Person
Paul Lazar
Acting
Biography
Paul Lazar is an American actor, director, and teacher. As an actor he is best known for his collaborations with Jonathan Demme, having appeared in six of Demme’s films including The Silence of the Lambs (1991). In addition to his film work, he is co-founder of Big Dance Theatre and an associate member of The Wooster Group, and currently teaches theater at Harvard.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sid Gabbert
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Donald
Miami Vice
David Sugarman
Third Watch
Erik
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Dave Baker
Snowpiercer
Paul
The Silence of the Lambs
Pilcher
Lisey's Story
Thomas Fenton
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
Bob Oppenheimer
The Host
American Doctor
Filmography
- 2024All the Words on the PagePaul
- 2023Sweet ReliefMr. McDaniel
- 2022GhostwrittenMark Brooks
- 2021Memories
- 2021Lisey's StoryThomas Fenton
- 2020Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the ReverendDrunk
- 2016Starring Austin PendletonSelf
- 2016Silent Street
- 201610 CrosbyOlder Doorman
- 2015ExperimenterPaul Errara
- 2015We're Gonna DieDirector
- 2015Another Telepathic Thing
- 2014CymbelineQuarry Cop 1
- 2013The Man Who Came Out Only at NightThe Baker
- 2013SnowpiercerPaul
- 2010Bass AckwardsCo-Writer
- 2009How to Seduce Difficult WomenSam
- 2008Rachel Getting MarriedRehearsal Dinner Guest
- 2007The FavorMr. Smith
- 2007AnamorphMedical Examiner
- 2006The HostAmerican Doctor
- 2005Law & Order: Trial by JuryDave Baker
- 2004From Other WorldsLarry
- 2004The Manchurian CandidateGillespie
- 2003Queens Supreme
- 2002No Such ThingFred
- 2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentDonald
- 2000WonderlandWillie Watches
- 1999Third WatchErik
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSid Gabbert
- 1999Mickey Blue EyesRitchie Vitale
- 1999Six Ways to SundayHyman
- 1999On the RunCabbie
- 1999SuitsMitchell Mitnick
- 1998Money KingsRocky
- 1998BelovedGeneral Store Proprietor
- 1998The Substitute 2: School's OutMack Weathers
- 1998Henry FoolDoctor
- 1997Subway StoriesMr. Nervous (segment "Subway Car from Hell")
- 1997Arresting GenaUncle John
- 1997Los LocosBuck
- 1996Toe TagsCoroner's Assistant
- 1995The Stars Fell on HenriettaSeymour
- 1995Buffalo GirlsDoc Rames
- 1994SpeechlessHarry
- 1994Trapped in ParadiseTimmy
- 1993PhiladelphiaDr. Klenstein
- 1993The DebtThe Salesman
- 1993The Adventures of Pete & PeteBob Oppenheimer
- 1993Taking the HeatChucky
- 1993Brace Up!Fyodor Ilyich Kulygin
- 1992Lorenzo's OilProfessor Duncan
- 199129th StreetNeedle Nose Nipton
- 1991Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No RulesAd Man
- 1991The Silence of the LambsPilcher
- 1988Married to the MobTommy Boyle
- 1984Miami ViceDavid Sugarman
- 1983StreamersMP Lieutenant
- —The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential ProblemsBill Allen
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