Josh Pais
Acting

Josh Pais

Born 21 June 1964 · New York City, New York, USA
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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.

Known for

Joker
A Beautiful Mind
Phone Booth
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Scream 3
Going in Style
That Awkward Moment
Adventureland
Sex and the City
Detachment
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Rounders
Checkout
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
The Friend
You Hurt My Feelings
Spoiler Alert
Funny Pages
The Mimic
Motherless Brooklyn
Joker
The Land of Steady Habits
Crown Heights
Going in Style
The Family Fang
I Saw the Light
Bakery in Brooklyn
That Awkward Moment
5 Flights Up
Syrup
Touchy Feely
The Normals
Price Check
Arbitrage
The Key Man
Detachment
Please Give
Leaves of Grass
Reunion
Gentlemen Broncos
Adventureland
Teeth
Synecdoche, New York
Lifelines
Assassination of a High School President
Watching the Detectives
Year of the Dog
Find Me Guilty
Unconscious
Little Manhattan
Confess
The Station Agent
It Runs in the Family
Phone Booth
Porn 'n Chicken
A Beautiful Mind
Scotland, PA
Scream 3
Swimming
Music of the Heart
A Civil Action
Safe Men
Rounders
Colin Fitz
I'm Not Rappaport
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Jacknife
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