David Paymer was born on August 30, 1954 in New York. His Jewish parents dreamed that the boy would grow into a successful lawyer or doctor, but David was in love with cinema since childhood. Upon graduation, David Pamer graduated from the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and the Professional School of Performing Arts.
Pamer made his debut as an actor in the 1974 movie Happy Days. After that, he starred in many popular television shows, including Taxi, Ghost Whisperer and Entourage. He was remembered for the series “Blues Hill Street”, “Moonlight Detective Agency”, “Matlock”, “Los Angeles Law”, “Tales from the Crypt”, “Murphy Brown”, “Line of Fire”.
In 1995, the audience saw the actor in the crime comedy directed by Barry Sonnenfeld “Get Shorty”, where he played with Denny de Vito, as well as in the animated film “Santo Bugito Town” and the drama directed by Rob Reiner “American President”. 1996 was marked by roles in such films as “Crime of the Century”, “Unforgettable”, “Car Parking”, “Mary”. In 1997, Steven Spielberg’s Amistad was released, where David Pamer played the role of Forsyth. The film received four nominations from the American Film Academy. 1998 and 1999 gave the actor roles in the films “Deadly Traveller”, “Less Evil”, “Mighty Joe Young”, “Cold Factor”, “Tribute” and others.
The new century literally overwhelmed the actor with film proposals. His game the audience could enjoy in the films “Partners”, “Alien ticket”, “Baby”, “In the name of love”, “Spartan”. From 2002 to 2009, the crime series Without a Trace was broadcast on the screens, where David Pamer was a colleague of such film veterans as Anthony LaPaglia, Poppy Montgomery, Enrique Murquiano. David organically fit into the team of actors (Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrar) a small role in the comedy series 2004-2007 “Environment”. In 2003, director Rob Reiner entrusted one of the main roles to David Pamer in the comedy melodrama Alex and Emma.
In the following years, the films “Jack and Bobby”, “The City of the Future”, “Save Grace”, “Freeing Place”, “To the West” were released.
" Teacher of the Year "Ocean's Thirteen Friends." In 2009, the drama directed by James Whitmore Jr. “The Good Wife” was released. David called the role in this film the pinnacle of his career.
David Pamer tried himself in the world of animation: he took part in the voiceover of such animated films as “The Wild Thornberry Family”, “Godzilla”, “Justice League”.
The actor is married to Liz Georges and has two children. In 1993, David Pamer was nominated for the prestigious Oscar.
