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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- 2026 · M.I.A. as Boris Federov
- 2026 · Man on Fire as CIA Director Moncrief
- 2025 · Rosario as Marty
- 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)
- 2023 · Bookie as Nick Quatrani
- 2023 · The Collective as Miro Lindell
- 2023 · Plane as Terry Hampton
- 2023 · Paul T. Goldman as Mob Boss
- 2022 · Emancipation as Major G. Halstead
- 2022 · The Lincoln Lawyer as Sly Funaro Sr.
- 2022 · Pam & Tommy as Richard Alden
- 2022 · Last Looks as Conady
- 2020 · The Banker as Donald Silverthorne
- 2020 · FBI: Most Wanted as Jackie 'The Fox' Bianchi
- 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 · Santa Clarita Diet as Victor
- 2017 · The Mick as Jerry Berlin
- 2016 · Goliath as Cleft Chin
- 2016 · Lethal Weapon as Frank Truno
- 2016 · Bull as Ryan Vance
- 2016 · Vinyl as Maury Gold
- 2015 · Chicago Med as Mr. McGregor
- 2015 · Get Hard as Gayle Burns
- 2015 · Allegiance as Special Agent Faber
- 2014 · True Detective as Major Leroy Salter
- 2013 · Grudge Match as Lou Camare
- 2013 · Don Jon as Priest
- 2013 · Empire State as Tommy
- 2012 · Vegas as Barry Silver
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Detective Cameron
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Agent Devin Campbell
- 2009 · Castle as Dino Scarpella
- 2008 · Childrens Hospital as Spiros
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Noah Landau
- 2008 · In Plain Sight as Stan McQueen
- 2007 · John from Cincinnati as Palaka
- 2007 · Drive as The Truck Driver
- 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 · Alias as Carter
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Theo
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Ticket Scalper
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Joey
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Frank
- 2000 · The Invisible Man as Robert Albert Hobbes
- 2000 · Gun Shy as Howard
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Peter Abrams
- 1998 · A Civil Action as Bobby Pasqueriella
- 1998 · L.A. Doctors as
- 1998 · Rude Awakening as Carl
- 1997 · Brooklyn South as Steve Richards
- 1997 · The Practice as Benny Small
- 1996 · Early Edition as Elliott Rosenfield
- 1996 · Maximum Risk as Agent Pellman
- 1994 · Dream Lover as Clown
- 1993 · Tombstone as Florentino
- 1993 · The X-Files as Dr. Aaron Monte
- 1993 · True Romance as Luca
- 1993 · The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Joey Tataglia
- 1992 · Cool World as Valet
- 1991 · Dark Justice as
- 1990 · The Rookie as Little Felix
- 1989 · Doogie Howser, M.D. as Karl
- 1988 · Freddy's Nightmares as Paul
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Sergeant Costellano
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Bowles' Atty. Peters
- Future · The Boys from Brazil as Sidney Beynon
- 2027 · The Chosen: Crucifixion as Kind Herod
- 2026 · Killing Castro as Sam Giancana
- 2025 · Another Day in America as Sam Ackerman
- 2024 · Murder at Hollow Creek as Jeff Rhodes
- 2023 · On Our Way as Mr. Adler
- 2022 · Collide as Clyde
- 2021 · Monster as Anthony Petrocelli
- 2020 · My Brothers' Crossing as Officer Byrd
- 2020 · Blood and Money as Bill
- 2020 · Gravesend as
- 2019 · Adventure Force 5 as Executive Victor
- 2019 · Feast of the Seven Fishes as Johnny
- 2018 · The Super as Mr. Johnson
- 2018 · The Amityville Murders as Ronald DeFeo Sr.
- 2018 · A Crooked Somebody as Detective Zimmer
- 2017 · His Lover as Scotty Davidson Jr.
- 2016 · Camera Store as Mr. Bibideaux
- 2016 · Blowtorch as Blackie
- 2016 · Goliath as Cleft Chin
- 2016 · Love Is All You Need? as Principal Henry Birdsell
- 2015 · Any Day as William
- 2014 · Friends and Romans as Dennis Socio
- 2014 · By the Gun as Vincent Tortano
- 2013 · Black Marigolds as Doctor Taylor
- 2012 · FDR: American Badass! as Mussolini
- 2012 · Mighty Fine as Bobby
- 2012 · Should've Been Romeo as Joey
- 2012 · The Carrier as Vlade
- 2011 · Video Girl as Jermaine Stanford
- 2011 · Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury as Kip Tippington
- 2010 · Venus & Vegas as Carlo
- 2010 · A Reuben by Any Other Name as Max
- 2009 · American Bully as Principal Wheeler
- 2009 · Clear Lake, WI as Sheriff Joe Dietzer
- 2008 · Player 5150 as Jimmy
- 2007 · Randy & the Mob as Franco
- 2007 · On the Doll as Jimmy Sours
- 2001 · The Cure for Boredom as Rudy
- 2001 · Choosing Matthias as Chase
- 2000 · The Invisible Man as Robert Albert Hobbes
- 2000 · Very Mean Men as Jimmy D.
- 2000 · The Three Stooges as Moe Howard
- 2000 · Drowning Mona as Deputy Tony Carlucci
- 1999 · Kiss Toledo Goodbye as Vince
- 1999 · Crazy in Alabama as D.A. Mackie
- 1999 · Heist as Abbie
- 1999 · The Corruptor as Schabacker
- 1998 · Point Blank as Howard
- 1998 · Tempting Fate as Police officer
- 1998 · Standoff as Agent Hank McGill
- 1997 · The 6th Man as Bernie
- 1997 · Metro as Clarence Teal
- 1997 · Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave as Det. Meyer
- 1996 · The First Man as Dulles
- 1996 · Firestorm as Duran
- 1995 · Bushwhacked as Dana's father (uncredited)
- 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 · Web of Deception as Detective Fracinetti
- 1994 · State of Emergency as Trevor Jacobs
- 1993 · The Last Outlaw as Posseman Grubb
- 1993 · Extreme Justice as Councilman Joe Taylor
- 1993 · Trouble Bound as Zand
- 1992 · Sunset Heat as New Yorker
- 1992 · Soulmates as Driver
- 1992 · Eyes of the Beholder as Dr. Medaris
- 1991 · Body Parts as Ray Kolberg
- 1991 · The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage as
- 1990 · After the Shock as Dr. Steven Brattesani
- 1990 · Streets as Officer #2
- 1989 · Wired as Tom Perino
- 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
- Future · The Twelve Dates of Christmas as
- Future · 3 Days Rising as Detective Detective
- Future · 8-Ball as acting
- Future · Vinyl (2016) as




