Paul Riser ( born Paul Reiser ; born , ) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, composer, writer and television presenter. Founder of the production company Nuance Productions [2] . It occupies 77th place in the 2004 list of "100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians of All Time" according to the American cable television channel Comedy Central [3] .
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| English Paul reiser | |
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| Profession | actor comedian screenwriter TV presenter producer composer writer |
| Career | 1982 - n. at. |
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Main awards and nominations
- 3 Selected filmography
- 3.1 Actor
- 3.2 Screenwriter
- 3.3 Producer
- 3.4 Composer
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
Paul Riser was born on March 30, 1957 in New York, into the Jewish family of Sam (wholesales health food distributor) and Helen (housewife) Riser [4] . The family also had three daughters, the sisters of Paul [5] . He studied at the East Side Hebrew Institute , then at the Stuyvesant High School [5] , then graduated from the University of Binghamton with a major in piano, composing music. While studying at the university, he performed at the university theater [6] , during the summer holidays he acted as a stand-up comedian in New York clubs, it was then that Paul chose his future profession.
For the first time on a wide screen, Riser appeared in 1982 in the movie “Eatery,” in the same year, viewers first saw him on television in the film The Toast of Manhattan . The main fame for Riser was brought by the television series “Crazy About You” (1992-1999), in which he not only played a major role in 162 episodes, but also wrote the main musical theme for him (together with ) [7 ] , scripted for 161 episodes and produced 117 episodes. For this series, Riser was nominated for various film awards for several consecutive years, including Emmy and Golden Globe , and by the end of the last season his fee was up to a million dollars for one episode [8] .
Since 1987 he has been acting as a screenwriter, since 1992 as a producer. In 1995, he was the host of the Grammy Award ceremony, and in 1996, the Prime Time Emmy Award . In 2011, he released his own comedy show , seven episodes were shot, but only two were aired [9] .
Paul Riser is the author of three essays : Couplehood on the ups and downs of marital relations, Babyhood on his first paternal experience and Familyhood (2011, a collection of humorous essays). Interestingly, the Couplehood , printed in a print run of over two million copies, starts right off the 145th page.
On August 21, 1988, he married the psychotherapist Paul Ravens [4] , the couple has two sons: Ezra Samuel (born 1995) and Leon (born 2000). Paul Reiser's cousin is a legal scholar, professor at several universities, born (born 1943).
Major Awards and Nominations
- The full list of cinematic awards and nominations by Paul Reiser is available on the IMDB website
- Golden Globe - from 1995 to 1998, he was nominated four times in the category "Best Actor in a TV Series (Comedy / Musical)" for his role in the series "Mad About You" , but he never won an award.
- Prime time Emmy Award - From 1994 to 1999, he was nominated six times in the category "Best Actor in a Comedy Series" for his role in the series "Crazy about You," but he never won an award.
- Award from Broadcast Music, Inc. - In 1995, 1997 and 1998, he won three times for the music for the series “Crazy About You”.
- Sputnik Award - in 1999 was nominated in the category "Best Actor in a TV Series (Comedy / Musical)" for his role in the series "Crazy About You", but did not win the award.
- US Screen Actors Guild Award - From 1995 to 1998, he was nominated four times in the category "Best Actor in a Comedy Series" for his role in the series "Crazy About You," but he never won an award.
Selected Filmography
Actor
- 1982 - Diner / Diner - Model
- 1984 - Beverly Hills Cop / Beverly Hills Cop - Detective Jeffrey Friedman
- 1986 - Aliens / Aliens - Carter Burke, one of the managers of Wayland-Yutani
- 1987 - Beverly Hills Cop 2 / Beverly Hills Cop II - Detective Jeffrey Friedman
- 1987-1990 - My Two Dads - Michael Taylor (in 60 episodes)
- 1990 - Crazy People - Stephen Buckman
- 1991 - The Marrying Man - Phil Golden
- 1992-1999 - Mad About You / Mad About You - Paul Buckman (in 162 episodes)
- 1993 - Family Prayers - Dan Linder
- 1995 - Bye Bye Love - Donnie
- 1999 - The Story of Us / The Story of Us - Dave, litagent (uncredited)
- 2001 - One Night at McCool’s Bar - Carl Harding, Attorney
- 2005 - The Aristocrats / The Aristocrats - Cameo
- 2005 - The Thing About My Folks - Ben Kleinman
- 2009 - Funny People - Cameo
- 2013 - Behind the Candelabra - attorney Scott Thorson
- 2014 - Obsession / Whiplash - Andrew's father
- 2014 - If Your Girl Is a Zombie / Life After Beth - Noah Orfman
- 2015 - Defender / Concussion - Dr. Elliot Pellman
- 2016 - War on Everyone / Lieutenant Jerry Stanton
- 2016 - The Darkness - Simon Richards
- 2017 - The Little Hours - Hilario
- 2017 - Stranger Things - Dr. Sam Owens
- 2018 - The Romanoffs - Bob Isaacson
Screenwriter
- 1992 —1999 - Mad About You - Episode 161
- 2004 - (m / f)
- 2005 - The Thing About My Folks
Producer
- 1992-1999 - Mad About You / Mad About You - 117 episodes, including 24 episodes (1996-1999) - executive producer
- 2004 - (m / f; executive producer)
- 2005 - The Thing About My Folks
Composer
- 1992-1999 - Mad About You / Mad About You - 162 episodes (opening topic)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 140509720 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Paul Riser on huffingtonpost.com
- ↑ Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of all Time on everything2.com
- ↑ 1 2 Paul Riser Biography on filmreference.com
- ↑ 1 2 Rick Lyman. Be It Ever So Urban, It's Green on nytimes.com , September 5, 1997
- ↑ “I know what really good comedy should sound like now. I'm tougher on myself. ” On binghamton.edu
- ↑ Final Frontier by Andrew Gold on songfacts.com
- ↑ Bill Carter. THE MEDIA BUSINESS; NBC Signs Deal to Keep 'Mad About You' for Another Season at nytimes.com , March 24, 1998
- ↑ Paul Reiser Speaks Out About NBC on The Tonight Show at screenrant.com , May 2011
Links
- paulreiser.com - Paul Riser official site
- Paul Riser on tvguide.com
- Paul Riser on tv.com