Paul Ben-Victor

Paul Ben-Victor

58 · Born: Jul 24, 1965

Personal Details

Born Jul 24, 1965 Brooklyn, New York, USA
Parents
  • Victor Friedman
  • Leah Kornfeld-Friedman

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Ben-Victor (born July 24, 1965) is an American actor. Ben-Victor was born Paul Friedman, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Leah Kornfeld, a playwright, and Victor Friedman. Ben-Victor debuted on the small screen in 1987 in the made-for-TV movie Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife and on an episode of Cagney & Lacey. Fifteen years after beginning his television career with bit parts, Ben-Victor found himself cast in important roles on HBO dramas The Wire and Entourage, as well as making a 2006 appearance as Coach Lou on My Name is Earl. He portrayed Moe Howard in the 2000 made-for-TV film The Three Stooges. Ben-Victor has been featured on many television cop dramas like Monk and CSI, and also had a recurring role as two-bit con man Steve Richards on three episodes of NYPD Blue from 1994 to 1997. Ben-Victor has co-written stage plays with his mother. At least two of their plays have been staged in the Manhattan area, including "Club Soda" and "The Good Steno". Ben-Victor had a starring role in the Sci-Fi channel television show, The Invisible Man, alongside Vincent Ventresca. The two later guest starred together on the hit TV show Las Vegas. They were reunited again on an episode of the new USA Network series In Plain Sight (Episode 1.2, "Hoosier Daddy"), on which Ben-Victor has a supporting role. Appeared on "Everybody Hates Chris" as Mr. Thurman In 2008, Ben-Victor held a supporting role in the feature film, Clear Lake, WI, starring Michael Madsen. In August 2008, Ben-Victor co-starred in Coma, a web series on Crackle.

Career

2023
Plane
Plane as Hampton
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The Collective
The Collective as Miro Lindell
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Paul T. Goldman
Paul T. Goldman
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2022
Last Looks
Last Looks as Conady
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Collide
Collide
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Pam & Tommy
Pam & Tommy as Richard Alden
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2021
Monster
Monster as Anthony Petrocelli
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2020
The Banker
The Banker as Donald Silverthorne
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My Brothers' Crossing
My Brothers' Crossing as Officer Byrd
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Blood and Money
Blood and Money as Bill
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Gravesend
Gravesend
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2019
Feast of the Seven Fishes
Feast of the Seven Fishes as Johnny
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Adventure Force 5
Adventure Force 5
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2018
The Super
The Super as Mr. Johnson
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A Crooked Somebody
A Crooked Somebody as Detective Zimmer
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The Amityville Murders
The Amityville Murders as Ronald DeFeo Sr.
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Santa Clarita Diet
Santa Clarita Diet as Victor
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Goliath
Goliath
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2017
The Mick
The Mick as Jerry Berlin
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2016
Goliath
Goliath as Cleft Chin
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Blowtorch
Blowtorch as Blackie
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Camera Store
Camera Store as Mr. Bibideaux
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Vinyl
Vinyl as Maury Gold
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2015
Get Hard
Get Hard as Gayle
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Any Day
Any Day as William
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2014
By the Gun
By the Gun as Vincent Tortano
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Friends and Romans
Friends and Romans as Dennis Socio
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True Detective
True Detective as Major Leroy Salter
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Castle
Castle as Dino Scarpella
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2013
Don Jon
Don Jon as Priest
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Last I Heard
Last I Heard as Vinnie Nero
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Black Marigolds
Black Marigolds as Doctor Taylor
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Empire State
Empire State as Tommy
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Person of Interest
Person of Interest as Detective Cameron
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2012
Mighty Fine
Mighty Fine as Bobby
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Desperate Endeavors
Desperate Endeavors as Bill Loney
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FDR: American Badass!
FDR: American Badass! as Mussolini
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Should've Been Romeo
Should've Been Romeo as Joey
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2010
A Reuben by Any Other Name
A Reuben by Any Other Name as Max
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Venus & Vegas
Venus & Vegas as Carlo
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2009
Clear Lake, WI
Clear Lake, WI as Sheriff Joe Dietzer
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American Bully
American Bully as Principal Wheeler
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The Mentalist
The Mentalist as Noah Landau
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2008
Player 5150
Player 5150 as Jimmy
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In Plain Sight
In Plain Sight
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Everybody Hates Chris
2007
On the Doll
On the Doll as Jimmy Sours
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Randy and the Mob
Randy and the Mob as Franco
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John from Cincinnati
2006
Push
Push as Toni
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My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl as Coach Lou
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2005
Entourage
Entourage
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Monk
Monk as Al Nicoletto
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2003
The Wire
The Wire as Spiros 'Vondas' Vondopoulos
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2002
Fastlane
Fastlane as Marty
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2001
The Cure for Boredom
The Cure for Boredom as Rudy
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Choosing Matthias
Choosing Matthias as Chase
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Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan as Theo, Superintendant
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2000
The Three Stooges
The Three Stooges as Moe Howard
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Very Mean Men
Very Mean Men as Jimmy D.
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The David Cassidy Story
The David Cassidy Story as Wes Farrell
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Gun Shy
Gun Shy as Howard
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The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man as Robert Albert Hobbes
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1999
The Corruptor
The Corruptor as Schabacker
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Kiss Toledo Goodbye
Kiss Toledo Goodbye as Vince
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1998
Tempting Fate
Tempting Fate as Police officer
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Point Blank
Point Blank as Howard
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Standoff
Standoff as Agent Hank McGill
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1997
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave as Det. Meyer
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The Sixth Man
The Sixth Man as Bernie
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Firestorm
Firestorm as Duran
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The Practice
The Practice as Benny Small
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1996
The First Man
The First Man as Dulles
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Maximum Risk
Maximum Risk as Agent Pellman
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1995
Houseguest
Houseguest as Pauly Gasperini
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The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet as Franciso, Ghost, Gravedigger, Osric & Fortinbras
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Red Scorpion 2
Red Scorpion 2 as Vince D'Angelo
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1994
State of Emergency
State of Emergency as Trevor Jacobs
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Web of Deception
Web of Deception as Detective Fracinetti
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1993
Trouble Bound
Trouble Bound as Zand
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The X-Files
The X-Files as Dr. Aaron Monte
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1992
Eyes of the Beholder
Eyes of the Beholder as Dr. Medaris
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1991
Body Parts
Body Parts as Ray Kolberg
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1990
Streets
Streets as Officer #2
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After the Shock
After the Shock as Dr. Steven Brattesani
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2012
Should've Been Romeo
Should've Been Romeo as Story, Screenplay
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