Paul Ben-Victor
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.
157 acting credits
Acting · 157
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Mentalist
2008
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Castle
2009
FBI
2018
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Person of Interest
2011
The X-Files
1993
Monk
2002
Chicago Med
2015
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
The Resident
2018
True Detective
2014
Crossing Jordan
2001
The Wire
2002
The Practice
1997
The Shield
2002
The Chosen
2019
FBI: Most Wanted
2020
The Lincoln Lawyer
2022
Entourage
2004
Strong Medicine
2000
Las Vegas
2003
L.A. Law
1986
Bull
2016
Shark
2006
My Name Is Earl
2005
Early Edition
1996
Close to Home
2005
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
Childrens Hospital
2008
Goliath
2016
Lethal Weapon
2016
In Plain Sight
2008
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
Will & Grace
2017
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
Brooklyn South
1997
Santa Clarita Diet
2017
Fastlane
2002
Freddy's Nightmares
1988
L.A. Doctors
1998
Dark Justice
1991
The Mick
2017
Bookie
2023
True Romance
1993
Creature Commandos
2024
Flight Risk
2025
The Invisible Man
2000
Nobody Wants This
2024
The Irishman
2019
Daredevil
2003
Alias
2001
Vinyl
2016
Pam & Tommy
2022
Tombstone
1993
Don Jon
2013
Allegiance
2015
Plane
2023
Everybody Still Hates Chris
2024
Get Hard
2015
Drive
2007
Dream Lover
1994
John from Cincinnati
2007
Emancipation
2022
The Banker
2020
The Rookie
1990
Paul T. Goldman
2023
Rosario
2025
Maximum Risk
1996
Grudge Match
2013
The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage
1991
Cool World
1992
Rude Awakening
1998
Gravesend
2020
Empire State
2013
Metro
1997
The Corruptor
1999
Monster
2021
The Collective
2023
Last Looks
2022
Crazy in Alabama
1999
A Civil Action
1998
The Boys from Brazil
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Bushwhacked
1995
Drowning Mona
2000
The Super
2018
Gun Shy
2000
Collide
2022
Blood and Money
2020
The Last Outlaw
1993
The 6th Man
1997
Murder at Hollow Creek
2024
Body Parts
1991
On the Doll
2007
By the Gun
2014
Extreme Justice
1993
Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury
2011
Venus & Vegas
2010
Love Is All You Need?
2016
The Three Stooges
2000
Blowtorch
2016
Tempting Fate
1998
Red Scorpion 2
1995
Houseguest
1995
Feast of the Seven Fishes
2019
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
1987
Wired
1989
Any Day
2015
Video Girl
2011
Heist
1999
Trouble Bound
1993
State of Emergency
1994
The Carrier
2012
FDR: American Badass!
2012
Point Blank
1998
The Amityville Murders
2018
Terrified
1995
Standoff
1998
Killing Castro
2026
On Our Way
2023
Mighty Fine
2012
A Crooked Somebody
2018
Sunset Heat
1992
Camera Store
2016
Randy & the Mob
2007
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
1995
Pass the Ammo
1988
After the Shock
1990
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
1999
Clear Lake, WI
2009
Soulmates
1992
American Bully
2009
Should've Been Romeo
2012
Web of Deception
1994
Friends and Romans
2014
Assault of the Killer Bimbos
1988
Very Mean Men
2000
A Reuben by Any Other Name
2010
Streets
1990
Eyes of the Beholder
1992
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
1997
The First Man
1996
The Invisible Man
2000
Adventure Force 5
2019
My Brothers' Crossing
2020
The Chosen: Crucifixion
2027
Goliath
2016
Firestorm
1996
Choosing Matthias
2001
8-Ball
—
Black Marigolds
2013
His Lover
2017
The Twelve Dates of Christmas
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3 Days Rising
—
Another Day in America
2025
The Cure for Boredom
2001