Personal Info
Birth date
1965-07-24 (59 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Paul Benvictor
Paul Ben Victor
Paul Ben-Victor
Biography
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.
Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.9
Overview:
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.6
Overview:
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.The Mentalist
8.4
Overview:
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.Hawaii Five-0
7.754
Overview:
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.The X-Files
8.4
Overview:
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.FBI: Most Wanted
7.7
Overview:
The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau's Most Wanted list. Seasoned agents oversee the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the field, pursuing those who are most desperate to elude justice.Monk
7.942
Overview:
Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.Castle
7.987
Overview:
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.Chicago Med
8.29
Overview:
An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.My Name Is Earl
7.666
Overview:
When petty criminal Earl Hickey wins the lottery, he sets off on a quest to repair his questionable karma.Curb Your Enthusiasm
8
Overview:
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.Person of Interest
8.1
Overview:
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.The Resident
8.402
Overview:
A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.Doogie Howser, M.D.
6.6
Overview:
Doogie Howser is a doctor. He is also a 16-year-old genius who graduated college at age 10 and finished medical school at age 14. But he is still a teenager, with normal teenage friends and problems. But unlike a normal teenager, he is just learning to drive while also consulting on serious medical cases like heart transplants.FBI
7.9
Overview:
The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.The Shield
8.1
Overview:
The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.Crossing Jordan
7.166
Overview:
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.True Detective
8.287
Overview:
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.Childrens Hospital
7.175
Overview:
A hospital isn't a place for lazy people. It's a place for smart people who take care of people who aren't smart enough to keep themselves healthy. So begins Children's Hospital, a parody series that follows the lives, loves and laughs of a hospital staff.Las Vegas
7
Overview:
Ed Deline is a strict ex-CIA officer who went from being Head of Security to becoming President of Operations of the Montecito, whose job is to run the day-to-day operations of the casino. Following his departure, former Marine Danny McCoy, Ed's former protégé, becomes the Montecito's new President of Operations.The Wire
8.597
Overview:
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.Bull
7.046
Overview:
Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.Entourage
7.346
Overview:
Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.Goliath
7.572
Overview:
Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman & McBride, the massive law firm he helped create, Billy and his ragtag team uncover a vast and deadly conspiracy, pitting them all in a life or death trial against the ultimate Goliath.The Chosen
8.7
Overview:
The life of Christ through the eyes of those who encountered him called The Chosen.Lethal Weapon
7.3
Overview:
A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.The Practice
7.7
Overview:
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”The Lincoln Lawyer
7.693
Overview:
Sidelined after an accident, hotshot Los Angeles lawyer Mickey Haller restarts his career - and his trademark Lincoln - when he takes on a murder case.In Plain Sight
7.1
Overview:
U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon must hunt down witnesses for federal cases in the witness protection program while also managing a rather dysfunctional family and her own personal life.Rosario
5.524
Overview:
Wall Street stockbroker Rosario Fuentes returns to her grandmother's apartment after her sudden death. While sorting through her belongings, Rosario discovers a hidden chamber that's filled with occult artifacts tied to dark generational rituals. As supernatural occurrences begin to plague her, she must confront her family's buried secrets and face the truth about the sacrifices and choices they made.Acting
TBA8-Ball as acting
TBAAnother Day in America as Sam Ackerman
2025Rosario as Marty
2025Flight Risk as Coleridge (voice)
2024Creature Commandos (1 Episode) as Bulldozer / General King / Large Son (voice)
2024Nobody Wants This (6 Episodes) as Ilan Roklov
2024Everybody Still Hates Chris (2 Episodes) as (voice)
2024Murder at Hollow Creek as Jeff Rhodes
2023Bookie (3 Episodes) as Nick Quatrani
2023The Collective as Miro Lindell
2023On Our Way as Mr. Adler
2023Plane as Terry Hampton
2023Paul T. Goldman (1 Episode) as Mob Boss
2022Emancipation as Major G. Halstead
2022Collide as Clyde
2022The Lincoln Lawyer (3 Episodes) as Sylvester 'Sly' Funaro, Sr.
2022Pam & Tommy (4 Episodes) as Richard Alden
2022Last Looks as Conady
2021Monster as Anthony Petrocelli
2020My Brothers' Crossing as Officer Byrd
2020Blood and Money as Bill
2020Gravesend (13 Episodes) as Unknown
2020The Banker as Donald Silverthorne
2020FBI: Most Wanted (1 Episode) as Jackie 'The Fox' Bianchi
2019Adventure Force 5 as Executive Victor
2019Feast of the Seven Fishes as Johnny
2019The Irishman as Jake Gottlieb
2019The Chosen (2 Episodes) as Herod Antipas
2018The Super as Mr. Johnson
2018The Amityville Murders as Ronald DeFeo Sr.
2018A Crooked Somebody as Detective Zimmer
2018FBI (1 Episode) as Mark Krawley
2018The Resident (1 Episode) as Edmund Carver
2017Will & Grace (1 Episode) as Mario
2017His Lover as Scotty Davidson Jr.
2017Santa Clarita Diet (1 Episode) as Victor
2017The Mick (2 Episodes) as Jerry Berlin
2016Camera Store as Mr. Bibideaux
2016Blowtorch as Blackie
2016Goliath (3 Episodes) as Unknown
2016Lethal Weapon (1 Episode) as Frank Truno
2016Bull (1 Episode) as Ryan Vance
2016Goliath as Cleft Chin
2016Love Is All You Need? as Principal Henry Birdsell
2016Vinyl (10 Episodes) as Maury Gold
2015Chicago Med (1 Episode) as Mr. McGregor
2015Any Day as William
2015Get Hard as Gayle Burns
2015Allegiance (5 Episodes) as Special Agent Faber
2014Friends and Romans as Dennis Socio
2014By the Gun as Vincent Tortano
2014True Detective (1 Episode) as Major Leroy Salter
2013Grudge Match as Lou Camare
2013Don Jon as Priest
2013Empire State as Tommy
2013Black Marigolds as Doctor Taylor
2012FDR: American Badass! as Mussolini
2012Mighty Fine as Bobby
2012Should've Been Romeo as Joey
2012The Carrier as Vlade
2011Video Girl as Jermaine Stanford
2011Person of Interest (1 Episode) as Detective Cameron
2011Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury as Kip Tippington
2010Venus & Vegas as Carlo
2010Hawaii Five-0 (1 Episode) as Agent Devin Campbell
2010A Reuben by Any Other Name as Max
2009American Bully as Principal Wheeler
2009Castle (1 Episode) as Dino Scarpella
2009Clear Lake, WI as Sheriff Joe Dietzer
2008Childrens Hospital (1 Episode) as Spiros
2008The Mentalist (1 Episode) as Noah Landau
2008In Plain Sight (6 Episodes) as Unknown
2007Randy & the Mob as Franco
2007On the Doll as Jimmy Sours
2007John from Cincinnati (8 Episodes) as Unknown
2007Drive (1 Episode) as The Truck Driver
2006Shark (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Everybody Hates Chris (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005My Name Is Earl (1 Episode) as Coach Lou
2005Close to Home (3 Episodes) as Unknown
2004Entourage (6, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Allen Grey
2003Las Vegas (1 Episode) as Unknown
2003Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil' as Unknown
2003Daredevil as Jose Quesada
2002Fastlane (1 Episode) as Marty
2002Monk (1 Episode) as Al Nicoletto
2002The Wire (14 Episodes) as Spiros 'Vondas' Vondopoulos
2002The Shield (1 Episode) as Detective Paul Reyes
2001The Cure for Boredom as Rudy
2001Alias (1 Episode) as Carter
2001Crossing Jordan (1 Episode) as Theo
2000Curb Your Enthusiasm (1 Episode) as Ticket Scalper
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1 Episode) as Joey
2000The Invisible Man as Robert Albert Hobbes
2000Strong Medicine (1 Episode) as Frank
2000Very Mean Men as Jimmy D.
2000The Invisible Man (46 Episodes) as Robert Albert Hobbes
2000The Three Stooges as Moe Howard
2000Drowning Mona as Deputy Tony Carlucci
2000Gun Shy as Howard
1999Kiss Toledo Goodbye as Vince
1999Crazy in Alabama as D.A. Mackie
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2 Episodes) as Peter Abrams
1999Heist as Abbie
1999The Corruptor as Schabacker
1998A Civil Action as Bobby Pasqueriella
1998L.A. Doctors (1 Episode) as Unknown
1998Point Blank as Howard
1998Tempting Fate as Police officer
1998Standoff as Agent Hank McGill
1997Brooklyn South (1 Episode) as Steve Richards
1997The 6th Man as Bernie
1997The Practice (2 Episodes) as Benny Small
1997Metro as Clarence Teal
1997Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave as Det. Meyer
1996Early Edition (1 Episode) as Elliott Rosenfield
1996Maximum Risk as Agent Pellman
1996The First Man as Dulles
1996Firestorm as Duran
1995Bushwhacked as Dana's father (uncredited)
1995Red Scorpion 2 as Vince D'Angelo
1995Terrified as Sol Lipsteiger
1995Houseguest as Pauly Gasperini
1995The Fifteen Minute Hamlet as Franciso, Ghost, Gravedigger, Osric & Fortinbras
1994Web of Deception as Detective Fracinetti
1994State of Emergency as Trevor Jacobs
1993Tombstone as Florentino
1993The Last Outlaw as Posseman Grubb
1993Dream Lover as Clown
1993The X-Files (1 Episode) as Dr. Aaron Monte
1993True Romance as Luca
1993The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1 Episode) as Joey Tataglia
1993Extreme Justice as Councilman Joe Taylor
1993Trouble Bound as Zand
1992Cool World as Valet
1992Sunset Heat as New Yorker
1992Soulmates as Driver
1992Eyes of the Beholder as Dr. Medaris
1991Body Parts as Ray Kolberg
1991Dark Justice (1 Episode) as Unknown
1991The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1 Episode) as Unknown
1990The Rookie as Little Felix
1990After the Shock as Dr. Steven Brattesani
1990Streets as Officer #2
1989Doogie Howser, M.D. (1 Episode) as Unknown
1989Wired as Tom Perino
1988Freddy's Nightmares (1 Episode) as Paul
1988Assault of the Killer Bimbos as Customer
1988Pass the Ammo as Eddie Depaul
1987Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife as Unknown
1986L.A. Law (1, 1 Episode) as Sgt. Costellano, Bowles' Atty. Peters
Writing
2012Should've Been Romeo ... Screenplay, Story
Production
2012Should've Been Romeo ... Producer