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Acting

David Paymer

Career: Active from 1984 to 2025, with up to 6 main titles a year.

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: The Long Way Home
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 157 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

David Paymer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.2, average 2.6
Scare
1.3, average 2.6
Violence
3.0, average 4.1
Uncanny
1.4, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 10
Social Commentary 8
Teen Drama 5
Contemporary Realism 4
Dialogue-Driven 4
Character-Driven Narrative 4
Historical Drama 4
Lighthearted 4
Witty Dialogue 4
Coming-of-Age 4
Found Family 4
90s Nostalgia 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

154

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Butterfly in the Typewriter

as Stanley Kauffmann

2020s

13 titles · average score 62

Bad Shabbos

67

as Richard

Adults

78

TV show · as Sandy Adler

All's Fair

27

TV show · as Dr. Pollan

Good American Family

56

TV show · as Dr. Lawrence

St. Denis Medical

68

TV show · as Bob

Bookie

82

TV show · as Nathan

Mr. Saturday Night

as Stan Yankleman

Minx

75

TV show · as Myron

Star Trek: Picard

72

TV show · as Dr. Moritz Benayoun

The Sunlit Night

49

as Levi

Bad Therapy

27

as Dr. Edward Kingsley

DAVE

81

TV show · as Don

2010s

18 titles · average score 60

The Morning Show

65

TV show · as Mr. Shoenfeld

Accident Man

66

as Milton

The Conners

64

TV show · as Gary

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

83

TV show · as Harry Drake

Room 104

66

TV show · as Robert

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

56

as Dixon Lewis

Two-Bit Waltz

32

as The Lawyer

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

83

TV show · as Dr. Frederick Tate

Perception

64

TV show · as Rueben Bauer

The Five-Year Engagement

60

as Pete Solomon

Twixt

43

as Sam

Bad Teacher

48

as Doctor Vogel

2000s

41 titles · average score 62

Drag Me to Hell

76

as Mr. Jacks

The Mentalist

74

TV show · as James "Jim" Panzer

October Road

31

TV show · Director

Brothers and Sisters

70

TV show · as Donald Dudley

Warm Springs

71

as Louis Howe

School of Life

65

as Matt Warner

Crazy for Love

49

as Max Sr.

Jack & Bobby

69

TV show · Director

Line of Fire

65

TV show · as Jonah Malloy

RFK

55

as Dick Goodwin

Bartleby

53

as The Boss

Bait

42

as Agent Wooly

1990s

40 titles · average score 63

Payback

59

as Arthur Stegman

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Stephen Elroy

Dash and Lilly

73

as Arthur Kober

Mighty Joe Young

56

as Harry Ruben

The 6th Man

37

as Coach Pederson

Channel Umptee-3

TV show · as Sheldon S. Cargo (voice)

Carpool

32

as Daniel Miller

City Hall

59

as Abe Goodman

Nixon

71

as Ron Ziegler

Quiz Show

86

as Dan Enright

Heart and Souls

63

as Hal the Bus Driver

Mr. Saturday Night

55

as Stan

1980s

34 titles · average score 59

No Holds Barred

31

as Unger

Tales from the Crypt

75

TV show · as Andy Conway

The Absent-Minded Professor

as Mr. Oliphant

21 Jump Street

42

TV show · as Mike Ferris

Downtown

TV show · as Capt. David Kiner

L.A. Law

77

TV show · as Joey Paul

Love, Mary

as David Lewis

Moonlighting

78

TV show · as Camille's PR

Irreconcilable Differences

47

as Alan Sluiser

Cheers

84

TV show · as Phil Schumacher

Family Ties

73

TV show · as Larry Harris

Hill Street Blues

90

TV show

1970s

7 titles · average score 71

Hart to Hart

60

TV show

The In-Laws

75

as Cabbie / Cab Driver

Taxi

77

TV show · as Ned

Lou Grant

73

TV show

Barney Miller

52

TV show · as Felix Morrissey

The Jeffersons

80

TV show

Happy Days

78

TV show