Paul Reiser

Comedian, actor, television writer, author, and musician Paul Reiser has spent the last 30 plus years acting in Oscar and Emmy award-winning movies and TV shows. He was voted one of Comedy Central’s “Top 100 Comedians of All Time.” 2017 has been an exciting year for the NY-bred and LA-based Reiser, who has made a number of appearances on screen and even lent his talents behind the camera.

Reiser created and produced the seven-episode series There’s…. Johnny! The series, which he co-created with filmmaker David Steven Simon and co-produced with David Gordon Green, intertwines authentic footage from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson with the coming-of-age story of Andy, a wide-eyed 19-year-old Nebraskan who stumbles into a job at the iconic show. “There’s…. Johnny!” premiered on Hulu.

Reiser also joined the cast of Netflix’s Stranger Things for Season 2 in a role created by the Duffer brothers with him specifically in mind. Reiser plays Dr. Owens, a high-ranking member of the Department of Energy who is brought to the small town to investigate the supernatural situations at play. Reiser has also collaborated once again with David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, Prince Avalanche), as well as with Steven Soderbergh on the critically-acclaimed hit Amazon series Red Oaks. Reiser’s role as Doug Getty, the president of a New Jersey country club in a nostalgic 80’s themed setting, was called “one of his absolute finest, not just of late, but of ever.” The show’s third and final season premiered in Fall of 2017. Additionally, Reiser was cast in the latest project of Mad Men showrunner Matthew Weiner, The Romanoffs. The Amazon mini-series centers around the modern-day descendants of the mysterious Romanov dynasty. Reiser co-stars alongside Christina Hendricks, Isabelle Huppert and Jack Huston.

Reiser’s recent films include John McDonagh’s War on Everyone with Alexander Skarsgard and Michael Pena, The Book of Love with Jessica Biel and Jason Sudeikis, The Little Hours with John C. Reilly and Aubrey Plaza, which was officially selected for the 20178 Sundance Film Festival, and the Lake Bell-directed I Do… Until I Don’t with Ed Helms, Amber Heard, and Mary Steenburgen. Reiser has had notable performances in films such as Diner, Bye Bye Love, The Marrying Man, Aliens, One Night At McCool’s, and Beverly Hills Cop (I and II). He also co-created and starred in the critically acclaimed NBC series Mad About You, which garnered him multiple Emmy, Golden Globe, American Comedy Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations. More recently, Reiser earned acclaim for his supporting role in the 2015 Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-winning film, Whiplash, starring JK Simmons and Miles Teller.

Reiser’s book, Couplehood, has sold over two million copies and reached the number one spot on The New York Times bestseller list. Reiser’s second bestseller, Babyhood, features his trademark humorous take on the adventures of being a first-time father, followed by his third bestseller, Familyhood.