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Paul Ben-Victor

Acting

Born July 24, 1965 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also known as Paul Benvictor · 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.

Filmography50+ titles

The Cure for Boredom

2001as Rudy

The Chosen

2019as Herod Antipas

The Wire

2002as Spiros 'Vondas' Vondopoulos

M.I.A.

2026as Boris Federov

The Resident

2018as Edmund Carver

The Mentalist

2008as Noah Landau

The X-Files

1993as Dr. Aaron Monte

Chicago Med

2015as Mr. McGregor

True Detective

2014as Major Leroy Salter

The Shield

2002as Detective Paul Reyes

Person of Interest

2011as Detective Cameron

Everybody Hates Chris

2005

Castle

2009as Dino Scarpella

Monk

2002as Al Nicoletto

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000as Ticket Scalper

Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife

1987

FBI

2018as Mark Krawley

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Peter Abrams

Emancipation

2022as Major G. Halstead

Everybody Still Hates Chris

2024as (voice)

The Lincoln Lawyer

2022as Sly Funaro Sr.

Hawaii Five-0

2010as Agent Devin Campbell

My Name Is Earl

2005as Coach Lou

The Practice

1997as Benny Small

The Banker

2020as Donald Silverthorne

FBI: Most Wanted

2020as Jackie 'The Fox' Bianchi

The Irishman

2019as Jake Gottlieb

Goliath

2016as Cleft Chin

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Joey

Tombstone

1993as Florentino

True Romance

1993as Luca

Man on Fire

2026as CIA Director Moncrief

Santa Clarita Diet

2017as Victor

Entourage

2004as Alan Gray

Strong Medicine

2000as Frank

Nobody Wants This

2024as Ilan Roklov

Lethal Weapon

2016as Frank Truno

Tempting Fate

1998as Police officer

Pam & Tommy

2022as Richard Alden

Friends and Romans

2014as Dennis Socio

Crossing Jordan

2001as Theo

Freddy's Nightmares

1988as Paul

The Mick

2017as Jerry Berlin

Black Marigolds

2013as Doctor Taylor

In Plain Sight

2008as Stan McQueen

Las Vegas

2003as Michael

The Invisible Man

2000as Robert Albert Hobbes

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

1993as Joey Tataglia

L.A. Law

1986as Bowles' Atty. Peters

Bull

2016as Ryan Vance