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Jul 24, 1965 (59)
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Paul Ben-Victor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Ben-Victor (born July 24, 1965) is an American actor. Ben-Victor was born Paul Friedman, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Leah Kornfeld, a playwright, and Victor Friedman. Ben-Victor debuted on the small screen in 1987 in the made-for-TV movie Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife and on an episode of Cagney & Lacey. Fifteen years after beginning his television career with bit parts, Ben-Victor found himself cast in important roles on HBO dramas The Wire and Entourage, as well as making a 2006 appearance as Coach Lou on My Name is Earl. He portrayed Moe Howard in the 2000 made-for-TV film The Three Stooges. Ben-Victor has been featured on many television cop dramas like Monk and CSI, and also had a recurring role as two-bit con man Steve Richards on three episodes of NYPD Blue from 1994 to 1997. Ben-Victor has co-written stage plays with his mother. At least two of their plays have been staged in the Manhattan area, including "Club Soda" and "The Good Steno". Ben-Victor had a starring role in the Sci-Fi channel television show, The Invisible Man, alongside Vincent Ventresca. The two later guest starred together on the hit TV show Las Vegas. They were reunited again on an episode of the new USA Network series In Plain Sight (Episode 1.2, "Hoosier Daddy"), on which Ben-Victor has a supporting role. Appeared on "Everybody Hates Chris" as Mr. Thurman In 2008, Ben-Victor held a supporting role in the feature film, Clear Lake, WI, starring Michael Madsen. In August 2008, Ben-Victor co-starred in Coma, a web series on Crackle.
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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— | 8-Ball | acting |
2025 | Flight Risk | Director Coleridge |
— | Another Day in America | Sam Ackerman |
2024 | Murder at Hollow Creek | Jeff Rhodes |
2024 | Rosario | Marty |
2023 | Plane | Terry Hampton |
2023 | The Collective | Miro Lindell |
2023 | Paul T. Goldman | Mob Boss |
2023 | On Our Way | Mr. Adler |
2022 | Emancipation | Major G. Halstead |
2022 | Last Looks | Conady |
2022 | Pam & Tommy | Richard Alden |
2022 | Collide | Clyde |
2021 | Monster | Anthony Petrocelli |
2020 | The Banker | Donald Silverthorne |
2020 | FBI: Most Wanted | Jackie 'The Fox' Bianchi |
2020 | Blood and Money | Bill |
2020 | My Brothers' Crossing | Officer Byrd |
2020 | Gravesend | |
2019 | The Irishman | Jake Gottlieb |
2019 | The Chosen | Herod Antipas |
2019 | Feast of the Seven Fishes | Johnny |
2019 | Adventure Force 5 | |
2018 | The Resident | Edmund Carver |
2018 | FBI | Mark Krawley |
2018 | The Super | Mr. Johnson |
2018 | The Amityville Murders | Ronald DeFeo Sr. |
2018 | A Crooked Somebody | Detective Zimmer |
2017 | Santa Clarita Diet | Victor |
2017 | The Mick | Jerry Berlin |
2017 | Will & Grace | Mario |
2016 | Lethal Weapon | Frank Truno |
2016 | Goliath | |
2016 | Bull | Ryan Vance |
2016 | Vinyl | Maury Gold |
2016 | Love Is All You Need? | Principal Henry Birdsell |
2016 | Camera Store | Mr. Bibideaux |
2016 | Blowtorch | Blackie |
2016 | Goliath | Cleft Chin |
2015 | Get Hard | Gayle Burns |
2015 | Chicago Med | Mr. McGregor |
2015 | Allegiance | Special Agent Faber |
2015 | Any Day | William |
2014 | True Detective | Major Leroy Salter |
2014 | By the Gun | Vincent Tortano |
2014 | Friends and Romans | Dennis Socio |
2013 | Don Jon | Priest |
2013 | Grudge Match | Lou Camare |
2013 | Empire State | Tommy |
2013 | Black Marigolds | Doctor Taylor |
2012 | FDR: American Badass! | Mussolini |
2012 | Mighty Fine | Bobby |
2012 | Should've Been Romeo | Joey |
2012 | The Carrier | Vlade |
2011 | Person of Interest | Detective Cameron |
2011 | Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury | Kip Tippington |
2011 | Video Girl | Jermaine Stanford |
2010 | Venus & Vegas | Carlo |
2010 | A Reuben by Any Other Name | Max |
2009 | Castle | Dino Scarpella |
2009 | American Bully | Principal Wheeler |
2009 | Clear Lake, WI | Sheriff Joe Dietzer |
2008 | The Mentalist | Noah Landau |
2008 | In Plain Sight | |
2008 | Childrens Hospital | Spiros |
2007 | On the Doll | Jimmy Sours |
2007 | Drive | The Truck Driver |
2007 | John from Cincinnati | |
2007 | Randy & the Mob | Franco |
2006 | Shark | |
2005 | Everybody Hates Chris | |
2005 | My Name Is Earl | Coach Lou |
2005 | Close to Home | |
2004 | Entourage | |
2003 | Daredevil | Jose Quesada |
2003 | Las Vegas | |
2003 | Beyond Hell's Kitchen - Making Daredevil | |
2002 | The Wire | |
2002 | The Wire | Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos |
2002 | Monk | Al Nicoletto |
2002 | The Shield | Detective Paul Reyes |
2002 | Fastlane | Marty |
2001 | Alias | Carter |
2001 | Crossing Jordan | Theo |
2001 | The Cure for Boredom | Rudy |
2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Joey |
2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Ticket Scalper |
2000 | Drowning Mona | Deputy Tony Carlucci |
2000 | Gun Shy | Howard |
2000 | The Invisible Man | Robert Albert Hobbes |
2000 | The Three Stooges | Moe Howard |
2000 | Strong Medicine | Frank |
2000 | Very Mean Men | Jimmy D. |
1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Peter Abrams |
1999 | The Corruptor | Schabacker |
1999 | Crazy in Alabama | D.A. Mackie |
1999 | Kiss Toledo Goodbye | Vince |
1999 | Heist | Abbie |
1998 | A Civil Action | Bobby Pasqueriella |
1998 | Point Blank | Howard |
1998 | Standoff | Agent Hank McGill |
1998 | Tempting Fate | Police officer |
1997 | Metro | Clarence Teal |
1997 | The Sixth Man | Bernie |
1997 | The Practice | Benny Small |
1997 | Brooklyn South | Steve Richards |
1997 | Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave | Det. Meyer |
1996 | Maximum Risk | Agent Pellman |
1996 | Early Edition | |
1996 | Firestorm | Duran |
1996 | The First Man | Dulles |
1995 | Bushwhacked | Dana's father (uncredited) |
1995 | Houseguest | Pauly Gasperini |
1995 | Red Scorpion 2 | Vince D'Angelo |
1995 | Terrified | Sol Lipsteiger |
1995 | The Fifteen Minute Hamlet | Franciso, Ghost, Gravedigger, Osric & Fortinbras |
1994 | Web of Deception | Detective Fracinetti |
1994 | State of Emergency | Trevor Jacobs |
1993 | The X-Files | Dr. Aaron Monte |
1993 | True Romance | Luca |
1993 | Tombstone | Florentino |
1993 | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Joey Tataglia |
1993 | Dream Lover | Clown |
1993 | The Last Outlaw | Posseman Grubb |
1993 | Extreme Justice | Councilman Joe Taylor |
1993 | Trouble Bound | Zand |
1992 | Cool World | Valet |
1992 | Sunset Heat | New Yorker |
1992 | Soulmates | Driver |
1992 | Eyes of the Beholder | Dr. Medaris |
1991 | Body Parts | Ray Kolberg |
1991 | Dark Justice | |
1991 | The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage | |
1990 | The Rookie | Little Felix |
1990 | Streets | Officer #2 |
1990 | After the Shock | Dr. Steven Brattesani |
1989 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | |
1989 | Wired | Tom Perino |
1988 | Freddy's Nightmares | Paul |
1988 | Assault of the Killer Bimbos | Customer |
1988 | Pass the Ammo | Eddie Depaul |
1987 | Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife | |
1986 | L.A. Law | Sgt. Costellano |
1986 | L.A. Law | Bowles' Atty. Peters |
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2012 | Should've Been Romeo | Screenplay |
2012 | Should've Been Romeo | Story |
2012 | Should've Been Romeo | Producer |