Jarrad Paul (born June 20, 1976)[1] is an American screenwriter, director, and actor.

Jarrad Paul
Born (1976-06-20) June 20, 1976 (age 48)
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • director
  • actor
Years active1989–present

Early life and education

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Paul grew up in Miami, Florida. After graduating from high school, he moved to Los Angeles.[1]

Career

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Paul co-created and executive produced the Fox comedy The Grinder starring Rob Lowe and Fred Savage. He also co-wrote and co-directed The D Train starring Jack Black and James Marsden, which was purchased at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival by IFC. During the 1990s Paul had a role on Seinfeld as Darin, Home Improvement as Jason and a recurring role in the 2000s on Monk. In 1999, he co-starred with Jay Mohr in Action as screenwriter Adam Rafkin.

Films he has appeared in include 40 Days and 40 Nights, The Shaggy Dog, and Yes Man, which he also co-wrote.

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
1997 Liar Liar Zit Boy
2002 40 Days and 40 Nights Duncan
2005 Kicking & Screaming Beantown Employee
Bewitched Valet
2006 The Shaggy Dog Larry
2008 Yes Man Reggie Also co-writer
2013 Movie 43 Bill
2015 The D Train Co-director and co-writer

TV series

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 Touched by an Angel Dink Whitten 1 episode
1995 Legend Skeeter 12 episodes
1995 Family Matters Kevin 1 episode
1995–1996 Home Improvement Jason 4 episodes
1996 Weird Science Puppetman Episode: "Puppet Love"
1997 Men Behaving Badly Pipsqueak Episode: "I Am What I Am"
Seinfeld Darin Episode: "The Voice"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Diego Episode: "Lie to Me"
1999–2000 Action Adam Rafkin 13 episodes
2001 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Teller Episode: Fahrenheit 932
2001–2002 UC: Undercover Cody 11 episodes
2002 Andy Richter Controls the Universe Todd Episode: Relationship Ripcord
2004–2009 Monk Kevin Dorfman 6 episodes
2007 The Singles Table Adam Leventhal 2 episodes
2010 Important Things with Demetri Martin Bill Episode: "2"
2011 Allen Gregory Announcer/Brian (voice) 2 episodes
2015 The Grinder Pincus Episode: "A Hero Has Fallen"
2021–present Chad Charles 3 episodes

Writer

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Year Title Notes
1998–2003 Stargate SG-1 4 episodes
2005–2007 Living with Fran 6 episodes
2008 Yes Man
2011 Allen Gregory Creator; 4 episodes
2015 The D Train
2015 The Grinder Creator; 2 episodes

References

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