David Paymer
American actor and director
- Born
- 30 August 1954, Oceanside
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- character actor, television actor, film actor, voice actor, television director
- Films here
- 4
David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor and television director. He is known for his character actor roles on stage and screen. He has received nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Paymer was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a caring brother and exhausted agent in the showbiz drama Mr. Saturday Night (1992). He is also known for his comedic roles in: Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), Crazy People (1990), City Slickers (1991), Get Shorty (1995), The American President (1995), Carpool (1996), State and Main (2000), and In Good Company (2004) as well as dramatic roles in Quiz Show (1994), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Nixon (1995), Amistad (1997), The Hurricane (1999), Ocean's Thirteen (2007) and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014).
Filmography (martial arts films)
| Year | Film | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Hurricane | Cast |
| 2002 | Joe and Max | Cast |
| 2007 | Resurrecting the Champ | Cast |
| 2008 | Redbelt | Cast |
Frequent collaborators
- Liev Schreiber
- Debbi Morgan
- Harris Yulin
- Rod Steiger
- Fulvio Cecere
- Terry Claybon
- Joe Frazier
- Richard Roundtree
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q373989 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.