Many actors mature into character roles, while others -- like David Paymer -- were born to play them. A New York native, Paymer was born Aug. 30, 1954, on Long Island and studied theater at the University of Michigan before being cast as Sonny Latieri in the touring company of "Grease" (a part he reprised on Broadway).Paymer made his film bow three years later in The In-Laws (1979) and from there took on a long string of supporting roles on TV shows such as "Cagney & Lacey" and "The Commish." In 1991, Paymer played an ice cream magnate in City Slickers, which led co-star Billy Crystal to cast him as Stan Yankelman in Mr. Saturday Night. Aging from 20 to 75 for the part, Paymer garnered an Oscar nod for his work.
Other important films for Paymer include 1994's Quiz Show (playing real-life TV producer Dan Enright), Get Shorty (1995), State and Main (2000) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007).
Add AllOne Tree Hill: Season 1Rivals on the basketball court, half-brothers Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan (James Lafferty) face off in Season 1 of this teen drama series. When Lucas transfers to Nathan's basketball team, the boys must accept that they have the same father, who abandoned Lucas and his mom and gave Nathan... Read More
AddPaybackWith friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter (Mel Gibson) is left asking after his wife (Deborah Kara Unger) and partner (Gregg Henry) steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later,... Read More
AddSchool of LifeStodgy educator Matt Warner (David Paymer) -- who's determined to carry on his late father's legacy of winning the Teacher of the Year award -- suddenly finds himself competing with charismatic new history teacher Michael D'Angelo (Ryan Reynolds) in this made-for-TV family tale. In an effort to... Read More
Add AllOctober Road: Season 1Nick Garrett (Bryan Greenberg) left his small hometown to make it big as an author. Now, he's moving back to teach at the local university. But he never imagined having to face the people he left behind, many of whom feel betrayed that they were used as characters in Nick's best-selling novel. Tom... Read More
AddEnemies of LaughterNerdy-looking Paul (David Paymer) is a neurotic, failed sitcom writer with a lackluster love life. But his best pal (Judge Reinhold) has an idea that might turn things around when he decides to film Paul's life and turn his romantic disasters into a comedic documentary. When a beautiful young... Read More
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