David Paymer

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Biography

But that all began to change with his breakthrough supporting performance in "Mr. Saturday Night" (1992), which earned his first Academy Award nomination. Ever since that time, Paymer delivered noted turns in several prominent features, including "Quiz Show" (1994), for which he earned perhaps his greatest critical acclaim and showed filmmakers the depths he could take a performance, particularly as a villain. He continued to land interesting …
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Job Title

Actor, Other

Born

August 30, 1954

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Balding Man

Enemies of Laughter

Paul Halpern

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Actor

School of Life

Matthew Warner

The Lesser Evil

George

Line of Fire

Jonah Malloy

Bartleby

The Boss

Mr. Saturday Night

Stan Yankelman

Carpool

Daniel Miller

The Burial Society

Mory Zimmer

Focus

Finkelstein

The Sixth Man

Coach Pederson

Warm Springs

Louis Howe

Love, Mary

David Lewis

RFK

Dick Goodwin

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

Embassy Interviewer

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again

Deputy District Attorney Feldberg

Checking Out

Ted Applebaum

Chill Factor

Doctor Richard Long

Santo Bugito

of the Professor/ Centipede

Alex & Emma

John Shaw

Joe and Max

Joe Jacobs

Outside Ozona

Alan Defaux

Two For the Show

Actor

Crime of the Century

David Wilentz