Jay Paulson

{{short description|American actor}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox person |image= |birth_name=  |birth_place=New York City, U.S. |occupation=Film, television actor }}

'''Jay Paulson''' is an American actor and poet.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Jay Paulson |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbb86838b |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705162843/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbb86838b |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Jay Paulson |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jay-paulson/credits/3000396290/ |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Paulson was born in New York City.<ref name=":1" />

==Career==

Paulson's first major television role was a regular recurring role as Zoe's boyfriend, Sean, on the comedy ''Cybill''. He appeared in ten episodes of Season 2 and returned for a couple of episodes of Season 3.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Paulson starred in the film ''Rust Creek'' and ''Rolling Kansas''. He also appeared in other films, including ''Go'', ''Can't Hardly Wait'', and ''Imaginary Heroes''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

He is known for his work as Don Draper's long lost brother Adam Whitman on the AMC series ''Mad Men''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

He played Chaplain Tappman in George Clooney's remake of ''Catch-22''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

He is a frequent collaborator of Gerry Fialka and has appeared in his two films, 'The Brother Side of the Wake' and 'The Mother Side of the Wake', both of which were produced by Bruno Kohfield-Galeano.

== Filmography ==

===Film=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1997 |''Academy Boyz'' |Kirk McCormick | |- |1998 |''Permanent Midnight'' |Phoenix Punk | |- |1999 |''Go'' |Loop | |- |1999 |''Total Stranger'' |Alan | |- |1999 |''Dancing with Agnes'' |Vern |Short |- |2002 |''Waiting River'' |Waki | |- |2003 |''Rolling Kansas'' |Dave Murphy | |- |2004 |''Burning Annie'' |Sam | |- |2004 |''Imaginary Heroes'' |Vern | |- |2004 |''Honor Among Thieves'' |Cash |Short |- |2005 |''Partner(s)'' |John | |- |2006 |''In Memory of Rusty'' |James Von Carmen |Short |- |2007 |''Cul de Sac'' |Stuart | |- |2009 |''{{sortname|The|Marc Pease Experience}}'' |Gerry | |- |2011 |''Red & Blue Marbles'' |Ron | |- |2012 |''Black Rock'' |Derek | |- |2013 |''Lucky Bastard'' |Dave G. | |- |2018 |''Rust Creek'' |Lowell Pritchert | |- |2019 |''The Laundromat'' |Pastor Conners | |- |2023 |''Killers of the Flower Moon'' |Car Salesman | |- |2023 |''Knox Goes Away'' |Detective Gelfuso | |- |}

===Television=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1995–96 |''Cybill'' |Sean |Recurring role (seasons 2–3) |- |1997 |''NYPD Blue'' |Sam DePaul |"Three Girls and a Baby" |- |1997 |''Just Shoot Me!'' |Kit |"Sweet Charity" |- |1999 |''{{sortname|The|Apartment Complex}}'' |Bones |TV film |- |1999 |''Anna Says'' |Donnie |TV series |- |2000 |''Battery Park'' |Det. Carl Zernial |Main role |- |2001 |''{{sortname|The|Invisible Man|The Invisible Man (2000 TV series)}}'' |Jeffries |"Perchance to Dream" |- |2001 |''Bob Patterson'' |Les |"Pilot" |- |2001 |''Kristin'' |Richie |"The Showdown" |- |2005 |''{{sortname|The|West Wing}}'' |Roger |"King Corn" |- |2005 |''Blue Skies'' |Matthew |TV film |- |2006 |''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' |Deputy Roger Boone |"Nevada Day: Parts 1 & 2" |- |2007 |''Mad Men'' |Adam Whitman |"5G", "Indian Summer" |- |2007–08 |''October Road'' |Philip Farmer |Main role |- |2008 |''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' |Leo Finley / Dean James |"A Thousand Days on Earth" |- |2010 |''Happy Town'' |Eli 'Root Beer' Rogers |Main role |- |2011 |''Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior'' |Marcus Lee Graham |"Lonely Hearts" |- |2011 |''Castle'' |Eddie McUsic |"Law & Murder" |- |2011 |''Identity'' |Jose Rodriguez |TV film |- |2012 |''Mad Men'' |Adam Whitman |"The Phantom" |- |2012 |''Bones'' |Seth Zalinsky |"The But in the Joke" |- |2013 |''Longmire'' |Cal Weston |"The Great Spirit" |- |2013 |''{{sortname|The|Glades|The Glades (TV series)}}'' |Carl Stewart |"Civil War" |- |2014 |''Major Crimes'' |Dr. Frank Wilshaw |"Zoo Story" |- |2014 |''Bleach'' |Alan Barnes |TV film |- |2015 |''Zoo'' |Leo Butler |"Blame It on Leo" |- |2015 |''{{sortname|The|Whispers|The Whispers (TV series)}}'' |Thomas Harcourt |"A Hollow Man", "Broken Child" |- |2016 |''Turn: Washington's Spies'' |Elias |"Blade on the Feather" |- |2016 |''Lopez'' |Josh Banks |"George Gets Roasted", "George Goes All In" |- |2016 |''Scorpion'' |Connor |"Sly and the Family Stone" |- |2017 |''Grimm'' |Randy Goode |"Blind Love" |- |2018 |''Electric Dreams'' |Rev. Perine |"Autofac" |- |2018 |''Beyond'' |Edgar |Recurring role (season 2) |- |2019 |''I Am the Night'' |Ohls |TV miniseries |- |2019 |''Catch-22'' |Chaplain Tappman |Main role (4 episodes) |- |2020 |''The George Lucas Talk Show'' |Himself |''Stu-D2 1138 on the Binary Sunset Sith''<br /><br />(Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip marathon) |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links==

*[https://www.jaypaulson.art jaypaulson.art]

*{{IMDb name|0667350|Jay Paulson}}

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