Paul Ben-Victor

• Name — Paul Ben-Victor • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Education — Carnegie Mellon University • Years Active — 1987–present Paul Ben-Victor (born)

Ben-Victor was born in New York City, the son of photographer Victor Friedman and playwright Leah Kornfeld Friedman. Organizational psychologist Stew Friedman is his brother. He is Jewish. He grew up in Flatbush, Brooklyn, where he attended Midwood High School before graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he studied theater.

After attending Carnegie Mellon University, he made his theater debut at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe on New York's lower east side with Miguel Pinero and Reinaldo Povod. 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. He has been featured on many television cop dramas like FBI, Monk and 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. Ben-Victor had a starring role in the Sci-Fi Channel television show The Invisible Man, alongside Vincent Ventresca. The two later guest starred together on the hit TV show 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" Vondopoulos) and 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. He had roles in the films The Irishman (2019), The Banker (2020), and Last Looks (2022). Ben-Victor has co-written stage plays with his mother, including Club Soda and The Good Steno.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1986 — L.A. Law — Sgt. Costellano — Episode: "The Princess and the Wiener King" • 1987 — Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife — - — TV movie • Cagney & Lacey — Trucker #2 — Episode: "Waste Deep" • 1988 — Ohara — Billy — Episode: "They Shoot Witnesses, Don't They?" • China Beach — Lazaro — Episode: "Chao Ong" • Freddy's Nightmares — Paul — Episode: "Mother's Day" • 1990 — 1st & Ten — Rocko — Episode: "Who Stole Johnny Gunn?" • Dragnet — Jack Middleton — Episode: "Parachute to Death" • Hunter — Loan Shark — Episode: "This Is My Gun" • Doogie Howser, M.D. — Karl — Episode: "TV or Not TV" • The New Adam-12 — Gregory Smith — Episode: "Escapees" • After the Shock — Dr. Steven Brattesani — TV movie • 1991 — Father Dowling Mysteries — Security Guard — Episode: "The Fugitive Priest Mystery • The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage — Charlie Dilwig — Episode: "For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll" • The Trials of Rosie O'Neill — Vinnie — Episode: "Knock, Knock" • 1992 — The Commish — Benny Gorzo — Episode: "Sex, Lies and Kerosene" • Sibs — Lance — Episode: "If I Only Had a Dad" • Midnight Heat — New Yorker — TV movie • 1993 — The Last Outlaw — Posseman Grubb — TV movie • 1994 — State of Emergency — Trevor Jacobs — TV movie • Web of Deception — Detective Fracinetti — TV movie • 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/Man on Stilts (voice) — Episode: "Baby It's You/Monsters Are Fun" • 1994–97 — NYPD Blue — Steve Richards — Guest cast (season 2–3 & 5) • 1997 — The Practice — Benny Small — Episode: "Search and Seizure" & "Save the Mule" • Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave — Det. Meyer — TV movie • 1998 — Brooklyn South — Steve Richards — Episode: "Skel in a Cell" • Tempting Fate — Police Officer — TV movie • 1998–99 — Rude Awakening — Carl — Guest cast (season 1–2) • 1999 — Early Edition — Elliot Rosenfield — Episode: "Funny Valentine" • L.A. Doctors — - — Episode: "Forty-Eight Minutes" • 2000 — The David Cassidy Story — Wes Farrell — TV movie • The Three Stooges — Moe Howard — TV movie • The Invisible Man — Robert Albert Hobbes — Main cast • 2002 — Crossing Jordan — Theo — Episode: "Someone to Count On" • 2003 — Fastlane — Marty — Episode: "Strap On" • Las Vegas — Michael — Episode: "Pros and Cons" • 2003–08 — The Wire — Spiros 'Vondas' Vondopoulos — Main cast (season 2), guest (season 4), recurring cast (season 5) • 2004 — Strong Medicine — Frank — Episode: "Body Mass Increase" • 2005 — Alias — Carter — Episode: "Another Mister Sloane" • Monk — Al Nicoletto — Episode: "Mr. Monk Gets Drunk" • Curb Your Enthusiasm — Ticket Scalper — Episode: "The Larry David Sandwich" • 2005–08 — Entourage — Alan Gray — Guest (season 2), recurring cast (season 3 & 5) • 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" • 2007 — John from Cincinnati — Palaka — Main cast • Shark — Ricky Rago — Episode: "For Whom the Skel Rolls" • 2008–12 — In Plain Sight — Marshal Stan McQueen — Main cast • 2009 — Everybody Hates Chris — Coach Thurman — Recurring cast (season 4) • 2010 — The Mentalist — Noah Landau — Episode: "Redline" • 2011 — CSI: NY — Carmen Enzo — Episode: "Party Down" • Childrens Hospital — Spiros — Episode: "Father's Day" • 2012 — Are We There Yet? — Mr. Parker — Recurring cast (season 3) • 2013 — Vegas — Barry Silver — Recurring cast • Person of Interest — Detective Cameron — Episode: "Reasonable Doubts" • Hawaii Five-0 — Agent Devin Campbell — Episode: "Hau'oli La Ho'omoaika'i" • Mob City — Jack Dragna — Recurring cast • 2014 — True Detective — Major Leroy Salter — Episode: "Haunted Houses" • Matador — Gene Balasco — Recurring cast • Castle — Dino Scarpella — Episode: "Bad Santa" • 2015 — Allegiance — Special Agent Faber — Recurring cast • 2016 — Vinyl — Maury Gold — Main cast • Kingdom — Bob — Recurring cast (season 2) • Chicago Med — Mr. McGregor — Episode: "Win Loss" • 2017 — The Mick — Jerry Berlin — Recurring cast (season 1) • Preacher — Viktor Kruglov — Recurring cast (season 2) • Lethal Weapon — Frank Truno — Episode: "Fork-Getta-Bout-It" • 2018 — The Resident — Edmund Carver — Episode: "No Matter the Cost" • Santa Clarita Diet — Mark — Recurring cast (season 2) • The Neighborhood — Matty 'Cigars' — Main cast • 2018–19 — Goliath — Cleft Chin — Recurring cast (season 2), guest (season 3) • 2019 — Bull — Ryan Vance — Episode: "Split Hairs" • The Village — Angelo Napolitano — Recurring cast • FBI — Mark Krawley — Episode: "Appearances" • Will & Grace — Mario — Episode: "Pappa Mia" • 2019–20 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Counselor Peter Abrams — Recurring cast (season 21) • 2020 — The Baker and the Beauty — Contractor — Episode: "Side Effects" • 2020–23 — Gravesend — Matty 'Cigars' — Main cast (season 1), guest (season 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 • 2024 — Diarra from Detroit — Zervas — Recurring cast • The Lincoln Lawyer — Sly Funaro Sr. — Recurring cast (season 3) • Everybody Still Hates Chris — Mr. Thurman (voice) — Recurring cast • Creature Commandos — Bulldozer (voice) — Episode: "Cheers to the Tin Man" • 2024–25 — Bookie — Nick Quatrani — Recurring cast (season 2) • The Chosen — Herod Antipas — Recurring cast (season 4-5) • Nobody Wants This — Ilan Roklov — Recurring cast • 2025–26 — Power Book III: Raising Kanan — Phil Russo — 7 episodes • 2026 — Man on Fire — CIA Director Moncrief — 3 episodes • M.I.A. — Boris Federov — 5 episodes • Lanterns — Antaan — Recurring cast • The Boys from Brazil — Sidney Beynon — Upcoming series