Josh Pais
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A genial performer with a broad array of role types and genres on his resumé, Josh Pais grew up in a Manhattan-area East Village tenement with a single mother, and headed to Hollywood in his early twenties with the dream of making it as an actor. In seemingly no time, Pais realized this goal, first with a series of guest appearances on such series as Murphy Brown, The Cosby Show, and Law & Order (in a recurring part as Assistant Medical Examiner Borak), then with big-screen assignments. He landed the first of these when tapped to play "ninja turtle" Raphael in the action comedy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (1990); the role almost completely obscured Pais' countenance (he appeared in a suit designed by Jim Henson and co.), but a secondary part in the same film (as a taxi passenger) partially redeemed this drawback. After additional acting assignments in features including Music of the Heart (1999) and Scream 3 (2000), Pais branched out into writing and directing with the self-reflexive autobiographical documentary 7th Street (2002) and the instructional video The Spiritual Guide to Weight Loss (2003). He then took on acting roles in such features as The Station Agent (2003), Little Manhattan (2005), Year of the Dog (2007), and Teeth (2007).
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | The Mimic |
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— | 2020 |
63% | Motherless Brooklyn |
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— | 2019 |
68% | Joker |
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— | 2019 |
83% | The Family Fang |
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$15.8k | 2016 |
18% | I Saw the Light |
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$1.7M | 2016 |
46% | 5 Flights Up |
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— | 2015 |
22% | That Awkward Moment |
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$23.3M | 2014 |
40% | Touchy Feely |
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$36.5k | 2013 |
25% | Syrup |
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$656 | 2013 |
No Score Yet | The Normals |
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— | 2012 |
64% | Price Check |
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$5.2k | 2012 |
88% | Arbitrage |
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$8M | 2012 |
57% | Detachment |
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$49.4k | 2012 |
61% | Leaves of Grass |
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$68.5k | 2010 |
19% | Gentlemen Broncos |
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— | 2009 |
89% | Adventureland |
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$15.9M | 2009 |
19% | Reunion |
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— | 2009 |
68% | Synecdoche, New York |
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$3M | 2008 |
63% | Wherever You Are (Lifelines) |
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— | 2008 |
50% | Assassination of a High School President |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Neal Cassady |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Watching the Detectives |
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— | 2007 |
80% | Teeth |
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$0.2M | 2007 |
85% | Unconscious |
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— | 2006 |
62% | Find Me Guilty |
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$0.7M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Confess |
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— | 2005 |
77% | Little Manhattan |
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$0.4M | 2005 |
94% | The Station Agent |
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— | 2003 |
29% | It Runs in the Family |
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$7.4M | 2003 |
72% | Phone Booth |
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$46.6M | 2003 |
80% | 7th Street |
|
— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Porn 'n Chicken (Chicken Club) |
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— | 2002 |
74% | A Beautiful Mind |
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— | 2001 |
59% | Scotland, Pa. |
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$0.3M | 2001 |
74% | Swimming |
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— | 2000 |
63% | Music of the Heart |
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— | 1999 |
61% | A Civil Action |
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— | 1998 |
57% | Safe Men |
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— | 1998 |
38% | I'm Not Rappaport |
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— | 1996 |
40% | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie |
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— | 1990 |
64% | Jacknife |
|
— | 1989 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
---|---|---|---|
82% |
Mrs. Fletcher
2019
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98% |
High Maintenance
2016-2020
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61% |
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll
2015-2016
|
|
|
78% |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
|
|
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93% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
|
|
|
89% |
Psych
2006-2014
|
|
|
72% |
Ray Donovan
2013-2020
|
|
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No Score Yet |
2 Broke Girls
2011-2017
|
|
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66% |
How to Make It in America
2010-2011
|
|
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43% |
NYC 22
2012
|
|
|
60% |
Michael and Michael Have Issues
2009
|
|
|
91% |
Damages
2007-2012
|
|
|
No Score Yet |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-2011
|
|
|
No Score Yet |
Law & Order
1990-2010
|
|
|
100% |
The Job
2001-2002
|
|
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91% |
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993-1999
|
|
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71% |
Sex and the City
1998-2004
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|
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90% |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993-1999
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No Score Yet |
Murphy Brown
1988-2019
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No Score Yet |
The Cosby Show
1984-1992
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Quotes from Josh Pais' Characters
Detective Kincaide: | I'm gonna talk to the studio guys about those photos. |
Wallace: | Yeah right, I know where you're going. |
Detective Kincaide: | Yeah keep an eye on Sidney. |
Wallace: | I know where you're going, you're gonna get her some flowers and candy, right? Huh? |
Detective Kincaide: | Give me a break! |
John Milton: | Did Cotton's death have anything to do with this movie? |
Wallace: | He was making a movie called "Stab"...HE WAS stabbed. |
Wallace: | He was making a movie called 'Stab' He was stabbed. |
Roman Bridger: | Someone is trying to ruin my movie. Someone wants to kill my movie. |
Wallace: | We'll talk about your movie down at the station. All right, this is the scene where you come with us. |
Wallace: | Hey, hey, Terminal Entertainment? This is a crime scene, all right? |
Dr. Godfrey: | It's true! Vagina Dentata! |