David Paymer

Actor, Award Winner

1954 –

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Who is David Paymer?

David Paymer is an American actor and television director, seen in such films as Mr. Saturday Night, Quiz Show, Searching for Bobby Fischer, City Slickers, Crazy People, State and Main, Payback, Get Shorty, Carpool, The American President, Ocean's Thirteen, and Drag Me to Hell. Paymer was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1992 for Mr. Saturday Night. He played the lead role as the Boss in Bartleby, an adaptation of Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener." He played a mob boss in the short-lived series Line of Fire.

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Born
Aug 30, 1954
Oceanside
Also known as
  • David Charles Paymer
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Michigan
  • Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute

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on July 23, 2013

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