Paul Reiser
Paul Reiser in Philadelphia in August 2005
Born	March 30, 1957 (1957-03-30) (age 50) New York City, New York

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Biography

Born to a Jewish-American family, Reiser attended the East Side Hebrew Institute on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Binghamton University, where he majored in music (piano, composition). He was active in campus theater productions, and founded “The Little Theater That Could,” an on-campus community theater organization located in Hinman College, Reiser’s dorm community. It was later renamed Hinman Production Company. [1] Reiser eventually found his calling when he performed in New York City comedy clubs during university summer breaks. A Jewish American (also commonly American Jew) is an American (a citizen of the United States) of Jewish descent or religion who maintains a connection to the Jewish community, either through actively practicing Judaism or through cultural and historical affiliation. ... Categories: Manhattan neighborhoods | Stub ... For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... Stuyvesant High School, commonly referred to as Stuy, is a New York City public high school that specializes in mathematics and science. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... For other degrees, see Academic degree. ... Overlooking center of campus. ...

Reiser married Paula Ravets in 1988; they have two sons together, Ezra (born 1995) and Leon (born 2000). His brother is a Linux luminary and an accused murderer Hans Reiser. Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Company portrait of Hans Reiser Hans Thomas Reiser (born December 1963) is an American computer programmer famous for his contributions to the Free Software community in the field of file systems. ...

Career

Reiser’s TV credits include My Two Dads and the British TV drama My Beautiful Son. My Two Dads was a sitcom that starred Staci Keanan (Step by Step), Paul Reiser (Mad About You), and Greg Evigan (B.J. and the Bear). ...

Reiser played a treacherous company executive in James Cameron’s 1986 movie Aliens, but rose to fame as the creator and star of Mad About You, a long-running sitcom co-starring Helen Hunt. The show was so successful that in the final 1999 season, he and Hunt were paid US$1 million per episode. For other persons named James Cameron, see James Cameron (disambiguation). ... // April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Gos Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver. ... Aliens is a 1986 science fiction movie starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton and Paul Reiser. ... Mad About You is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992, to May 24, 1999. ... This article is about a genre of comedy. ... Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning American actress, perhaps most widely known for her role in the television sitcom Mad About You. ... The year 1999 in television involved some significant events. ... USD redirects here. ...

Reiser has written two books: Couplehood, about the ups and downs of being in a committed relationship, and Babyhood, about the toils and joys of having a baby. Couplehood was unique in the fact it started on page 145. Reiser explains this is to give the reader a false sense of accomplishment. Babyhood is the second book by comedian Paul Reiser. ...

Trivia

• Number 77 on Comedy Central’s list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.
• In May 1996, Reiser appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman in the middle of writing his second book. Since he didn’t have a title yet (it would later be called Babyhood), he showed a prop book with the same cover as his first book Couplehood. The title was simply called Book, a name Whoopi Goldberg used for her 1997 publication.
• Was considered for the role of Danny Tanner on the ABC sitcom Full House, along with John Posey and Bob Saget. Saget ended up getting the role.
• The name of Reiser's production company on "Mad About You" - Nuance Productions - comes from one of his lines in the film "Diner", explaining his discomfort with the word nuance.

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Filmography

• Diner (1982)
• Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
• Odd Jobs (1986)
• Aliens (1986)
• Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
• Cross My Heart (1987)
• Crazy People (1990)
• The Marrying Man (1991)
• 3½ Blocks from Home (1992)
• Family Prayers (1993)
• Mr. Write (1994)
• Bye Bye Love (1995)
• Get Bruce (1999)
• The Story of Us (1999)
• Pros & Cons (1999)
• One Night at McCool’s (2001)
• Women vs. Men (2002)
• Purpose (2002)
• The Thing About My Folks (2005)
• The Aristocrats (2005)

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External link

• Paul Reiser at the Internet Movie Database
• Hinman Production Company