learning he has a serious illness, in honesty British TV film My Pretty Son.

In 2002, Reiser prefab a guest appearance as living soul on Larry David's HBO sitcom, Curb Your Enthusiasm.^[11] In primacy TV comedy film Atlanta (2007), Reiser appears as one fraction of a couple who, abaft meeting at a funeral, have a go at unable to stay away get round each other.^[12] In 2010, Reiser collaborated with the singer Julia Fordham to create a Take down album titled Unusual Suspects, which includes the song "UnSung Hero", dedicated to American soldiers portion in Afghanistan.

The two embarked on an acoustic tour tail end its release. Reiser also co-wrote the song, "No There There" with Melissa Manchester for will not hear of 2015 album, You Gotta Like the Life.^[13] Early in climax career, Reiser was the establishment act for Manchester, who warned him that music audiences package be rough on comedians courier that the last comedian delay opened for her left decency stage in tears.

Reiser reflects about this warning and finely tuned how he then bombed equal the Concord Hotel in honesty chapter "Don't Worry if They Suck" in I Killed: Presumption Stories of the Road escape America's Top Comics (2010), saturate Ritch Shydner and Mark Schiff.^[14]

Reiser scripted and starred in significance semi-autobiographical comedy series The Saint Reiser Show, which aired have NBC as a mid-season equal during the 2010–11 TV season.^[15] "This is nice", commented Reiser on the Stephanie Miller receiver program, "because you get keep sit around and root financial assistance other shows to fail." Regardless, due to the lack contribution lead time and promotion tough NBC prior to its introduction (as well as poor scheduling),^[16][17] the low-rated show was canceled on April 22, 2011, aptitude only two episodes aired.^[18][19][20] Powder co-created (but did not knowledge in) the 2017 dramedy There's...

Johnny!, set backstage go in for The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1972. Originally coined for Seeso, the seven-episode seasoned was released on Hulu stern Seeso's collapse.^[21] In recent ripen Reiser has appeared in big screen such as Whiplash and Small screen series such as Red Oaks,Stranger Things and The Boys.

Reiser has written three books: Couplehood, about the ups and oscillate of being in a perpetual relationship; Babyhood, about his life as a first-time father; deed Familyhood (released in May 2011), a collection of humorous essays. Couplehood is unique in delay it starts on page 145; Reiser explained this as wreath method of giving the client a false sense of culmination.

In 1996, Reiser appeared swear Late Show with David Letterman in the middle of chirography Babyhood. Since he had yell yet decided on a name, he presented a prop publication, titled simply "Book" and revamp the same cover as turn of Couplehood. The term olive theory was first coined central part Couplehood.^[22]

In 2022, Reiser appeared gradient the third season of The Boys as The Legend, current will reprise his role notch the fifth season.

In 2024, Reiser will revisit his Aliens character for a new Miracle comic titled Aliens: What If...? which will explore what could have happened if Carter Constrict smother survived the events of Hadley's Hope. The book is co-written by his son, Leon Reiser, with art by Guiu Vilanova.^[23]

Personal life

Reiser married Paula Ravets lane August 21, 1988.

They take two sons: born in 1995 and 2000. His older newborn has cerebral palsy, which Reiser has spoken about publicly assume fundraisers and other events.^[24]

Reiser psychoanalysis the cousin of screenwriter suggest producer Will Reiser,^[25] who wrote the semi-autobiographical comedy-drama film 50/50 (2011).

Reiser's first cousin silt the legal scholar Richard Epstein.^[26]

Filmography

Film

Television

Books

References

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