David Paymer

David Paymer in Warner Brothers' Chill Factor - 1999

Biography

Born 08/30/1954

For years, character actor David Paymer appeared in a multitude of film and television projects, though his name remained unrecognizable to most. But that all began to change with his breakthrough supporting performance in “Mr. Saturday Night” (1992), which earned his first Academy Award...
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Awards

  • In 2000, received Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble
  • In 2000, received Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble

Highlights

  • In 2007, Co-starred in the boxing film "Resurrecting the Champ"
  • In 2005, Starred in the HBO original movie "Warm Springs" which chronicles the life of president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, played by Kenneth Branagh
  • In 2003, Cast in Rob Reiner's "Alex and Emma"

Family & Companions

  • Marvin Paymer: father (divorced from Paymer's mother in 1973)
  • Sylvia Paymer: mother (from Belgium; divorced from Paymer's father in 1973)
  • Steve Paymer: brother (born September 28, 1951; collaborator with Paymer; co-producer on the sitcoms "Mad About You", "Madman of the People" and "The Single Guy"; regular on sitcom "Boston Common")

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