Paul Ben-Victor
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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.
Acting
Movie
The Irishman
as Jake Gottlieb
2019
Movie
Daredevil
as Jose Quesada
2003
Movie
Don Jon
as Priest
2013
TV
The Mentalist
as Noah Landau
2008
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Peter Abrams
1999
TV
True Detective
as Major Leroy Salter
2014
TV
The X-Files
as Dr. Aaron Monte
1993
Movie
True Romance
as Luca
1993
Movie
Get Hard
as Gayle Burns
2015
TV
The Wire
as Spiros 'Vondas' Vondopoulos
2002
Movie
Plane
as Terry Hampton
2023
Movie
Tombstone
as Florentino
1993
TV
Castle
as Dino Scarpella
2009
TV
Person of Interest
as Detective Cameron
2011
TV
Hawaii Five-0
as Agent Devin Campbell
2010
TV
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Joey
2000
Movie
Grudge Match
as Lou Camare
2013
TV
The Resident
as Edmund Carver
2018
Movie
Emancipation
as Major G. Halstead
2022
TV
Chicago Med
as Mr. McGregor
2015
TV
Monk
as Al Nicoletto
2002
Movie
Flight Risk
as Coleridge (voice)
2025
TV
My Name Is Earl
as Coach Lou
2005
Movie
The Banker
as Donald Silverthorne
2020