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Josh Pais

Acting

Born June 21, 1964 · New York City, New York, USA

Also known as جاش پیس

Biography

Josh Pais (born June 21, 1964) is an American actor of film and television. He has appeared in many Hollywood films, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (in which he both was in the costume and was the voice) as Raphael, Music of the Heart, Scream 3, It Runs in the Family, Little Manhattan and Find Me Guilty. He played Assistant M.E. Borak in 15 episodes of the series Law & Order, between 1990 and 2002. He also played the Spanish teacher in the film Assassination of a High School President. Pais is the son of Lila Lee (née Atwill) and Abraham Pais, a Dutch-American Jewish physicist, professor and writer. Pais married actress Lisa Emery on August 27, 1990; the two have a son, actor Zane Pais. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography50+ titles

Power Book III: Raising Kanan

2021as Lowell Gelfand

Joker

2019as Hoyt Vaughn

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993as M.E. #2

Psych

2006as Richard Umma

A Beautiful Mind

2001as Princeton Professor

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Hank Abraham

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993as Gaila

Detachment

2011as Meredith's Father

The Good Wife

2009as Henry Lampe

Rescue Me

2004as Leon

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001as Noah Brezner

Ray Donovan

2013as Stu Feldman

Synecdoche, New York

2008as Ophthalmologist

Damages

2007as George Berber

Sex and the City

1998as Nick Waxler

The Dropout

2022as Wade Miquelon

Mrs. Fletcher

2019as Barry

Maniac

2018as Andy

The Station Agent

2003as Carl

Law & Order

1990as Borak

Alpha House

2013as Owen Lefkowitz

2 Broke Girls

2011as Leo

Little Manhattan

2005as Ronny

Spoiler Alert

2022as Scott

Rounders

1998as Weitz

The Cosby Show

1984as Andy

Younger

2015as Todd Heller

Phone Booth

2002as Mario

Tales of the City

2019as Doug

The Friend

2024as Jerry

The Plot Against America

2020as Maurice Silverman

Motherless Brooklyn

2019as William Lieberman

Going in Style

2017as Chuck Lofton

Music of the Heart

1999as Dennis

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1990as Raphael (voice) / Passenger In Cab

Crown Heights

2017as District Attorney Maffeo

Find Me Guilty

2006as Harry Bellman

A Civil Action

1998as Law Clerk

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

2025as Brad

Adventureland

2009as Mr. Lewin

Murphy Brown

1988as Secretary #18

You Hurt My Feelings

2023as Josh Pais

Arbitrage

2012as John Aimes

Watching the Detectives

2007as Andy

Unconscious

2006as Warner Wilcott

Jacknife

1989as Rick

I Saw the Light

2015as Dore Schary

Please Give

2010as Adam

That Awkward Moment

2014as Fred

5 Flights Up

2014as Jackson