Acting
Paul Ben-Victor
NL, EN, FR cinema · 99 credits
Born
24 July 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Paul Benvictor · Paul Ben Victor · Paul Friedman
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.
Known for
Filmography
8-Ball
as acting
The Bookie & the Bruiser
as Generale Francesco Viscuzo
Empire City
Empire City
as Cmssr. Lance Davies
The Chosen: Crucifixion
as Kind Herod
Killing Castro
2026
Killing Castro
as Sam Giancana
3 Days Rising
as Detective Detective
Another Day in America
as Sam Ackerman
Rosario
as Marty
Flight Risk
as Coleridge (voice)
Murder at Hollow Creek
as Jeff Rhodes
On Our Way
as Mr. Adler
Plane
as Terry Hampton
The Collective
as Miro Lindell
Collide
as Clyde
Emancipation
as Major G. Halstead
Last Looks
as Conady
Monster
as Anthony Petrocelli
The Banker
as Donald Silverthorne
Blood and Money
as Bill
My Brothers' Crossing
as Officer Byrd
The Irishman
as Jake Gottlieb
Adventure Force 5
as Executive Victor
The Super
as Mr. Johnson
The Amityville Murders
as Ronald DeFeo Sr.
A Crooked Somebody
as Detective Zimmer
His Lover
2017
His Lover
as Scotty Davidson Jr.
Love Is All You Need?
as Principal Henry Birdsell
Goliath
as Cleft Chin
Blowtorch
as Blackie
Camera Store
as Mr. Bibideaux
Any Day
as William
Get Hard
as Gayle Burns
By the Gun
as Vincent Tortano
Friends and Romans
as Dennis Socio
Don Jon
as Priest
Empire State
as Tommy
Grudge Match
as Lou Camare
Black Marigolds
as Doctor Taylor
Mighty Fine
as Bobby
Should've Been Romeo
as Joey, Screenplay, Story, Producer
FDR: American Badass!
as Mussolini
The Carrier
as Vlade
Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury
as Kip Tippington
Video Girl
as Jermaine Stanford
Venus & Vegas
as Carlo
American Bully
as Principal Wheeler
Clear Lake, WI
as Sheriff Joe Dietzer
Player 5150
as Jimmy
Randy & the Mob
as Franco
On the Doll
as Jimmy Sours
Daredevil
as Quesada
Drowning Mona
as Deputy Tony Carlucci
The Three Stooges
as Moe Howard
Gun Shy
as Howard
Very Mean Men
as Jimmy D.
The Invisible Man
as Robert Albert Hobbes
Crazy in Alabama
as D.A. Mackie
The Corruptor
as Schabacker
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
as Vince
A Civil Action
as Bobby Pasqueriella
Point Blank
as Howard
Standoff
as Agent Hank McGill
Tempting Fate
as Police officer
Heist
as Abbie
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
as Det. Meyer
The 6th Man
as Bernie
Metro
as Clarence Teal
Maximum Risk
as Agent Pellman
Firestorm
as Duran
The First Man
as Dulles
Terrified
as Sol Lipsteiger
Red Scorpion 2
as Vince D'Angelo
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
as Franciso, Ghost, Gravedigger, Osric & Fortinbras
Houseguest
as Pauly Gasperini
Bushwhacked
as Dana's father (uncredited)
Dream Lover
as Clown
State of Emergency
as Trevor Jacobs
Web of Deception
as Detective Fracinetti
The Last Outlaw
as Posseman Grubb
Trouble Bound
as Zand
Tombstone
as Florentino
True Romance
as Luca
Extreme Justice
as Councilman Joe Taylor
Soulmates
as Driver
Eyes of the Beholder
as Dr. Medaris
Sunset Heat
as New Yorker
Cool World
as Valet
Body Parts
as Ray Kolberg
After the Shock
as Dr. Steven Brattesani
The Rookie
as Little Felix
Streets
as Officer #2
Wired
as Tom Perino
Assault of the Killer Bimbos
as Customer
Pass the Ammo
as Eddie Depaul