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Year	Title	Role
2022	Minions: The Rise of Gru	Wild Knuckles (voice)
2018–2021	The Kominsky Method (TV Series)	Norman Newlander
2020	Spenser Confidential	Henry
2019	Dumbo	J. Griffin Remington
2017	Get Shorty (TV Series)	Eugene
2017	Going in Style	Albert Garner
2015–2016	BoJack Horseman (TV Series)	J.D. Salinger (voice)
2015	Love the Coopers	Bucky
2014	Million Dollar Arm	Ray
2013	Grudge Match	Louis 'Lightning' Conlon
2013	Armed Response	Officer Riggs
2013	The Incredible Burt Wonderstone	Rance Holloway
2012	Stand Up Guys	Hirsch
2012	Argo	Lester Siegel
2011	The Muppets	Tour Guide
2011	The Change-Up	Mitch's Dad
2011	Thin Ice	Gorvy Hauer
2009	City Island	Michael Malakov
2009	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Herb Lee
2008	Marley & Me	Arnie Klein
2008	Get Smart	The Chief
2008	Sunshine Cleaning	Joe
2007	Rendition	Senator Hawkins
2006	Raising Flagg	Flagg Purdy
2006	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause	Bud Newman
2006	The Novice	Father Behnke
2006	Firewall	Arlin Forester
2006	Little Miss Sunshine	Edwin Hoover
2005	Will & Grace (TV Series)	Martin Adler
2004	Noel	Artie
2004	Eros	Dr. Pearl \| Hal (segment "Equilibrium")
2003	And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (TV Movie)	Sam Drebben
2003	The Pentagon Papers (TV Movie)	Harry Rowen
2001–2002	100 Centre Street (TV Series)	Joe Rifkind
2001	13 Conversations About One Thing	Gene
2001	America's Sweethearts	Wellness Guide
2001	Varian's War: The Forgotten Hero (TV Movie)	Freier
2000	Magicians	Milo
2000	Blood Money (TV Movie)	Willy 'the Hammer' Canzaro
1999	Jakob the Liar	Frankfurter
1998	Slums of Beverly Hills	Murray
1997	Gattaca	Detective Hugo
1997	Four Days in September	Charles Burke Elbrick
1997	Grosse Pointe Blank	Dr. Oatman
1997	Chicago Hope (TV Series)	Zoltan Karpathein
1996	Mother Night	George Kraft
1996	Heck's Way Home (TV Movie)	Dogcatcher
1995	Steal Big Steal Little	Lou Perilli
1995	Picture Windows (TV Series)	Tully
1995	The Jerky Boys	Ernie Lazarro
1994	Doomsday Gun (TV Movie)	Yossi
1994	North	Judge Buckle
1993	Samuel Beckett Is Coming Soon (Short)	The Director
1993	So I Married an Axe Murderer	Tony's Boss \| Precinct Captain (uncredited)
1993	Taking the Heat (TV Movie)	Tommy Canard
1993	Indian Summer	Unca Lou
1993	Cooperstown (TV Movie)	Harry Willette
1992	Glengarry Glen Ross	George Aaronow
1991	The Rocketeer	Peevy
1990	Havana	Joe Volpi
1990	Edward Scissorhands	Bill
1990	Coupe de Ville	Fred Libner
1988	Necessary Parties (TV Movie)	Archie Corelli
1987	Harry (TV Series)	Harry Porschak
1987	A Year in the Life (TV Series)	Jim Eisenberg Sr.
1987	Escape from Sobibor (TV Movie)	Leon Feldhendler
1986	Big Trouble	Leonard Hoffman
1986	A Deadly Business (TV Movie)	Harold Kaufman
1985	Bad Medicine	Dr. Ramón Madera
1985	Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series)	Bo
1985	Joshua Then and Now	Reuben Shapiro
1985	The Fourth Wise Man (TV Movie)	Orontes
1984	American Playhouse (TV Series)	Flagg Purdy
1983	St. Elsewhere (TV Series)	Jerry Singleton
1983	The Return of Captain Invincible	Captain Invincible
1982	The Last Unicorn	Schmendrick (voice)
1981	Full Moon High	Dr. Brand
1981	Chu Chu and the Philly Flash	Flash
1981	Improper Channels	Jeffery Martley
1980	Simon	Simon Mendelssohn
1979	The Magician of Lublin	Yasha Mazur
1979	Carol Burnett & Company (TV Series)	Unknown
1979	The In-Laws	Dr. Sheldon Kornpett
1978	The Defection of Simas Kudirka (TV Movie)	Simas Kudirka
1978	The Other Side of Hell (TV Movie)	Frank Dole
1977	Fire Sale	Ezra Fikus
1977	Busting Loose (TV Series)	Grandpa
1977	Captain Kangaroo (TV Series)	Unknown
1976	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution	Dr. Sigmund Freud
1975	Hearts of the West	Kessler
1975	Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins	Rafferty
1974	Freebie and the Bean	Bean
1974	It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (TV Movie)	Unknown
1972	Last of the Red Hot Lovers	Barney Cashman
1972	Deadhead Miles	Cooper
1970–1971	Sesame Street (TV Series)	Larry
1971	Little Murders	Lieutenant Practice
1970	Catch-22	Yossarian
1969	The Monitors	Man in Monitors Commercial
1969	Popi	Abraham
1968	The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter	Singer
1968	Inspector Clouseau	Insp. Jacques Clouseau
1967	Wait Until Dark	Roat \| Roat Jr. \| Roat Sr.
1967	Woman Times Seven	Fred (segment "The Suicides")
1966	ABC Stage 67 (TV Series)	Barney Kempinski
1966	The Last Mohican (Short)	Mr. Ableman
1966	The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming	Rozanov
1964	East Side/West Side (TV Series)	Ted Miller
1963	That's Me (Short)	Unknown
1957	Calypso Heat Wave	Tarriers Lead Singer (uncredited)

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