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Paul Lazar

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Acting

Gender

Male

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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

Acting
2024All the Words on the PagePaul
2023Sweet ReliefMr. McDaniel
2022GhostwrittenMark Brooks
2021Memories
2021Lisey's StoryThomas Fenton
2020Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the ReverendDrunk
2016Silent Street
201610 CrosbyOlder Doorman
2016Starring Austin PendletonSelf
2015ExperimenterPaul Errara
2015Another Telepathic Thing
2014CymbelineQuarry Cop 1
2013SnowpiercerPaul
2013The Man Who Came Out Only at NightThe Baker
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
1999On the RunCabbie
1999Six Ways to SundayHyman
1999SuitsMitchell Mitnick
1999Mickey Blue EyesRitchie Vitale
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSid Gabbert
1999Third WatchErik
1998Henry FoolDoctor
1998Money KingsRocky
1998BelovedGeneral Store Proprietor
1998The Substitute 2: School's OutMack Weathers
1997Los LocosBuck
1997Subway StoriesMr. Nervous (segment "Subway Car from Hell")
1997Arresting GenaUncle John
1996Toe TagsCoroner's Assistant
1995The Stars Fell on HenriettaSeymour
1994Trapped in ParadiseTimmy
1994SpeechlessHarry
1993The DebtThe Salesman
1993PhiladelphiaDr. Klenstein
1993Taking the HeatChucky
1993Brace Up!Fyodor Ilyich Kulygin
1993The Adventures of Pete & PeteBob Oppenheimer
1992Lorenzo's OilProfessor Duncan
1991The Silence of the LambsPilcher
1991Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No RulesAd Man
199129th StreetNeedle Nose Nipton
1988Married to the MobTommy Boyle
1984Miami ViceDavid Sugarman
1983StreamersMP Lieutenant
-The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential ProblemsBill Allen
Directing
2015We're Gonna DieDirector
Writing
2010Bass AckwardsCo-Writer