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Josh Pais

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Josh Pais

Born June 21, 1964 in New York City, New York, USA57 films

Josh Pais (born June 21, 1964) is an American actor of film and television.

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He has appeared in many Hollywood films, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (in which he both was in the costume and was the voice) as Raphael, Music of the Heart, Scream 3, It Runs in the Family, Little Manhattan and Find Me Guilty. He played Assistant M.E. Borak in 15 episodes of the series Law & Order, between 1990 and 2002. He also played the Spanish teacher in the film Assassination of a High School President.

Pais is the son of Lila Lee (née Atwill) and Abraham Pais, a Dutch-American Jewish physicist, professor and writer. Pais married actress Lisa Emery on August 27, 1990; the two have a son, actor Zane Pais.

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Joker posterFirst watchJoker20198.1as Hoyt VaughnDuring the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
A Beautiful Mind poster7.9A Beautiful Mind2001Detachment poster7.6Detachment2011Phone Booth poster6.9Phone Booth2003Synecdoche, New York poster7.5Synecdoche, New York2008Going in Style poster6.7Going in Style2017Rounders poster7.0Rounders1998Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster6.7Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles1990Scream 3 poster6.0Scream 32000

Filmography

57 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential ProblemsWeatherman Phil
  2. TBAKarma LocalCharlie
  3. 2026CheckoutDov
  4. 2025If I Had Legs I'd Kick YouBrad
  5. 2025The FriendJerry
  6. 2023You Hurt My FeelingsJosh Pais
  7. 2022Spoiler AlertScott
  8. 2022Funny PagesLewis
  9. 2021The MimicThe Neurotic Lawyer
  10. 2019Motherless BrooklynWilliam Lieberman
  11. 2019JokerHoyt Vaughn
  12. 2018The Land of Steady HabitsLarry Eastwood
  13. 2017Crown HeightsDistrict Attorney Maffeo
  14. 2017Going in StyleChuck Lofton
  15. 2016Bakery in BrooklynLawyer
  16. 2016The Family FangFreeman
  17. 2016I Saw the LightDore Schary
  18. 20145 Flights UpJackson
  19. 2014That Awkward MomentFred
  20. 2013Touchy FeelyPaul
  21. 2013SyrupDavidson
  22. 2012The NormalsDr. Honeysack
  23. 2012Price CheckDoug Cain
  24. 2012ArbitrageJohn Aimes
  25. 2011DetachmentMeredith's Father
  26. 2011The Key ManDr. Abraham Meyer
  27. 2010Please GiveAdam
  28. 2009Gentlemen BroncosTodd Keefe
  29. 2009Leaves of GrassKen Feinman
  30. 2009AdventurelandMr. Lewin
  31. 2009ReunionSaul
  32. 2008Synecdoche, New YorkOphthalmologist
  33. 2008TeethDr. Godfrey
  34. 2008Assassination of a High School PresidentPadre Newell
  35. 2008LifelinesIra Bernstein
  36. 2007Watching the DetectivesAndy
  37. 2007Year of the DogRobin
  38. 2006UnconsciousWarner Wilcott
  39. 2006Find Me GuiltyHarry Bellman
  40. 2005ConfessAllen Kelner
  41. 2005Little ManhattanRonny
  42. 2003The Station AgentCarl
  43. 2003It Runs in the FamilyBarney
  44. 2003Phone BoothMario
  45. 2002Porn 'n ChickenProf. Hoffman
  46. 2001A Beautiful MindPrinceton Professor
  47. 2001Scotland, PADouglas McKenna
  48. 2000SwimmingNeil Wheeler
  49. 2000Scream 3Wallace
  50. 1999Music of the HeartDennis
  51. 1998A Civil ActionLaw Clerk
  52. 1998RoundersWeitz
  53. 1998Safe MenMitchell
  54. 1997Colin FitzCathartic Fan
  55. 1996I'm Not RappaportRodney
  56. 1990Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesRaphael (voice) / Passenger In Cab
  57. 1989JacknifeRick