Josh Pais

He is also the director of the 2002 documentary 7th Street (the street he grew up on in Alphabet City, Manhattan) depicting various personages living there between the years 1992–2002.

• Name — Josh Pais • Birth Name — Joshua Atwill Pais • Born — 21 June 1958 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — Actor Acting coach • Years Active — 1988–present • Children — 1 • Parents — Abraham Pais Lila Lee Atwill Joshua Atwill Pais (born June 21, 1958) is an American actor and acting coach. He has appeared in the films Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Music of the Heart (1999), Assassination of a High School President (2008), I Saw the Light (2015) and Motherless Brooklyn (2019). He also appeared in nine episodes of Ray Donovan. He is also the director of the 2002 documentary 7th Street (the street he grew up on in Alphabet City, Manhattan) depicting various personages living there between the years 1992–2002.

Pais was born in New York City, and is the son of Lila Lee (née Atwill), a painter and poet, and Dutch-born physicist, professor, and writer Abraham Pais. His father was from a Jewish family of Portuguese descent, and his mother converted to Judaism.

He has appeared in Hollywood films including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (in which he was both in the costume and was the voice) as Raphael, Music of the Heart, Scream 3, It Runs in the Family, Phone Booth, Little Manhattan and Find Me Guilty. He played Assistant M.E. Borak in 15 episodes of the series Law & Order, between 1990 and 2002. He also played the Spanish teacher in the film Assassination of a High School President. He had a recurring role as an obnoxious movie producer on the American crime drama series Ray Donovan. He also appeared as a lawyer on 2 Broke Girls.

Pais married actress Lisa Emery on August 27, 1990. They are parents of the actor Zane Pais. Pais and Emery divorced in 2003. In 2006 he married entrepreneur Marie Forleo.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1988 — The Cosby Show — Andy — Episode: "Waterworks" • 1989 — Murphy Brown — Secretary #18 — Episode: "Funnies Girl" • Teething with Anger — Dog Guy — Television film • 1990–2009 — Law & Order — Various roles — 16 episodes • 1993 — Roseanne — Sean — Episode: "Be My Baby" • 1994 — The Second Greatest Story Ever Told — Joey Joesephson — Television film • 1996 — On Seventh Avenue — Donny • 1997, 1998 — Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Gaila — 2 episodes • 1998 — Homicide: Life on the Street — M.E. #2 — Episode: "Shaggy Dog, City Goat" • Sex and the City — Nick Waxler — Episode: "Models and Mortals" • The Crow: Stairway to Heaven — Myron — Episode: "Death Wish" • 2000 — The Street — Elliot Bando — Episode: "Closet Case" • 2000–2016 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Robert Sorensen Deputy Commissioner Hank Abraham — 10 episodes • 2001 — The Job — Mark — Episode: "Anger" • 2002 — Porn 'n Chicken — Prof. Hoffman — Television film • 2003, 2007 — Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Noah Brezner Ralph Friedman — 2 episodes • 2004 — Hope & Faith — Harvey Zak — Episode: "Hope Gets a Job" • 2005 — Rescue Me — Leon — Episode: "Reunion" • 2006 — The Sopranos — Zev Charney — Episode: "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." • 2007 — The Bronx Is Burning — Phil Pepe — 3 episodes • Damages — George Berber — Episode: "She Spat at Me" • 2009 — Michael & Michael Have Issues — Jim Biederman — 7 episodes • 2010 — Outlaw — Doc Levin — 2 episodes • 2011 — How to Make It in America — Garrett — Episode: "In or Out" • 2012 — 2 Broke Girls — Leo — Episode: "And the Drug Money" • NYC 22 — Maxwell Tanner — Episode: "Jumpers" • 2013 — Psych — Dr. Richard Umma — Episode: "No Trout About It" • 2013–2019 — Ray Donovan — Stu Feldman — 9 episodes • 2014 — The Good Wife — Howard Lampey — Episode: "We, the Juries" • Alpha House — Owen Lefkowitz — Episode: "The Nuptials" • Duty — Ira — Television film • 2015 — Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll — Ira Feinbaum — 8 episodes • 2015–2021 — Younger — Todd Heller — 5 episodes • 2018 — High Maintenance — Ira — Episode: "Ghost" • Maniac — Andy — 3 episodes • I Was A Teenage Pillow Queen — David — Television film • 2019 — Tales of the City — Doug — Episode: "Rainbow Warriors" • Mrs. Fletcher — Barry — 5 episodes • 2020 — The Plot Against America — Maurice Silverman — Episode: "Part 5" • 2022 — The Dropout — Wade Miquelon — 2 episodes • 2023 — Paul T. Goldman — Ryan Sinclair — 2 episodes • 2024 — Power Book III: Raising Kanan — Lowell Gelfand — Episode: "Home to Roost" • A Man in Full — Herb Richman — 5 episodes