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'''Paul Ben-Victor''' (born July 24, 1965) is an American
== Early life ==
Ben-Victor was born in [[Brooklyn]], New York, the son of Leah Kornfeld, a playwright, and Victor Friedman. He attended [[Midwood High School]], graduating in
== Career ==
Ben-Victor debuted on the small screen in 1987 in the television film ''Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife'' and on an episode of ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]''.
Ben-Victor has been featured on many television cop dramas like ''[[FBI (TV series)|FBI]]'', ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'' and ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]'', and also had a recurring role as two-bit con man Steve Richards on three episodes of ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' from 1994 to 1997. He also appeared as Steve Richards on a 1998 episode of the short-lived police drama ''[[Brooklyn South]]''.<ref name="andsoitbeginsfilms1">{{cite web|url=https://www.andsoitbeginsfilms.com/2019/12/in-character-cast-of-irishman.html |title=In Character: The Cast of The Irishman | And So It Begins |publisher=Andsoitbeginsfilms.com |date=December 20, 2019 |access-date=December 28, 2019}}</ref>
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Ben-Victor had a starring role in the [[Sci-Fi Channel]] television show ''[[The Invisible Man (2000 TV series)|The Invisible Man]]'', alongside [[Vincent Ventresca]]. The two later guest starred together on the hit TV show ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]''. They were reunited again on an episode of the new [[USA Network]] series ''[[In Plain Sight]]'' ("Hoosier Daddy"), on which Ben-Victor has a supporting role.
He was cast in important roles on HBO dramas ''[[The Wire]]'' (as mobster [[Spiros Vondas|Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos]]) and ''[[Entourage (American TV series)|Entourage]]'', as well as making a 2006 appearance as Coach Lou on ''[[My Name Is Earl]]''. He portrayed [[Moe Howard]] in the 2000 television film ''[[The Three Stooges (TV movie)|The Three Stooges]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com/2014/05/30/profile-an-actor-with-island-roots/ |title=Profile: An actor with Island roots | Shelter Island Reporter |date=May 30, 2014 |publisher=Shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com |access-date=December 28, 2019}}</ref>
Ben-Victor has roles in the films ''[[The Irishman]]'' (2019), ''[[The Banker (2020 film)|The Banker]]'' (2020), and ''[[Last Looks]]'' (2022).<ref name="andsoitbeginsfilms1" />
He has co-written stage plays with his mother, including ''Club Soda'' and ''The Good Steno''.<ref name="TVG">{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/paul-ben-victor/bio/169278 |title=Paul Ben-Victor |work=Biography |publisher=[[TVGuide.com]] |access-date=June 27, 2013}}</ref>
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! Title
! Role
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|rowspan="2"| 1987
| ''[[Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife]]''
| -
| TV movie
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| ''[[Pass the Ammo]]''
| Eddie DePaul
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| ''[[Streets (film)|Streets]]''
| Officer #2
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|-
|''[[After the Shock]]''
| Dr. Steven Brattesani
| TV movie
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| ''[[The Rookie (1990 film)|The Rookie]]''
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| ''[[Body Parts (film)|Body Parts]]''
| Ray Kolberg
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| Short
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|rowspan="4"| 1992
| ''[[Cool World]]''
| Valet
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|-
| ''Midnight Heat''
| New Yorker
| TV movie
|-
| ''Eyes of the Beholder''
| Dr. Medaris
|
|-
| ''Soulmates''
| Driver
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|rowspan="6"| 1993
| ''[[Trouble Bound]]''
| Zand
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|-
| ''[[Extreme Justice (film)|Extreme Justice]]''
| Councilman Joe Taylor
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| ''[[The Last Outlaw (1993 film)|The Last Outlaw]]''
| Posseman Grubb
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Dream Lover (1993 film)|Dream Lover]]''
| Clown
|
|-
| ''[[Tombstone (film)|Tombstone]]''
| Florentino 'Indian Charlie' Cruz
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1994
| ''[[State of Emergency (1994 film)|State of Emergency]]''
| Trevor Jacobs
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Web of Deception]]''
| Detective Fracinetti
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Red Scorpion 2]]''
| Vince D'Angelo
|
|-
|
| ''[[Houseguest]]''
| Pauly Gasperini
|
|-
| ''Toughguy''
| Sol Lipsteiger
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| ''The Fifteen Minute Hamlet''
| Various Roles
| Short
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1996
| ''Firestorm''
| Duran
|
|-
| ''[[Maximum Risk]]''
| FBI Agent Pellman
|
|-
|
| ''Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave''
| Det. Meyer
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Metro (1997 film)|Metro]]''
| Clarence Teal
|
|-
| ''[[The 6th Man]]''
| Bernie
|
|-
|rowspan="5"| 1998
| ''Standoff''
| Hank McGill
|
|-
| ''[[Tempting Fate (1998 film)|Tempting Fate]]''
| Police Officer
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Point Blank (1998 film)|Point Blank]]''
| Howard
|
|-
| ''Heist''
| Abbie
|
|-
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|rowspan="3"| 1999
| ''[[The Corruptor]]''
| FBI Agent Pete Schabacker
|
|-
| ''[[Crazy in Alabama]]''
| Mackie
|
|-
| ''[[Kiss Toledo Goodbye]]''
| Vince
|
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2000
| ''[[Drowning Mona]]''
| Deputy Tony Carlucci
|
|-
| ''The David Cassidy Story''
| Wes Farrell
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Gun Shy (2000 film)|Gun Shy]]''
| Howard
|
|-
| ''[[The Three Stooges (TV movie)|The Three Stooges]]''
| [[Moe Howard]]
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Very Mean Men]]''
| Jimmy D.
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2001
| ''The Cure for Boredom''
| Rudy
|
|-
| ''Choosing Matthias''
| Chase
|
|-
| 2002
| ''Niche''
| Spike
| Short
|-
| 2003
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| Jose Quesada
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|-
| 2004
| ''Woman at the Beach''
| Pablo
| Short
|-
| 2006
| ''Push''
| Toni
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2007
| ''[[Randy and The Mob]]''
| Franco
|
|-
| ''Naked Under Heaven''
| Ben
|
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2008
| ''[[On the Doll]]''
| Jimmy Sours
|
|-
| ''Joe Mover''
| The Boss
| Short
|-
| ''[[Player 5150]]''
| Jimmy
|
|-
| ''Ten: Thirty One''
| Gerry
| Short
|-
| ''Coma''
| -
| Short
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2009
| ''[[Anytown (film)|Anytown]]''
| Principal Wheeler
|
|-
| ''This Monday''
| Tony
| Short
|-
| ''Clear Lake, WI''
| Sheriff Joe Dietzer
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2010
| ''A Reuben by Any Other Name''
|
| Short
|-
| ''Venus & Vegas''
| Carlo
|
|-
| ''The Blue Wall''
| Charlie Sullivan
| Short
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2011
| ''Video Girl''
| Jermaine Stanford
|
|-
| ''Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury''
| Kip Tippington
|
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2012
| ''[[FDR: American Badass!]]''
| [[Mussolini]]
|
|-
| ''The Carrier''
| Vlade
| Short
|-
| ''Should've Been Romeo''
| Joey
|
|-
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|-
| ''[[Desperate Endeavors]]''
| Bill Loney
|
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2013
| ''[[Don Jon]]''
| Priest
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|-
|
| ''[[By the Gun]]''
| Vincent Tortano
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|-
|rowspan="2"| 2015
| ''[[Get Hard]]''
| Gayle
|
|-
| ''Any Day''
| William
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2016
| ''[[Love Is All You Need? (2016 film)|Love Is All You Need?]]''
| Principal Birdsell
|
|-
| ''Goliath''
| Cleft Chin
| Short
|-
| ''Blowtorch''
| Blackie
|
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2017
| ''[[Camera Store]]''
| Mr. Bibideaux
|
|-
| ''His Lover''
| Scotty Davidson Jr.
| Short
|-
| ''[[A Crooked Somebody]]''
| Detective Zimmer
|
|-
| ''[[The Super (2017 film)|The Super]]''
| Mr. Johnson
|
|-
|
| ''[[Monster (2018 film)|Monster]]''
| Anthony Petrocelli
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|rowspan="2"| 2019
| ''[[The Irishman]]''
| Jake Gottlieb
|
|-
| ''Adventure Force 5''
| Executive Victor
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2020
| ''[[The Banker (2020 film)|The Banker]]''
| Donald Silverthorne
|
|-
| ''Allagash''
| Bill
|
|-
| ''[[My Brothers' Crossing]]''
| Officer Byrd
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[On Our Way (film)|On Our Way]]''
| Mr. Adler
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Gravitas Ventures Acquires Sophie Lane Curtis Drama 'On Our Way' Starring Micheál Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave And Jordana Brewster|first=Valerie|last=Complex|date=March 22, 2023|accessdate=March 23, 2023|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/gravitas-ventures-on-our-way-starring-vanessa-redgrave-jordana-brewster-sophie-lane-curtis-1235307445/amp/|website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2022
| ''[[Last Looks]]''
| Lieutenant Pete Conady
|
|-
| ''Collide''
| Clyde
|
|-
| ''[[Emancipation (2022 film)|Emancipation]]''
| Major G. Halstead
|
|-
|
| ''[[Plane (film)|Plane]]''
| Hampton
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|rowspan="2"| 2024
| ''Another Day in America''
| Hampton
|
|-
| ''Murder at Hollow Creek''
| Jeff Rhodes
|
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Flight Risk (film)|Flight Risk]]''
| Director Coleridge
|
|}
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! Title
! Role
!
|-
| 1986
| ''[[L.A. Law]]''
| Sgt. Costellano
| Episode: "The Princess and the Wiener King"
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]''
| Trucker #2
| Episode: "Waste Deep"
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1988
| ''[[Ohara (TV series)|Ohara]]''
| Billy
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| Episode: "Mother's Day"
|-
|
| ''[[1st & Ten (1984 TV series)|1st & Ten]]''
| Rocko
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| Jack Middleton
| Episode: "Parachute to Death"
|-
| ''[[Hunter (1984 American TV series)|Hunter]]''
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| Episode: "Escapees"
|-
|
| ''[[Father Dowling Mysteries]]''
| Security Guard
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| Episode: "Knock, Knock"
|-
|
| ''[[The Commish]]''
| Benny Gorzo
| Episode: "Sex, Lies and Kerosene"
|-
| ''[[Sibs]]''
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| Episode: "If I Only Had a Dad"
|-
|
| ''[[L.A. Law]]''
| Bowles' Atty. Peters
| Episode: "Age of Insolence"
|-
| ''[[The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.]]''
| Joey Tataglia
| Episode: "Wild Card"
|-
| ''[[The X-Files]]''
| Dr. Aaron Monte
| Episode: "[[Tooms]]"
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Sweet Justice]]''
| Terry Phillips
| Episode: "Clouds of Glory"
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Aaahh!!! Real Monsters]]''
| Carney
|
|-
| 1994-97
| ''[[NYPD Blue]]''
| Steve Richards
| Guest Cast: Season 2-3 & 5
|-
| 1997
| ''[[The Practice]]''
| Benny Small
| Episode: "Search and Seizure" & "Save the Mule"
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Brooklyn South]]''
| Steve Richards
| Episode: "Skel in a Cell"
|-
|
| ''[[Rude Awakening (TV series)|Rude Awakening]]''
| Carl
| Guest Cast: Season 1-2
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1999
| ''[[Early Edition]]''
| Elliot Rosenfield
| Episode: "Funny Valentine"
|-
| ''[[L.A. Doctors]]''
| -
| Episode: "Forty-Eight Minutes"
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Invisible Man (2000 series)|The Invisible Man]]''
|
| Main Cast
|-
| 2002
| ''[[
| Theo
| Episode: "Someone to Count On"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2003
| ''[[Fastlane (TV series)|Fastlane]]''
| Marty
| Episode: "Strap On"
|-
| ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]''
| Michael
| Episode: "Pros and Cons"
|-
| 2003-08
| ''[[The Wire]]''
| [[Spiros Vondas|Spiros 'Vondas' Vondopoulos]]
| Main Cast: [[The Wire season 2|Season 2]], Guest: [[The Wire season 4|Season 4]], Recurring Cast: [[The Wire season 5|Season 5]]
|-
| 2004
| ''
| Frank
| Episode: "
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2005
| ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]''
| Carter
| Episode: "Another Mister Sloane"
|-
| ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]''
| Al Nicoletto
| Episode: "Mr. Monk Gets Drunk"
|-
| ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''
| Ticket Scalper
| Episode: "The Larry David Sandwich"
|-
| 2005-08
| ''[[Entourage (American TV series)|Entourage]]''
| Alan Gray
| Guest: Season 2, Recurring Cast: Season 3 & 5
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2006
| ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''
| Joey
| Episode: "Killer"
|-
| ''[[The Shield]]''
| Detective Paul Reyes
| Episode: "Man Inside"
|-
| ''[[My Name Is Earl]]''
| Coach Lou
| Episode: "Sticks & Stones"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2007
| ''[[John from Cincinnati]]''
| Palaka
| Main Cast
|-
| ''[[Shark (American TV series)|Shark]]''
| Ricky Rago
| Episode: "For Whom the Skel Rolls"
|-
| 2008-12
| ''[[In Plain Sight]]''
|
| Main
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]''
| Coach Thurman
| Recurring Cast: Season 4
|-
| 2010
| ''[[The Mentalist]]''
| Noah Landau
| Episode: "Redline"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2011
| ''[[CSI: NY]]''
| Carmen Enzo
| Episode: "Party Down"
|-
| ''[[Childrens Hospital (TV series)|Childrens Hospital]]''
| Spiros
| Episode: "Father's Day"
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Are We There Yet? (TV series)|Are We There Yet?]]''
| Mr. Parker
| Recurring Cast: Season 3
|-
|
| ''[[Vegas (2012 TV series)|Vegas]]''
| Barry Silver
| Recurring Cast
|-
| ''[[Person of Interest (TV series)|Person of Interest]]''
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| Episode: "[[Reasonable Doubt (Person of Interest)|Reasonable Doubts]]"
|-
| ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]''
| Agent Devin Campbell
| Episode: "Hau'oli La Ho'omoaika'i"
|-
| ''[[Mob City]]''
| [[Jack Dragna]]
| Recurring Cast
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2014
| ''[[True Detective]]''
| Major Leroy Salter
| Episode: "Haunted Houses"
|-
| ''[[Matador (American TV series)|Matador]]''
| Gene Balasco
| Recurring Cast
|-
| ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]''
| Dino Scarpella
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| 2015
| ''[[Allegiance (American TV series)|Allegiance]]''
| Special Agent Faber
| Recurring Cast
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2016
| ''[[Vinyl (TV series)|Vinyl]]''
| Maury Gold
| Main Cast
|-
| ''[[Kingdom (American TV series)|Kingdom]]''
| Bob
| Recurring Cast: Season 2
|-
| ''[[Chicago Med]]''
| Mr. McGregor
| Episode: "Win Loss"
|-
|
| ''[[The Mick (TV series)|The Mick]]''
| Jerry Berlin
| Recurring Cast: Season 1
|-
| ''[[Preacher (TV series)|Preacher]]''
| Viktor Kruglov
| Recurring Cast: Season 2
|-
| ''[[Lethal Weapon (TV series)|Lethal Weapon]]''
| Frank Truno
| Episode: "Fork-Getta-Bout-It"
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2018
| ''[[The Resident (TV series)|The Resident]]''
| Edmund Carver
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| ''[[Santa Clarita Diet]]''
| Mark
| Recurring Cast: Season 2
|-
| ''
| Matty 'Cigars'
| Main Cast
|-
| 2018-19
| ''[[Goliath (TV series)|Goliath]]''
| Cleft Chin
| Recurring Cast: Season 2, Guest: Season 3
|-
|
| ''[[Bull (2016 TV series)|Bull]]''
| Ryan Vance
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| ''[[The Village (2019 TV series)|The Village]]''
| Angelo Napolitano
| Recurring Cast
|-
| ''[[FBI (TV series)|FBI]]''
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| Episode: "Pappa Mia"
|-
| 2019-20
| ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
| Counselor Peter Abrams
| Recurring Cast: Season 21
|-
|
| ''[[The Baker and the Beauty (American TV series)|The Baker and the Beauty]]''
| Contractor
| Episode: "Side Effects"
|-
| 2020-23
| ''Gravesend''
| Matty 'Cigars'
| Main Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2022
| ''[[Pam & Tommy]]''
| Richard Alden
| Recurring Cast
|-
| ''[[FBI: Most Wanted]]''
| Jackie 'The Fox' Bianchi
| Episode: "Greatest Hits"
|-
| 2023
| ''Paul T. Goldman''
| Mob Boss
| Recurring Cast
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2024
| ''[[The Chosen (TV series)|The Chosen]]''
| [[Herod Antipas]]
| Recurring Cast: Season 4
|-
| ''[[Diarra from Detroit]]''
| Zervas
| Recurring Cast
|-
| ''[[Nobody Wants This]]''
| Ilan Roklov
| Recurring Cast
|-
| ''[[The Lincoln Lawyer (TV series)|The Lincoln Lawyer]]''
| Sly Funaro Sr.
| Recurring Cast: Season 3
|-
| ''[[Everybody Still Hates Chris]]''
| Mr. Thurman (voice)
| Recurring Cast
|}
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