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Paul Reiser

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Biography

Paul Reiser (born March 30, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, television writer, and musician. He is known for his roles as Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You, Modell in the 1982 film Diner, Carter Burke in the 1986 film Aliens, as Detective Jeffrey Friedman in Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). More recently, Reiser is recognized as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Doug Getty in the Amazon Video series Red Oaks.

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Whiplash

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Aliens

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Beverly Hills Cop

As Jeffrey

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

As Jeffrey

Beverly Hills Cop II

As Jeffrey Friedman

Behind the Candelabra

As Mr. Felder

Crazy People

As Stephen Bachman

Bye Bye Love

As Donny Carson

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Reckless Edge - Talent as a Double-Edged Sword

Forty years after Top Gun roared into cinemas, Maverick's need for speed still feels as exhilarating as ever. But Pete Mitchell is part of a much bigger movie t...

7 films

When the Sequel Outshines the Original

From gritty crime epics to mind-bending sci-fi, these sequels didn't just continue stories, they redefined them. Here's a chain of films that prove the second (...

8 films

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