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David Paymer
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David Emmanuel Paymer (born August 30, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, and television director. He has been in films such as Mr. Saturday Night, Quiz Show, Searching for Bobby Fischer, City Slickers, Crazy People, State and Main, Payback, Get Shorty, Carpool, The American President, The Hurricane, Ocean's Thirteen, and Drag Me to Hell. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1992 for Mr. Saturday Night. He played the lead role as the Boss in Bartleby, an adaptation of Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener." He played a mob boss in the television series Line of Fire.
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Bad Shabbos
Mr. Saturday Night
Horse Girl
Bad Therapy
Fanboy
The Sunlit Night
Accident Man
The Pickle Recipe
Two-Bit Waltz
The Five-Year Engagement
Twixt
Drag Me to Hell
Redbelt
Resurrecting the Champ
Checking Out
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Warm Springs
Crazy for Love
School of Life
In Good Company
Balto III: Wings of Change
Alex & Emma
The Burial Society
RFK
Bartleby
Focus
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
Enemies of Laughter
Bait
State and Main
Partners- FRFrom Where I Sit
Mumford
The Hurricane
Chill Factor
Dash and Lilly
Payback
Mighty Joe Young
The Lesser Evil
Outside Ozona
Amistad
Gang Related
The 6th Man
Crime of the Century
Carpool
Unforgettable
City Hall
Nixon
The American President
Get Shorty
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
In Search of Dr. Seuss
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Quiz Show
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Heart and Souls
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Mr. Saturday Night
City Slickers
Crazy People
Sky High
No Holds Barred
Rock 'N Roll Mom
Pleasures
Love, Mary
Irreconcilable Differences
Grace Kelly
The In-Laws