David Paymer
David Paymer  is an American character actor, comedian, and television director who portrayed Doctor Moritz Benayoun in the  first season episode .

Paymer's big screen debut was in the 1979 comedy The In-Laws joining Ed Begley, Jr., Rosana DeSoto, John Hancock, John Hostetter, and Richard Libertini. Paymer and Hancock reunited in 1982's Airplane! 2: The Sequel, where they were joined by Sam Anderson, Earl Boen, Bruce French, Louise Sorel, and Trek elder statesman William Shatner. In 1984, Paymer had work in the comedy Best Defense, re-teaming with Hostetter and working  alongside Raye Birk, Gene Dynarski, Paul Eiding, Javier Grajeda, Darryl Henriques, and Joel Polis, followed by Irreconcilable Differences with Ellen Geer and David Graf. Paymer was next in 1985's Perfect with Ronnie Claire Edwards, Stefan Gierasch, and Rosalind Ingledew. Paymer's next project was Howard the Duck narrated by Richard Kiley and costarring Paul Comi, John Fleck, and Richard McGonagle, followed up by Night of the Creeps with Dick Miller, both in 1986. Things turned out better for Paymer with a reunion with both Henriques and Hostetter when they costarred in the 1987 Cold War spy thriller No Way Out also featuring Iman, Leon Russom, and Nicholas Worth. Paymer rounded out the 1980s in the 1989 wrestling film No Holds Barred with Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr..

Paymer was more prolific in the decade that followed. 1990 began Crazy People with Robert Ito and Bill Smitrovich. By way of his friendship with Billy Crystal, Paymer co-starred in 1991's City Slickers joined by Walker Brandt, Robert Costanzo, Tracey Walter, and Noble Willingham, followed by the Crystal-directed Mr. Saturday Night (1992) with Mary Mara, Jason Marsden, Tim Russ, and Julie Warner. In 1994, Crystal brought Paymer and Willingham back for the former's sequel The Legend of Curly's Gold; Paymer that year also portrayed television producer Dan Enright in the historical film Quiz Show, joining Nicholas Kepros, Christopher McDonald, and Jeffrey Nordling. 1995 was a particularly successful year for Paymer beginning with Get Shorty, costarring John Cothran, Jr., and The American President, in which Paymer was teamed with Beau Billingslea, Ron Canada, David Drew Gallagher, Googy Gress, Anne Haney, Jordan Lund, John Mahon, George Murdock, Gail Strickland, and Clement von Franckenstein, as well as past co-star Richard McGonagle. Paymer concluded the year portraying press secretary Ron Ziegler in the biopic Nixon which, like Paymer's previous film, boasted a large number of Trek alumni including Robert Beltran, Bill Bolender, Wilson Cruz, Richard Fancy, Annette Helde, Michelle Krusiec, Tony Plana, Victor Rivers, Saul Rubinek, and Paul Sorvino. Paymer reunited with McDonald in 1996's Unforgettable, also starring Kim Cattrall, and Carpool, with Miriam Flynn. For 1997, Paymer  worked opposite Kirk Baily in The Sixth Man. Paymer reunited with Lister in the police drama Gang Related along with Brad Greenquist and Jimmie F. Skaggs. Another reunion was in the cards for Paymer rejoining Victor Rivers in the slave narrative Amistad co-starring Harry Groener and Castulo Guerra. Paymer worked with another past co-star, this time Anne Haney, in 1998's The Lesser Evil with Jack Kehler, Richard Riehle, Adam Scott, and Marc Worden. That same year, Paymer and Baily re-teamed in Outside Ozona, and finally that year, Paymer co-starred again with McGonagle, Riehle, and Walter in Mighty Joe Young along with Geoffrey Blake, Lily Mariye, and Lawrence Pressman. Paymer was quite active in 1999, closing out the decade in Payback with John Glover and Gregg Henry, then Chill Factor with Daniel Hugh Kelly, Mumford with Kevin Tighe and Alfre Woodard, and finally the boxing-themed biopic The Hurricane with Clancy Brown and Harris Yulin.

At the turn of the century, Paymer was busy appearing in the independent film State & Main with Matt Malloy. Next, Paymer was the headliner in Enemies of Laughter with Rosalind Chao. Paymer finished off 2000 in Bounce with Scott Alan Smith. In 2001, Paymer was cast in Bartleby with Seymour Cassel and Joe Piscopo. Paymer reunited with Malloy in 2004's Spartan, which also co-starred Steven Culp, Margot Farley, and Natalia Nogulich. 2005 saw Paymer in Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School with Ian Abercrombie, then he joined David Bowe, Alex Datcher, and Tony Todd in Checking Out. Paymer was next cast in the highly successful Ocean's Thirteen (2007) with Ivar Brogger, Michael Harney, Tommy Hinkley, and Wayne Péré. A year later, Paymer and Malloy worked together again in Redbelt. Paymer closed out the decade in the 2009 horror film Drag Me to Hell with Lorna Raver.

In the following decade, Paymer co-starred in the high school comedy Bad Teacher (2011) with David Doty. In 2014, Paymer re-teamed with von Franckenstein in The Five-Year Engagement alongside Jane Carr, Michael Ensign, and Aaron Lustig. Also that year was the spy thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit starring Chris Pine in the title role. Paymer finished the year in The 2-Bit Waltz, once again working with Matt Malloy, which was Paymer's final film of that decade working with another Trek actor.

For the 2020s, Paymer so far has Horse Girl with Dendrie Taylor and Butterfly in the Typewriter with Brad Dourif.

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