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Paul Ben-Victor

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  • Writer
  • Producer
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Paul Ben-Victor
In Plain Sight: Gilted Lily
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Gilted Lily (2009)
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Paul Ben-Victor has built a career on the small and big screen appearing in over 150 films and TV series. A director's favorite, Paul has worked with some of the biggest names in film including Tony Scott, Steven Zallian, and Clint Eastwood. Paul can be seen opposite Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and Harvey Keitel in Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman". This marks Paul's second time working with the Academy-Award winning director since having starred in the critically-acclaimed series "Vinyl" for HBO. Paul will be starring opposite Harvey Keitel, Emile Hirsch, and Ruby Rose as the notorious mob enforcer, Anthony Spilotro, in George Gallo's upcoming feature "Legitimate Wiseguy."

Other recent film credits include "Get Hard" with Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell, "Grudge Match" with Robert DeNiro, George Nolfi's drama "The Banker" starring alongside Samuel L. Jackson, and Anthony Mackie, "Last Looks" with Charlie Hunnum and Mel Gibson, and "Monster" with Jeffrey Wright and Jennifer Hudson premiering on Neflix this Spring.

In television, Paul has played a number of standout roles in some of the most highly-acclaimed series, including appearing opposite Matthew McConaughey in HBO's Emmy-award winning and Golden Globe-nominated series "True Detective" as well as series regular turn in HBO's "The Wire", called "the greatest series of all-time" by Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone magazines. Other TV credits include "Entourage" (HBO); "John From Cincinnati" (HBO); "NYPD Blue" (ABC); "In Plain Sight" (NBC Universal); and "Will & Grace" (NBC).

Paul also received critical acclaim for his portrayal of iconic comedian "Moe Howard" in the ABC biopic "The Three Stooges".

Paul starred in recurring roles in "The Mick" (Fox), "Preacher" (AMC), "Santa Clarita Diet" (Netflix), "Goliath" opposite Billy Bob Thornton for Amazon, and "The Village" (NBC), created by Sons of Anarchy's, Mike Daniels.
BornJuly 24, 1965
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Craig T. Nelson, Paul Ben-Victor, John Mayer, Alison Brie, and Dan Bakkedahl in Get Hard (2015)
Paul Ben-Victor in The X-Files (1993)
Paul Ben-Victor in Vinyl (2016)
Paul Ben-Victor
Paul Ben-Victor in The Invisible Man (2000)
William Bassett, Paul Ben-Victor, Kathleen Dennehy, and Vincent Ventresca in The Invisible Man (2000)
Paul Ben-Victor and Sebastian Stan in Pam & Tommy (2022)
Paul Ben-Victor and Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
Paul Ben-Victor, John Billingsley, and Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
Paul Ben-Victor and Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
Paul Ben-Victor, Sebastian Stan, and Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
Paul Ben-Victor, Sebastian Stan, and Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)

Known for

The Wire (2002)
The Wire
9.3
TV Series
  • Spiros 'Vondas' Vondopoulos
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci in The Irishman (2019)
The Irishman
7.8
  • Jake Gottlieb
  • 2019
Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart in Get Hard (2015)
Get Hard
6.0
  • Gayle
  • 2015
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in True Detective (2014)
True Detective
8.9
TV Series
  • Major Leroy Salter

Credits

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Actor

  • The Collective
    • Miro Lindell
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • Gravesend
    • Matty Cigars
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Should've Been Romeo
    • Joey
    • Post-production
  • Murder at Hollow Creek
    • Jeff Rhodes
    • Completed
  • Warriors of Stone
    • Adam Din
    • Pre-production
  • 8-Ball
    • Vincent Di Franco
    • Post-production
  • Untitled Jason Woliner Project
    • In Production
    • TV Series
  • Another Day in America
    • Sam Ackerman
    • Post-production
  • The Trouble
    • Post-production
  • 3 Days Rising
    • Detective Detective
    • Post-production
  • William DeMeo and James Russo in Gravesend (2020)
    Gravesend
    • Matty Cigars
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Paul T. Goldman (2023)
    Paul T. Goldman
    • Mob Boss
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2023
  • Gerard Butler and Mike Colter in Plane (2023)
    Plane
    • Terry Hampton
    • 2023
  • Will Smith in Emancipation (2022)
    Emancipation
    • Major G. Halstead
    • 2022
  • Collide (2022)
    Collide
    • Clyde
    • 2022
  • Dylan McDermott, Edwin Hodge, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Alexa Davalos, and Roxy Sternberg in FBI: Most Wanted (2020)
    FBI: Most Wanted
    • Jackie 'The Fox' Bianchi
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Jeremy Sisto, Alana De La Garza, Missy Peregrym, John Boyd, Katherine Renee Kane, and Zeeko Zaki in FBI (2018)
    FBI
    • Jackie Bianchi
    • Mark Krawley
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2022
  • Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan, and Lily James in Pam & Tommy (2022)
    Pam & Tommy
    • Richard Alden
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • Mel Gibson, Charlie Hunnam, and Morena Baccarin in Last Looks (2021)
    Last Looks
    • Lt. Pete Conady
    • 2021
  • On Our Way (2021)
    On Our Way
    • Mr. Adler
    • 2021
  • Paul Ben-Victor, James Black, Marsha Dietlein, Joe Estevez, Eliza Roberts, Daniel Roebuck, Duane Whitaker, Alyssa Quilala, Beth Payne, Ricky Borba, and Tyree Brown in My Brothers' Crossing (2020)
    My Brothers' Crossing
    • Officer Byrd
    • 2020
  • Victor Rasuk and Nathalie Kelley in The Baker and the Beauty (2020)
    The Baker and the Beauty
    • Contractor
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Tom Berenger, Paul Ben-Victor, and Kristen Hager in Blood and Money (2020)
    Blood and Money
    • Bill
    • 2020
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Nia Long, Nicholas Hoult, and Anthony Mackie in The Banker (2020)
    The Banker
    • Donald Silverthorne
    • 2020
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    • Counselor Peter Abrams
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2020

Writer

  • Should've Been Romeo
    • screenplay, story
    • Post-production

Producer

  • Should've Been Romeo
    • producer
    • Post-production
  • She Kills He (2005)
    She Kills He
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2005

Videos60

Anti-Social
Clip 1:36
Anti-Social
Don Jon
Clip 0:57
Don Jon
Trailer
Trailer 1:14
Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 1:54
Official Trailer
Trailer #2
Trailer 1:31
Trailer #2
Series Trailer
Trailer 1:31
Series Trailer
Teaser
Trailer 1:01
Teaser
U.S. Version
Trailer 2:05
U.S. Version
Blood and Money
Trailer 1:37
Blood and Money
Blood and Money
Trailer 1:37
Blood and Money
Empire State
Trailer 2:25
Empire State
Camera Store
Trailer 2:33
Camera Store

Personal details

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  • Official site
    • Paul Ben-Victor The Official Website
  • Alternative names
    • Paul Benvictor
  • Height
    • 5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
  • Born
    • July 24, 1965
    • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
  • Parents
      Victor Friedman
  • Other works
    (early to mid '90s) TV commercial: McDonald's burger restaurants
  • Publicity listings
    • 4 Interviews
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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  • Trivia
    A native of Brooklyn, New York and a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.
  • Trademark
      Deep, gravelly voice

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