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Josh Pais
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Josh Pais (born June 21, 1964) is an American actor of film and television. He has appeared in many Hollywood films, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (in which he both was in the costume and was the voice) as Raphael, Music of the Heart, Scream 3, It Runs in the Family, Little Manhattan and Find Me Guilty. He played Assistant M.E. Borak in 15 episodes of the series Law & Order, between 1990 and 2002. He also played the Spanish teacher in the film Assassination of a High School President. Pais is the son of Lila Lee (née Atwill) and Abraham Pais, a Dutch-American Jewish physicist, professor and writer. Pais married actress Lisa Emery on August 27, 1990; the two have a son, actor Zane Pais. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Metamorphosis: Bodies in Flux
From Kafka's insect to Cronenberg's flesh, a journey through cinema's most profound transformations, where identity itself is the shape-shifter.
7 films
The Threshold of Nowhere
From a furniture store's hidden door to the endless corridors of the mind, this chain maps the liminal spaces where dread and wonder collide.
8 films
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Bakery in Brooklyn
2016 · Lawyer
Leaves of Grass
2009 · Ken Feinman
Adventureland
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Synecdoche, New York
2008 · Ophthalmologist
Teeth
2008 · Dr. Godfrey
Assassination of a High School President
2008 · Padre Newell
Find Me Guilty
2006 · Harry Bellman
The Station Agent
2003 · Carl
It Runs in the Family
2003 · Barney
Phone Booth
2003 · Mario
Scream 3
2000 · Wallace
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990 · Raphael (voice) / Passenger In Cab