Josh Pais

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Josh Pais (born June 21, 1958 in Princeton , New Jersey ) is an American actor and drama teacher. The son of the Dutch physicist and quantum field theorist Abraham Pais and his wife Lila Lee (née Atwill) began his film and television career relatively late, in the late 1980s, and before that he was primarily active as a theater actor. From August 27, 1990 he was married to the actress Lisa Emery , with whom he has two sons, including Zane Pais , who has also appeared as an actor. After the divorce, he married Marie Forleo , 17 years his junior , who was a life coach, motivational speaker, author and web TV host.

life and career

First beginnings in New York City

Pais was born in 1958 as the son of the Dutch physicist and quantum field theorist Abraham Pais and his wife Lila Lee (nee Atwill), a painter and poet, in the small university town of Princeton, New Jersey, but grew up in New York City . His beginnings as an actor date back to his earliest childhood when he first appeared in front of a large audience in his Alphabet City neighborhood in the 1960s, growing up on 7th Street between Avenue C and Avenue D. After the graduate of Syracuse University , he studied acting and directing, initially worked exclusively as a theater actor and came to various assignments in local theaters, he was in various off-off-Broadway -, off-Broadway - in the 1980s . , as well as Broadway productions. Before that, he joined various theater groups that placed values ​​on a strong physical component, working with members of Joseph “Joe” Chaikin's The Open Theater and Shūji Terayama's Avante-garde Theater of Tokyo . He also trained with Tadashi Suzuki and his theater group and worked intensively with Gabrielle Roth during this early period . He then joined the Circle Rep Lab Company , an off-Broadway theater company, and really got his theater career off to a flying start. He made it in the mid / late 1980s in plays such as Short Change (at the Samuel Beckett Theater on 42nd Street), Hundherz (at the Classic Stage Company on 13th Street) and Ich bin nicht Rappaport (at the American Place Theater in 46th Street) to off-Broadway performances. In 1985 he had such great success with his role as Gilley that he was also used in the Broadway production of the musical as an understudy in the role of Gilley . In the following year the play, which ran until January 17, 1988 under the direction of Herb Gardner , received a Tony Award for the best play . In 1989/90 he was used on both off-off and off-Broadway in the piece dog heart .

Debut in film and television

At the age of 30 he made it to his first appearances in film and television, where he had his first appearance in 1988 in an episode of the successful comedy series The Bill Cosby Show . 1989 followed an appearance in an episode of Murphy Brown , as well as a guest role in the film Teething with Anger with Morton Downey junior and a small supporting role in Jacknife on the side of the main actor Robert De Niro . In 1990 he made numerous appearances in film and television, including in the coming-of-age film How to Be Louise , in which Lea Floden, who is about the same age and relatively unknown, slipped into the lead role of Louise . In the same year he finally had an even bigger role in Steve Barron's comic adaptation Turtles , where he was dressed in the costume of Raphael and in the original English version also spoke his voice. In the German-language dubbed version he was lent the voice of Pascal Breuer . He also had a second short appearance when he portrayed a taxi passenger in the film.

He was also seen in Law & Order for the first time in 1990 , where he cast in euthanasia , the third episode of the first season, the role of forensic doctor Cioran , who was only used in this one episode. The German voice lent him in this episode Pierre Franckh . Just five episodes later, he appeared again in Law & Order in the same year . This time he was seen in heroism and drug deal for the first time in the role of forensic medical assistant Borak . He finally held this role in twelve more episodes until 2002, but was also seen in another role in another episode in 1993. In 2009 he made his 16th and last appearance in the Law & Order series, where he played the lawyer Mosley .

“I'm not Rappaport” and other appearances

1990 was also the year Josh Pais married his longtime partner Lisa Emery (August 27). With her, Pais has two sons, including Zane Pais , who worked alongside his mother in the not insignificant supporting role of Claude in Margot and the Wedding in 2007, alongside actors such as Jack Black , Nicole Kidman , Jennifer Jason Leigh and John Turturro or Ciarán Hinds could be seen. From 2012 to 2015 Zane Pais attended Lewis & Clark College , a private college in Portland , Oregon . In the years that followed, Josh Pais was a little quieter; It was not until the mid to late 1990s that the trained theater actor began to appear more and more in films. In 1994 he was seen in the role of Joey Josephson in the TV movie The Second Greatest Story Ever Told , followed by the role of photo assistant Donny in the TV movie On Seventh Avenue in 1996. After his theatrical successes with I'm Not Rappaport , he also appeared in 1996 film of the same name alongside Walter Matthau and Ossie Davis , after his sponsor Herb Gardner brought him into the cast. He was also involved in the Broadway play Virgil Is Still the Frog Boy that year. 1997 saw Pais in Robert Bella's independent film Colin Fitz , which premiered at Sundance . In 1997/98 he played the Ferengi arms dealer Gaila in two episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , with Tilo Schmitz lending him the voice in the German-language dubbed version .

Much acclaimed actor from 1998 and directorial debut

He was also able to record many appearances in 1998, for example in the films The Safe-Specialists , Rounders , Civil Trial and Karma Local and also had appearances in each episode of Homicide , Sex and the City and The Crow . In the German broadcast of Sex and the City 's voice, he was John Berenz borrowed in Safe Men was Oliver Rohrbeck of German speakers. In 1999, he appeared in Music of the Heart , an autobiographical feature film about Roberta Guaspari (played by Meryl Streep ), directed by Wes Craven , who also cast him on Scream 3 the following year . This time, Udo Schenk lent the German voice. In 2000, however, he was not only featured in the horror and slasher film (here Tobias Lelle lent him the voice), but also made appearances in the independent film Swimming and in an episode of The $ treet - Who offers more ? . He also played the recurring role of lawyer Robert Sorenson in three episodes of the Law & Order spin-off Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2000 to 2001 , with Christian Weygand as the German voice of Josh Pais. In 2001 Pais was seen in an episode of the short-lived comedy crime series The Job with Denis Leary and Bill Nunn , and in the two films Scotland, PA , alongside Maura Tierney , James LeGros and Christopher Walken , and the Multiple Oscar-winning and nominee A Beautiful Mind - Genie und Wahnsinn . In 2002, she played in Joel Schumacher's Not Hang Up! and in Lawrence Trillings Porn 'n Chicken . The following year he was in the films Station Agent and It remains in the family to be seen, with Frank Röth appearing as the German voice actor in the last-mentioned feature film . He was also featured in a 2003 episode of Criminal Intent - Crime in the sights and made it to another appearance in this series in 2007, but in a different role. In 2003, Pais also published his documentary 7th Street , in which he not only worked as a director, screenwriter and cameraman, but also appeared in front of the camera as an interviewer. He wanted to pay tribute to the neighborhood in which he once grew up and how it changed from an unconventional paradise in the 1960s, to a haven for drug dealers and junkies in the 1980s, to an upgraded residential area with high rents in the middle of the East Village of Manhattan . Pais began making the documentary in 1992 and finished ten years later, and subsequently won the Audience Award in the Documentary category at the Boston Independent Film Festival . In 2004, it was largely about the veteran performer who only made an appearance in one episode of Hope and Faith . In the opening credits of this episode, his name was wrongly listed under John Pais .

Further appearances from 2004

The native New Yorker came back to increased use from the following year, when he was used in the films Little Manhattan , Confess and The Reality Trap , among others , where he took a supporting role in the first-mentioned romantic family film. Josh Pais was seen on television earlier that year in an episode of the fire department series Rescue Me , in which he met fellow actor Denis Leary, who stars in the series as Tommy Gavin . In 2006, the now 47 or 48-year-old was seen in Find Me Guilty - The Mafia Trial and Unconscious ; in the first mentioned film with Vin Diesel in the lead role again Tobias Lelle lent the German voice. Pais was also used in an episode of The Sopranos last season that year . In 2007 there followed appearances and supporting roles in the films Teeth - He who bites last, bites best , Year of the Dog , Love rather unusual - A relationship with obstacles and the autobiographical film Neal Cassady about the person of the same name from the beat generation in the post-war era the United States in the 1950s. He also came to series appearances in an episode of Damages - Im Netz der Macht , when Claus-Peter Damitz first appeared as a German voice actor and in three episodes of the short-lived baseball series The Bronx Is Burning , in which the main theme is the 1977 season of the MLB of the New York Yankees is under the new leadership of George Steinbrenner , and in which Pais played reporter Phil Pepe . In Long Legs, Short Lies and a Glimmer of Truth… , Synecdoche, New York and Wherever You Are , where he even got a leading role alongside Jane Adams in Rob Margolie's Wherever You Are . The film, which is already strongly reminiscent of Adam's star film Happiness through the film poster , was subsequently awarded at various film festivals. Frank Röth lent Pais in the German-language dubbed version of Long Legs, Short Lies and a Glimmer of Truth ... again the voice.

Various major roles in film and television from 2009

The year 2009 began for Josh Pais with numerous film appearances, including in Adventureland , Reunion , Leaves of Grass and Gentlemen Broncos , with Jakob Riedl acting for the first time as German voice actor for Josh Pais' character Todd Keefe in the latter comedy . He had another leading role this year in the cable television series Michael & Michael Have Issues with Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter , where he mimes Jim Biederman , the producer of the fictional show MMHI , in all seven episodes broadcast . 2010 then served in the feature film Please Give , in the short film / pilot Inside Out with Kevin Chapman , Bruce Altman and Michael Boatman , and in two episodes of the set after just one season NBC series Outlaw , where he in Episode 1 and 3 as Doc Levin to was seen. In the German-language dubbed version of Please Give , Rainer Doering could be heard as the German voice of Josh Pais; Pais himself was nominated for the cast of the series in the category Best Acting Ensemble at the Gotham Awards in 2010 , although in the end it could not prevail against the line-up of Winter's Bone . Pais made further film appearances in 2011 in The Key Man and Detachment and in the same year was also seen in the second episode of the second season of How to Make It in America . In 2012 he was again used relatively often in film and television, including in the films Arbitrage , Price Check and The Normals . While it this year during an appearance in an episode of 2 Broke Girls by Stefan Krause has lent his voice was the same year in an episode of NYC 22 Michael Deffert the German voice.

Law & Order returnees and other major engagements

In 2013, Pais found his way back to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , where he appeared in a total of four episodes as Deputy Commissioner of the Press and Information Department Hank Abraham until the following year . He had other appearances in 2013 in the films Touchy Feely and Syrup , as well as in an episode each of Psych and Ray Donovan , in which he was seen in the latter series in three further episodes in the following year in the recurring role of Stu Feldman . Here Peter Flechtner appeared as the German voice of Josh Pais. In 2014 he made three more film appearances in Forever Single? , 5 Flights Up and Duty ; in Forever Single? was the second time Claus-Peter Damitz the German-speaking voice actor. Josh Pais was also seen in 2014 in an episode each of Good Wife and Alpha House , with Klaus Nietz at the first appearance again having another, the seventeenth known by name, voice actor. In 2015 he worked on the biopic I Saw the Light . In the same year Pais played in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll for the third time with Denis Leary; while Leary was the main actor in all ten episodes produced, Pais was seen in the supporting role of Ira Feinbaum in seven different episodes. Furthermore, this year he made appearances in two different episodes in the comedy drama series Younger, which has been broadcast on TV Land since the end of March 2015 .

In addition to his acting career, Josh founded Pais Committed Impulse , a high-performance training program for actors, artists and entrepreneurs. Before that, he led acting workshops for over twenty years and is also a motivational speaker. Josh Pais now lives in New York City, Sag Harbor and Venice .

Filmography

As an actor

Film appearances

Series appearances

As a director, screenwriter and cameraman

  • 2003: 7th Street (Documentary)

Theatrical appearances

Josh Pais German speaking voice actor

In all these years no real fixed voice could be found in German-language dubbed versions for Pais. Although by far not all dubbing actors are known, the German dubbing index lists the following speakers (sorted chronologically; with the associated films or series and the year of publication):

  • Pierre Franckh (as coroner Cioran) in the episode Euthanasia (1x3) of Law & Order (1990)
  • Pascal Breuer (as Raphael) in Turtles (1990)
  • Tilo Schmitz (as cousin Gaila) in the episodes War Deals (5x18) and The Glorious Ferengi (6x10) from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997 + 1998)
  • Johannes Berenz (as Nick Waxler) in the episode Models and People (1x2) from Sex and the City (1998)
  • Oliver Rohrbeck (as Mitchell) in The Safe Specialists (1998)
  • Udo Schenk (as Dennis Rausch) in Music of the Heart (1999)
  • Christian Weygand (as lawyer Robert Sorenson) in the episodes Late Reue (1x20) , Elias (2x5) and The Prodigal Son (3x3) from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000 + 2001)
  • Tobias Lelle (as Det.Jason Wallace) in Scream 3 (2000), (as Harry Bellmann) in Find Me Guilty - The Mafia Trial (2006) and (as Dr. Richard Umma) in the episode Who Doesn't Trust Peace (7x14) by Psych (2013)
  • Frank Röth (as Barney) in It Remains in the Family (2003) and (as Senor Newell) in Assassination of a High School President (2008)
  • Rainer Fritzsche (as Robin) in The Year of the Dog (2007) and (as John Aimes) in Arbitrage (2012; 2nd synchro)
  • Claus-Peter Damitz (as George Berber) in the episode True Faces (1x6) by Damages - Im Netz der Macht (2007) and (as Fred) in Forever Single? (2014)
  • Jakob Riedl (as Todd Keefe) in Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
  • Rainer Doering (as Adam) in Please Give (2010)
  • Stefan Krause (as Leo Hutchinson) in the episode Side Effects (1x20) of 2 Broke Girls (2012)
  • Michael Deffert (as Maxwell Tanner) in the episode Jumpers (1x6 or 1x10) from NYC 22 (2012)
  • Peter Flechtner (as Stu Feldman) in the episodes Our Father (1x1) , A mouth is a mouth (1x2) , The Black Cadillac (1x4) and The House of Her Dreams (2x3) by Ray Donovan (2013-2014)
  • Klaus Nietz (as Henry Lampe) in the episode We, the Juries (5x12) by Good Wife (2014)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dog heart as an off-off Broadway production ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed July 7, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.indietheaternow.com
  2. ^ 7th Street in the New York Times , accessed July 7, 2015
  3. ↑ Synopsys on the official website of the 7th Street Movie , accessed on July 7, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Pais, Josh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and drama teacher
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Princeton , New Jersey , United States