Paul Ben-Victor
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1965-07-24 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Paul Ben-Victor
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.
Acting
Killing Castro
as Sam Giancana
Another Day in America
as Sam Ackerman
8-Ball
as acting
(2025)
Flight Risk
as Coleridge (voice)
(2025)
Rosario
as Marty
(2024)
Murder at Hollow Creek
as Jeff Rhodes
(2023)
Plane
as Terry Hampton
(2023)
On Our Way
as Mr. Adler
(2023)
The Collective
as Miro Lindell
(2022)
Collide
as Clyde
(2022)
Emancipation
as Major G. Halstead
(2022)
Last Looks
as Conady
(2021)
Monster
as Anthony Petrocelli
(2020)
The Banker
as Donald Silverthorne
(2020)
Blood and Money
as Bill
(2020)
My Brothers' Crossing
as Officer Byrd
(2019)
The Irishman
as Jake Gottlieb
(2019)
Adventure Force 5
as Executive Victor
(2019)
Feast of the Seven Fishes
as Johnny
(2018)
The Super
as Mr. Johnson
(2018)
The Amityville Murders
as Ronald DeFeo Sr.
(2018)
A Crooked Somebody
as Detective Zimmer
(2017)
His Lover
as Scotty Davidson Jr.
(2016)
Blowtorch
as Blackie
(2016)
Love Is All You Need?
as Principal Henry Birdsell
(2016)
Goliath
as Cleft Chin
(2016)
Camera Store
as Mr. Bibideaux
(2015)
Get Hard
as Gayle Burns
(2015)
Any Day
as William
(2014)
By the Gun
as Vincent Tortano
(2014)
Friends and Romans
as Dennis Socio
(2013)
Don Jon
as Priest
(2013)
Empire State
as Tommy
(2013)
Grudge Match
as Lou Camare
(2013)
Black Marigolds
as Doctor Taylor
(2012)
FDR: American Badass!
as Mussolini
(2012)
The Carrier
as Vlade
(2012)
Mighty Fine
as Bobby
(2012)
Should've Been Romeo
as Joey
(2011)
Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury
as Kip Tippington
(2011)
Video Girl
as Jermaine Stanford
(2010)
Venus & Vegas
as Carlo
(2010)
(2009)
Clear Lake, WI
as Sheriff Joe Dietzer
(2009)
American Bully
as Principal Wheeler
(2007)
On the Doll
as Jimmy Sours
(2007)
Randy & the Mob
as Franco
(2003)
Daredevil
as Jose Quesada
(2003)
(2001)
The Cure for Boredom
as Rudy
(2000)
The Three Stooges
as Moe Howard
(2000)
Drowning Mona
as Deputy Tony Carlucci
(2000)
The Invisible Man
as Robert Albert Hobbes
(2000)
Gun Shy
as Howard
(2000)
Very Mean Men
as Jimmy D.
(1999)
The Corruptor
as Schabacker
(1999)
Crazy in Alabama
as D.A. Mackie
(1999)
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
as Vince
(1999)
Heist
as Abbie
(1998)
Point Blank
as Howard
(1998)
A Civil Action
as Bobby Pasqueriella
(1998)
Standoff
as Agent Hank McGill
(1998)
Tempting Fate
as Police officer
(1997)
Metro
as Clarence Teal
(1997)
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
as Det. Meyer
(1997)
The 6th Man
as Bernie
(1996)
Maximum Risk
as Agent Pellman
(1996)
Firestorm
as Duran
(1996)
The First Man
as Dulles
(1995)
Houseguest
as Pauly Gasperini
(1995)
Terrified
as Sol Lipsteiger
(1995)
Bushwhacked
as Dana's father (uncredited)
(1995)
Red Scorpion 2
as Vince D'Angelo
(1995)
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
as Franciso, Ghost, Gravedigger, Osric & Fortinbras
(1994)
Dream Lover
as Clown
(1994)
Web of Deception
as Detective Fracinetti
(1994)
State of Emergency
as Trevor Jacobs
(1993)
Tombstone
as Florentino
(1993)
True Romance
as Luca
(1993)
Extreme Justice
as Councilman Joe Taylor
(1993)
Trouble Bound
as Zand
(1993)
The Last Outlaw
as Posseman Grubb
(1992)
Sunset Heat
as New Yorker
(1992)
Cool World
as Valet
(1992)
Soulmates
as Driver
(1992)
Eyes of the Beholder
as Dr. Medaris
(1991)
Body Parts
as Ray Kolberg
(1990)
The Rookie
as Little Felix
(1990)
After the Shock
as Dr. Steven Brattesani
(1990)
Streets
as Officer #2
(1989)
Wired
as Tom Perino
(1988)
Assault of the Killer Bimbos
as Customer
(1988)
Pass the Ammo
as Eddie Depaul
(1987)
Crew
(2012)
Should've Been Romeo
Screenplay, Producer, Story