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Paul Reiser (born March 30, 1957) is an American comedian, actor, television personality and writer, author and musician. He is most widely known for his role in the 1990s TV sitcom Mad About You. He is ranked 77th on Comedy Central's 2004 list of the "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time". The name of Reiser's production company, Nuance Productions, is inspired by one of his lines in the film Diner (1982), in which his character explains his discomfort with the word "nuance".
Reiser was born in New York City, the son of Helen, a homemaker, and Sam Reiser, a wholesale health food distributor. His family is Jewish. Reiser attended the East Side Hebrew Institute and graduated from Stuyvesant High School. He earned his bachelor's degree at Binghamton University, where he majored in music (piano, composition).
During his university years, Reiser was active in student theater productions at the Hinman Little Theater, an on-campus community theater organization located in Hinman College, Reiser's dorm community. It was later renamed the Hinman Production Company. He found his calling as a comedian while performing in New York clubs during university summer breaks.
Actors: Bettina Böhler (editor), Stephan Kampwirth (actor), Bettina Reitz (producer), Caroline von Senden (producer), Benno Fürmann (actor), Simone von Zglinicki (actress), Margarita Broich (actress), Sven Pippig (actor), Mathias Schwerbrock (producer), Florian Panzner (actor), Peter Kurth (actor), Christian Petzold (writer), Christian Petzold (director), Matthias Matschke (actor), Nina Hoss (actress),
Plot: Philipp Gerber is a smart, but self-satisfied car salesman. In an inattentive moment at the wheel of his car, he runs over a biker and drives away. As he has feelings of guilt, he tries to find out more about the accident's victim and learns that the boy lies seriously injured in a hospital. Philipp wants to tell his mother Laura Reiser the truth, but he doesn't. After a carefree holiday with his girlfriend Katja, he learns that the boy is dead. Meanwhile, Laura staggers between grief and the desire for revenge. One evening, she can't bear it any more and jumps off a bridge, but Philipp saves her life...
Keywords: accident, bike, death-of-child, ford, hit-and-run, hospital, mother, red, suicide-attemptActors: Carol Leifer (writer), Renée Taylor (actress), Carol Leifer (producer), Carol Leifer (actress), Jerry Seinfeld (actor), Paul Reiser (actor), Phyllis Diller (actress), Julie Brown (actress), Shelley Berman (actor), Bud Cort (actor), Pat Corley (actor), Colin Quinn (actor), Edy Williams (actress), Mona May (costume designer), Ian Ogilvy (actor),
Genres: Comedy,