Paul Lazar is an American actor, director, and teacher. As an actor he is best known for his collaborations with Jonathan Demme, having appeared in six of Demme’s films including The Silence of the Lambs (1991). In addition to his film work, he is co-founder of Big Dance Theatre and an associate member of The Wooster Group, and currently teaches theater at Harvard.

Filmography

• 2024All the Words on the Page — Paul
• 2023Sweet Relief — Mr. McDaniel
• 2022Ghostwritten — Mark Brooks
• Lisey's Story — Thomas Fenton
• 2021Memories
• 2020Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend — Drunk
• 201610 Crosby — Older Doorman
• 2016Silent Street
• 2015Another Telepathic Thing
• 2015Experimenter — Paul Errara
• 2015We're Gonna Die — Director
• 2014Cymbeline — Quarry Cop 1
• 2013Snowpiercer — Paul
• 2013The Man Who Came Out Only at Night — The Baker
• 2010Bass Ackwards — Co-Writer
• 2009How to Seduce Difficult Women — Sam
• 2008Rachel Getting Married — Rehearsal Dinner Guest
• 2007Anamorph — Medical Examiner
• 2007New York City Serenade — Festival Chairman
• 2007The Favor — Mr. Smith
• 2006The Host — American Doctor
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury — Dave Baker
• 20042BPerfectlyHonest — Bank Manager
• 2004From Other Worlds — Larry
• 2004The Manchurian Candidate — Gillespie
• Queens Supreme
• 2002No Such Thing — Fred
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Donald
• Wonderland — Willie Watches
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Sid Gabbert
• 1999Mickey Blue Eyes — Ritchie Vitale
• 1999On the Run — Cabbie
• 1999Six Ways to Sunday — Hyman
• 1999Suits — Mitchell Mitnick
• Third Watch — Erik
• 1998Beloved — General Store Proprietor
• 1998Henry Fool — Doctor
• 1998Lulu on the Bridge — Restaurant Man #2
• 1998Money Kings — Rocky
• 1998The Substitute 2: School's Out — Mack Weathers
• 1997Arresting Gena — Uncle John
• 1997Los Locos — Buck
• 1997Subway Stories — Mr. Nervous (segment "Subway Car from Hell")
• 1996Toe Tags — Coroner's Assistant
• 1995Buffalo Girls — Doc Rames
• 1995The Stars Fell on Henrietta — Seymour
• 1994Speechless — Harry
• 1994Trapped in Paradise — Timmy
• 1993Brace Up! — Fyodor Ilyich Kulygin
• 1993Philadelphia — Dr. Klenstein
• 1993Taking the Heat — Chucky
• The Adventures of Pete & Pete — Bob Oppenheimer
• 1993The Debt — The Salesman
• 1992Lorenzo's Oil — Professor Duncan
• 199129th Street — Needle Nose Nipton
• 1991The Silence of the Lambs — Pilcher
• 1991Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules — Ad Man (segment 'A Domestic Dilemma')
• 1988Married to the Mob — Tommy Boyle
• Miami Vice — David Sugarman
• 1983Streamers — MP Lieutenant
• The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems — Bill Allen

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2016Starring Austin Pendleton — Self