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Paul Reiser

1957 - Today

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Paul Reiser (; born March 30, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He played the roles of Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You, Modell in the 1982 film Diner, Carter Burke in the 1986 film Aliens, and Detective Jeffrey Friedman in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024). More recently, he has gained recognition for his roles as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Reiser has received more than 7,351,771 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Paul Reiser is the 2,817th most popular actor (down from 2,544th in 2019), the 4,456th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,187th in 2019) and the 1,337th most popular American Actor.

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  • 7.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Paul Reiser ranks 2,817 out of 9,996Before him are Jean Servais, Zachary Quinto, Fernando Lamas, Sasha Alexander, Gary Coleman, and Marla Maples. After him are Veronica Cartwright, Vladimir Basov, Edward Furlong, Ulla Jacobsson, E. G. Marshall, and Jodie Whittaker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Paul Reiser ranks 134Before him are Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Simon Phillips, Mario Salieri, Goodluck Jonathan, Christian Schmidt, and Kadim Al Sahir. After him are Peter North, Juan Luis Guerra, Amanda Plummer, Laura Innes, Bruce Rauner, and Tsai Ming-liang.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Reiser ranks 4,456 out of 18,182Before him are Ezzard Charles (1921), Sasha Alexander (1973), Gary Coleman (1968), Stanley Clarke (1951), Marla Maples (1963), and Ronnie Van Zant (1948). After him are Michael Brecker (1949), Edward Furlong (1977), William Klein (1928), Sanford B. Dole (1844), Lee Radziwill (1933), and Jackie Wilson (1934).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Paul Reiser ranks 1,337Before him are Suzanne Somers (1946), Justin Theroux (1971), Zachary Quinto (1977), Sasha Alexander (1973), Gary Coleman (1968), and Marla Maples (1963). After him are Edward Furlong (1977), E. G. Marshall (1914), Thom Barry (1950), Holt McCallany (1963), Pat Benatar (1953), and Neal McDonough (1966).

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