David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, and television director.
Grey's Anatomy
2005 - • Director
Lucifer
2016 - 2021 • Director
Switched at Birth
2011 - 2017 • Director
Mistresses
2013 - 2016 • Director
Recovery Road
2016 - 2016 • Director
Hart of Dixie
2011 - 2015 • Director
The Mentalist
2008 - 2015 • Director
Franklin & Bash
2011 - 2014 • Director
90210
2008 - 2013 • Director
Bunheads
2012 - 2013 • Director
Make It or Break It
2009 - 2012 • Director
One Tree Hill
2003 - 2012 • Director
Men of a Certain Age
2009 - 2011 • Director
Hellcats
2010 - 2011 • Director
Brothers and Sisters
2006 - 2011 • Director
No Ordinary Family
Medium
2005 - 2011 • Director
Life Unexpected
Melrose Place
2009 - 2010 • Director
The Unit
2006 - 2009 • Director
Privileged
2008 - 2009 • Director
October Road
2007 - 2008 • Director
Side Order of Life
2007 - 2007 • Director
Heartland
Gilmore Girls
2000 - 2007 • Director
What About Brian
2006 - 2007 • Director
Windfall
2006 - 2006 • Director
Pepper Dennis
Everwood
2002 - 2006 • Director
Jack & Bobby
2004 - 2005 • Director
The Conners
2018 - • Gary
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 - • Stephen Elroy
The View
1997 - • Self
The Morning Show
2019 - • Mr. Shoenfeld
DAVE
2020 - • Don
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017 - 2023 • Harry Drake
Star Trek: Picard
2020 - 2023 • Dr. Moritz Benayoun
Mr. Saturday Night: A New Musical Comedy
2022 • Stan Yankleman
Butterfly in the Typewriter
• Stanley Kauffmann
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013 - 2021 • Dr. Frederick Tate
Room 104
2017 - 2020 • Robert
The Sunlit Night
2019 • Levi
Bad Therapy
2020 • Dr. Edward Kingsley
Horse Girl
2020 • Doctor
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
2019 - 2019 • Buck Bridges
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019 • Jay Ross
Fanboy
2019 • Angry Ice Cream Customer
Accident Man
2018 • Milton
Lemon
2017 • Dr. Gold
The Pickle Recipe
2016 • Uncle Morty
The Good Wife
2009 - 2016 • Judge Richard Cuesta
Perception
2012 - 2015 • Rueben Bauer
2008 - 2015 • James "Jim" Panzer
Two-Bit Waltz
2014 • The Lawyer
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
2014 • Dixon Lewis
The Five-Year Engagement
2012 • Pete Solomon
Twixt
2011 • Sam
Entourage
2004 - 2011 • Sammy Kane
Bad Teacher
2011 • Doctor Vogel
2006 - 2011 • Donald Dudley
Ghost Whisperer
2005 - 2010 • Adam Godfrey
Drag Me to Hell
2009 • Mr. Jacks
Without a Trace
2002 - 2009 • Mr. Freedman
My Name Is Earl
2005 - 2009 • Clark Clark
Redbelt
2008 • Richard
2007 - 2008
Resurrecting the Champ
2007 • Whitley
Ocean's Thirteen
2007 • V.U.P.
2004 - 2005
Warm Springs
2005 • Louis Howe
Checking Out
2005 • Ted Applebaum
Crazy for Love
2005 • Max Sr.
School of Life
2005 • Matt Warner
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2005 • Rafael Horowitz
Century City
2004 - 2004 • Miller Sisto
In Good Company
2004 • Morty
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 - 2004 • Finch / Iguana (voice)
Line of Fire
2003 - 2005 • Jonah Malloy
Justice League
2001 - 2004 • Chancellor / Captain (voice)
Static Shock
2000 - 2004 • Mason Andrews (voice)
Spartan
2004 • TV News Anchor (uncredited)
Alex & Emma
2003 • John Shaw
RFK
2002 • Dick Goodwin
Joe and Max
2002 • Joe Jacobs
Focus
2001 • Mr. Finkelstein
Night Visions
2001 - 2002 • Jim Osgoode
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001 • Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (voice)
Bartleby
2001 • The Boss
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
2000 • Embassy interviewer
Bounce
2000 • Prosecuting Attorney Mandel (uncredited)
Enemies of Laughter
2000 • Paul
State and Main
2000 • Marty Rossen
Partners
2000 • Bob
Bait
2000 • Agent Wooly
From Where I Sit
Mumford
1999 • Dr. Ernest Delbanco
The Hurricane
1999 • Myron Bedlock
Chill Factor
1999 • Dr. Richard Long
Dash and Lilly
1999 • Arthur Kober
Payback
1999 • Arthur Stegman
The New Batman Adventures
1997 - 1999 • Frank (voice)
Mighty Joe Young
1998 • Harry Ruben
Outside Ozona
1998 • Alan Defaux
The Lesser Evil
1998 • George
The Larry Sanders Show
1992 - 1998 • Norman Litkey
Murphy Brown
1988 - 2018 • Dr. Bishop
Channel Umptee-3
1997 - • Sheldon S. Cargo (voice)
Amistad
1997 • Secretary John Forsyth
Gang Related
1997 • Elliot Goff
The Long Way Home
1997 • (voice)
The Sixth Man
1997 • Coach Pederson
Crime of the Century
1996 • David Wilentz
Carpool
1996 • Daniel Miller
Tales from the Crypt
1989 - 1996 • Andy Conway
Unforgettable
1996 • Curtis Avery
City Hall
1996 • Abe Goodman
The Commish
1991 - 1996
Nixon
1995 • Ron Ziegler
The American President
1995 • Leon Kodak
Get Shorty
1995 • Leo Devoe
Matlock
1986 - 1995
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
1995 • Deputy D.A. Feldberg
Santo Bugito
1995 - 1995 • The Professor (voice)
In Search of Dr. Seuss
1994 • The Ad Man
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994 • Deputy Dist. Atty. Feldberg
Quiz Show
1994 • Dan Enright
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994 • Ira Shalowitz
L.A. Law
1986 - 1994 • Joey Paul
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993 • Kalev
Heart and Souls
1993 • Hal the Bus Driver
Cheers
1982 - 1993
Mr. Saturday Night
1992 • Stan
Jake and the Fatman
1987 - 1992
City Slickers
1991 • Ira Shalowitz
21 Jump Street
1987 - 1991 • Mike Ferris
Cop Rock
1990 - 1990
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989 - 1990
Crazy People
1990 • George
Sky High
1990
No Holds Barred
1989 • Unger
Moonlighting
1985 - 1989 • Camille's PR
Family Ties
1982 - 1989 • Larry Harris
Simon & Simon
1981 - 1989
Cagney & Lacey
1981 - 1988 • Todd Feldberg
Downtown
1986 - 1987 • Capt. David Kiner
No Way Out
1987 • Technician
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 - 1987
Fame
1982 - 1987
Hill Street Blues
1981 - 1987
Night of the Creeps
1986 • Young Scientist
Howard the Duck
1986 • Larry, Scientist
Pleasures
1986 • Stanley
Love, Mary
1985 • David Lewis
The Jeffersons
1975 - 1985
Perfect
1985 • Managing Editor
Irreconcilable Differences
1984 • Alan Sluiser
Happy Days
1974 - 1984
Best Defense
1984 • Kurly
Hart to Hart
1979 - 1984
Her Life as a Man
1984 • Ted
Taxi
1978 - 1983 • Ned
Grace Kelly
1983 • Jay Kanter
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982 • Court Photographer
Lou Grant
1977 - 1982
Barney Miller
1975 - 1982 • Felix Morrissey
Open All Night
1981 - 1982
This House Possessed
1981 • Pasternak
The In-Laws
1979 • Cabbie
