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Acting

Paul Reiser

Career: Active from 1982 to 2025, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 19
top three billing

Average score: 56/100

Highest rated: Whiplash
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Paul Reiser Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Crime
1.8, average 3.6
Mystery
2.1, average 4.0
Violence
2.3, average 4.1
Scare
1.1, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 4
Character-Driven Narrative 3
Cringe Comedy 2
Lighthearted Humor 2
Romantic Comedy 2
1950s Period Piece 2
Feel-Good Entertainment 2
Las Vegas 2
Social Commentary 2
Unlikely Friendship 2
Family Challenges 2
Dialogue-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

66

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 67

Long Story Short

81

TV show · as Elliott (voice)

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

62

as Jeffrey

The Problem with People

55

as Barry

Paul Reiser: Life, Death & Rice Pudding

Writer

The Gutter

60

as Angelo

Reboot

74

TV show · as Gordon

Stranger Things 4: Chapter One: The Hellfire Club

82

as Dr. Sam Owens

Fatherhood

63

as Paul

Scenes from an Empty Church

as The Dad

Horse Girl

62

as Gary

2010s

21 titles · average score 60

Mad About You

TV show · as Paul Buchman

The Boys

74

TV show · as The Legend

The Spy Who Dumped Me

54

as Arnie

The Kominsky Method

80

TV show · as Martin Schneider

The Book of Love

37

as Wendell

I Do... Until I Don't

38

as Harvey Burger

Stranger Things

82

TV show · as Dr. Sam Owens

Whiplash

89

as Jim

Red Oaks

80

TV show · as Getty

Life After Beth

50

as Noah Orfman

Behind the Candelabra

81

as Mr. Felder

The Paul Reiser Show

32

TV show · as Paul Reiser

2000s

8 titles · average score 60

Funny People

61

as Paul Reiser

The Thing About My Folks

45

as Ben Kleinman

Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy

61

Executive Producer, Writer

Women vs. Men

57

as Bruce

Purpose

51

as Ben Fisher

One Night at McCool's

48

as Carl Harding

Strange Relations

74

as Jerry Lipman

Curb Your Enthusiasm

87

TV show · as Paul Reiser

1990s

12 titles · average score 43

The Story of Us

44

as Dave

Pros & Cons

44

as Prison Man #1

Bye Bye Love

40

as Donny Carson

Mr. Write

23

as Charlie Fischer

The Tower

41

as Tony Minot

Family Prayers

50

as Dan Lidner

Mad About You

71

TV show · as Paul Buchman

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

47

TV show

Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue

as Paul Reiser

The Marrying Man

31

as Phil Golden

Paul Reiser: 3 1/2 Blocks from Home

Writer

Crazy People

42

as Stephen Bachman

1980s

14 titles · average score 61

My Two Dads

41

TV show · as Michael Taylor

Cross My Heart

44

as Bruce Gaynor

You Ruined My Life

as Dexter Bunche

Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim

Writer

Beverly Hills Cop II

55

as Jeffrey Friedman

Aliens

87

as Burke

Odd Jobs

38

as Max

Beverly Hills Cop

75

as Jeffrey

Sunset Limousine

47

as Jay Neilson

Diner

69

as Modell

Diner

79

as Modell

Remington Steele

79

TV show · as Ivan Turbell

1960s

1 title · average score 79

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

79

TV show · as Self