
Josh Pais
Acting • Born 1964-06-21
Biography
Josh Pais (born June 21, 1964) is an American actor of film and television. He has appeared in many Hollywood films, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (in which he both was in the costume and was the voice) as Raphael, Music of the Heart, Scream 3, It Runs in the Family, 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. Pais is the son of Lila Lee (née Atwill) and Abraham Pais, a Dutch-American Jewish physicist, professor and writer. Pais married actress Lisa Emery on August 27, 1990; the two have a son, actor Zane Pais. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
89 credits
A Beautiful Mind
Movie • 2001
Princeton Professor

The Station Agent
Movie • 2003
Carl

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Movie • 1990
Raphael (voice) / Passenger In Cab

I'm Not Rappaport
Movie • 1996
Rodney

Watching the Detectives
Movie • 2007
Andy

It Runs in the Family
Movie • 2003
Barney

Leaves of Grass
Movie • 2009
Ken Feinman

Teeth
Movie • 2008
Dr. Godfrey

Year of the Dog
Movie • 2007
Robin

Spoiler Alert
Movie • 2022
Scott

A Civil Action
Movie • 1998
Law Clerk

Safe Men
Movie • 1998
Mitchell

Little Manhattan
Movie • 2005
Ronny

Jacknife
Movie • 1989
Rick

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
Movie • 2011
Self

Syrup
Movie • 2013
Davidson

Colin Fitz
Movie • 1997
Cathartic Fan

You Hurt My Feelings
Movie • 2023
Josh Pais

The Normals
Movie • 2012
Dr. Honeysack

Touchy Feely
Movie • 2013
Paul

The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems
Movie
Weatherman Phil

Reunion
Movie • 2009
Saul

Porn 'n Chicken
Movie • 2002
Prof. Hoffman

Checkout
Movie • 2023
Dov

That Awkward Moment
Movie • 2014
Fred

Karma Local
Movie
Charlie

5 Flights Up
Movie • 2014
Jackson

The Family Fang
Movie • 2016
Freeman

Rounders
Movie • 1998
Weitz

Music of the Heart
Movie • 1999
Dennis

Please Give
Movie • 2010
Adam

I Saw the Light
Movie • 2016
Dore Schary

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Movie • 2025
Brad

Bakery in Brooklyn
Movie • 2016
Lawyer

Crown Heights
Movie • 2017
District Attorney Maffeo

Scream 3
Movie • 2000
Wallace

Price Check
Movie • 2012
Doug Cain

The Land of Steady Habits
Movie • 2018
Larry Eastwood

Going in Style
Movie • 2017
Chuck Lofton

Phone Booth
Movie • 2003
Mario

Adventureland
Movie • 2009
Mr. Lewin

Gentlemen Broncos
Movie • 2009
Todd Keefe

Synecdoche, New York
Movie • 2008
Ophthalmologist

Motherless Brooklyn
Movie • 2019
William Lieberman

Joker
Movie • 2019
Hoyt Vaughn

Funny Pages
Movie • 2022
Lewis

Lifelines
Movie • 2008
Ira Bernstein

Arbitrage
Movie • 2012
John Aimes

The Key Man
Movie • 2011
Dr. Abraham Meyer

Assassination of a High School President
Movie • 2008
Padre Newell

Detachment
Movie • 2011
Meredith's Father

Find Me Guilty
Movie • 2006
Harry Bellman

Unconscious
Movie • 2006
Warner Wilcott

Swimming
Movie • 2000
Neil Wheeler

The Mimic
Movie • 2021
The Neurotic Lawyer

Confess
Movie • 2005
Allen Kelner

The Friend
Movie • 2025
Jerry

Scotland, PA
Movie • 2001
Douglas McKenna

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Ralph Friedman

The Bronx Is Burning
TV • 2007
Reporter Phil Pepe

Damages
TV • 2007
George Berber

Law & Order
TV • 1990
Cioran

Michael & Michael Have Issues
TV • 2009
Jim Biederman

Younger
TV • 2015
Todd Heller

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Robert Sorensen

2 Broke Girls
TV • 2011
Leo

Law & Order
TV • 1990
Mr. Mosley

Psych
TV • 2006
Richard Umma

Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll
TV • 2015
Ira Feinbaum

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Hank Abraham

Sex and the City
TV • 1998
Nick Waxler

Law & Order
TV • 1990
Borak

Hope & Faith
TV • 2003
Harvey Zak

Ray Donovan
TV • 2013
Stu Feldman

The Dropout
TV • 2022
Wade Miquelon

Tales of the City
TV • 2019
Doug

Murphy Brown
TV • 1988
Secretary #18

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV • 1993
Gaila

Mrs. Fletcher
TV • 2019
Barry

A Man in Full
TV • 2024
Herb Richman

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Noah Brezner

Alpha House
TV • 2013
Owen Lefkowitz

The Plot Against America
TV • 2020
Maurice Silverman

Maniac
TV • 2018
Andy

The Cosby Show
TV • 1984
Andy

The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Henry Lampe

Rescue Me
TV • 2004
Leon

Power Book III: Raising Kanan
TV • 2021
Lowell Gelfand

Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
M.E. #2