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==Career== Paymer's acting career began in 1979 with the film ''[[The In-Laws (1979 film)|The In-Laws]]''. He has appeared in over 90 films in his career. He has also appeared in many popular television shows, including ''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]'', ''[[Happy Days]]'', ''[[L.A. Law]]'', ''[[Cheers]]'', ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'', ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'', ''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]'' , ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]], [[The Good Wife]],'' and ''[[Family Ties]]''. He has had recurring roles on ''[[Cheers]]'', ''[[Murphy Brown]]'', and ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]''. He has also appeared in such films as ''[[Amistad (film)|Amistad]]'', ''[[City Hall (1996 film)|City Hall]]'', ''[[RFK (film)|RFK]]'', and ''[[Into the West (miniseries)|Into the West]]''. He received an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for ''[[Mr. Saturday Night]]''. His voice-over work includes Sheldon in the [[Kids' WB]] cartoon series ''[[Channel Umptee-3]],'' and neurotic [[Welsh Terrier]] Mel in ''[[Balto 3: Wings of Change]].'' Paymer has directed episodes of several popular television series, including ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', ''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]'', ''[[Melrose Place (2009 TV series)|Melrose Place]]'', ''[[Everwood]]'', ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'', and ''[[Bunheads]]''.
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