Paul Ben-Victor
​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.
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- 2027 · The Chosen: Crucifixion as Kind Herod
- 2025 · Rosario as Marty
- 2025 · Another Day in America as Sam Ackerman
- 2025 · Flight Risk as Coleridge (voice)
- 2024 · Creature Commandos as Bulldozer / General King / Large Son (voice)
- 2024 · Nobody Wants This as Ilan Roklov
- 2024 · Everybody Still Hates Chris as (voice)
- 2024 · Murder at Hollow Creek as Jeff Rhodes
- 2023 · Bookie as Nick Quatrani
- 2023 · The Collective as Miro Lindell
- 2023 · Paul T. Goldman as Mob Boss
- 2022 · Collide as Clyde
- 2022 · Last Looks as Conady
- 2021 · Monster as Anthony Petrocelli
- 2020 · Blood and Money as Bill
- 2020 · Gravesend as
- 2019 · Adventure Force 5 as Executive Victor
- 2018 · The Super as Mr. Johnson
- 2018 · The Amityville Murders as Ronald DeFeo Sr.
- 2018 · A Crooked Somebody as Detective Zimmer
- 2016 · Blowtorch as Blackie
- 2015 · Any Day as William
- 2014 · By the Gun as Vincent Tortano
- 2013 · Grudge Match as Lou Camare
- 2013 · Empire State as Tommy
- 2012 · FDR: American Badass! as Mussolini
- 2012 · The Carrier as Vlade
- 2011 · Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury as Kip Tippington
- 2007 · On the Doll as Jimmy Sours
- 2007 · John from Cincinnati as
- 2007 · Drive as The Truck Driver
- 2001 · Alias as Carter
- 2000 · The Three Stooges as Moe Howard
- 2000 · Drowning Mona as Deputy Tony Carlucci
- 2000 · Gun Shy as Howard
- 1999 · Crazy in Alabama as D.A. Mackie
- 1999 · The Corruptor as Schabacker
- 1998 · Point Blank as Howard
- 1998 · Standoff as Agent Hank McGill
- 1997 · The 6th Man as Bernie
- 1996 · The First Man as Dulles
- 1995 · Bushwhacked as Dana's father (uncredited)
- 1993 · Trouble Bound as Zand
- 1992 · Cool World as Valet
- 1991 · Body Parts as Ray Kolberg
- 1991 · The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage as
- Future · Killing Castro as Sam Giancana
- 2023 · On Our Way as Mr. Adler
- 2023 · Plane as Terry Hampton
- 2022 · Emancipation as Major G. Halstead
- 2022 · The Lincoln Lawyer as Sly Funaro Sr.
- 2022 · Pam & Tommy as Richard Alden
- 2020 · My Brothers' Crossing as Officer Byrd
- 2020 · The Banker as Donald Silverthorne
- 2020 · FBI: Most Wanted as Jackie 'The Fox' Bianchi
- 2019 · Feast of the Seven Fishes as Johnny
- 2019 · The Irishman as Jake Gottlieb
- 2019 · The Chosen as Herod Antipas
- 2018 · FBI as Mark Krawley
- 2018 · The Resident as Edmund Carver
- 2017 · Will & Grace as Mario
- 2017 · His Lover as Scotty Davidson Jr.
- 2017 · Santa Clarita Diet as Victor
- 2017 · The Mick as Jerry Berlin
- 2016 · Camera Store as Mr. Bibideaux
- 2016 · Goliath as Cleft Chin
- 2016 · Lethal Weapon as Frank Truno
- 2016 · Bull as Ryan Vance
- 2016 · Goliath as Cleft Chin
- 2016 · Love Is All You Need? as Principal Henry Birdsell
- 2016 · Vinyl as Maury Gold
- 2015 · Chicago Med as Mr. McGregor
- 2015 · Get Hard as Gayle Burns
- 2015 · Allegiance as Special Agent Faber
- 2014 · Friends and Romans as Dennis Socio
- 2014 · True Detective as Major Leroy Salter
- 2013 · Don Jon as Priest
- 2013 · Black Marigolds as Doctor Taylor
- 2012 · Mighty Fine as Bobby
- 2012 · Should've Been Romeo as Joey
- 2011 · Video Girl as Jermaine Stanford
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Detective Cameron
- 2010 · Venus & Vegas as Carlo
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Agent Devin Campbell
- 2010 · A Reuben by Any Other Name as Max
- 2009 · American Bully as Principal Wheeler
- 2009 · Castle as Dino Scarpella
- 2009 · Clear Lake, WI as Sheriff Joe Dietzer
- 2008 · Childrens Hospital as Spiros
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Noah Landau
- 2008 · In Plain Sight as Stan McQueen
- 2007 · Randy & the Mob as Franco
- 2006 · Shark as Ricky Rago
- 2005 · Everybody Hates Chris as
- 2005 · My Name Is Earl as Coach Lou
- 2005 · Close to Home as Paul Bosco
- 2004 · Entourage as Alan Gray
- 2003 · Las Vegas as Michael
- 2003 · Daredevil as Jose Quesada
- 2002 · Fastlane as Marty
- 2002 · Monk as Al Nicoletto
- 2002 · The Wire as Spiros 'Vondas' Vondopoulos
- 2002 · The Shield as Detective Paul Reyes
- 2001 · The Cure for Boredom as Rudy
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Theo
- 2001 · Choosing Matthias as Chase
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Ticket Scalper
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Joey
- 2000 · The Invisible Man as Robert Albert Hobbes
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Frank
- 2000 · Very Mean Men as Jimmy D.
- 2000 · The Invisible Man as Robert Albert Hobbes
- 1999 · Kiss Toledo Goodbye as Vince
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Peter Abrams
- 1999 · Heist as Abbie
- 1998 · A Civil Action as Bobby Pasqueriella
- 1998 · L.A. Doctors as
- 1998 · Tempting Fate as Police officer
- 1997 · Brooklyn South as Steve Richards
- 1997 · The Practice as Benny Small
- 1997 · Metro as Clarence Teal
- 1997 · Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave as Det. Meyer
- 1996 · Early Edition as Elliott Rosenfield
- 1996 · Maximum Risk as Agent Pellman
- 1996 · Firestorm as Duran
- 1995 · Red Scorpion 2 as Vince D'Angelo
- 1995 · Terrified as Sol Lipsteiger
- 1995 · Houseguest as Pauly Gasperini
- 1995 · The Fifteen Minute Hamlet as Franciso, Ghost, Gravedigger, Osric & Fortinbras
- 1994 · Dream Lover as Clown
- 1994 · Web of Deception as Detective Fracinetti
- 1994 · State of Emergency as Trevor Jacobs
- 1993 · Tombstone as Florentino
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Posseman Grubb
- 1993 · The X-Files as Dr. Aaron Monte
- 1993 · True Romance as Luca
- 1993 · The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Joey Tataglia
- 1993 · Extreme Justice as Councilman Joe Taylor
- 1992 · Sunset Heat as New Yorker
- 1992 · Soulmates as Driver
- 1992 · Eyes of the Beholder as Dr. Medaris
- 1991 · Dark Justice as
- 1990 · The Rookie as Little Felix
- 1990 · After the Shock as Dr. Steven Brattesani
- 1990 · Streets as Officer #2
- 1989 · Doogie Howser, M.D. as
- 1989 · Wired as Tom Perino
- 1988 · Freddy's Nightmares as Paul
- 1988 · Assault of the Killer Bimbos as Customer
- 1988 · Pass the Ammo as Eddie Depaul
- 1987 · Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife as
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Sergeant Costellano
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Bowles' Atty. Peters
- Future · 3 Days Rising as Detective Detective
- Future · The Twelve Dates of Christmas as
- Future · 8-Ball as acting