Jay Paulson

Acting

Jay Paulson

Born 1978-05-29 · New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph Andrew "Jay" Hughes Paulson (born in St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, on May 29, 1978) is an American actor. Jay graduated UCLA in 2001 with B.A. in History and is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio. He also ran the 22nd Annual Los Angeles Marathon in 4:50:13, March 4, 2007. He is a practicing Theravadin Buddhist. He is also a vegan and is married to Courtney Paulson née Kohl, July 19, 2008. They have a son, Leland "Lee" Kohl Paulson born July 17, 2009.

Acting credits

Killers of the Flower Moon poster
7.4

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023

The Laundromat poster
6.0

When a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers in Panama who hide cash for the superrich.

The Laundromat

2019

Knox Goes Away poster
7.0

A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son. But to do so, he must race against the police closing in on him as well as the ticking clock of his own rapidly deteriorating mind.

Knox Goes Away

2024

Can't Hardly Wait poster
6.3

It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance.

Can't Hardly Wait

1998

Go poster
7.0

A supermarket clerk decides to step in for an absent drug dealer, setting off an explosive, comedic chain of events.

Go

1999

Rust Creek poster
6.3

When an overachieving college senior makes a wrong turn, her road trip becomes a life-changing fight for survival in rural Kentucky.

Rust Creek

2019

Permanent Midnight poster
5.9

Juggling increasing career success and a growing heroin habit, a television comedy writer attempts to go down a path of improvement.

Permanent Midnight

1998

The Marc Pease Experience poster
4.4

Former high school musical star, Marc Pease, finds himself still living in the past, eight years after graduating.

The Marc Pease Experience

2009

Imaginary Heroes poster
6.5

Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the following year unfolds, each member of his family struggles to recover from the tragedy with mixed results.

Imaginary Heroes

2004

The Apartment Complex poster
5.8

A psychology graduate student becomes embroiled in a murder mystery after he takes a job as manager of Wonder View Apartments.

The Apartment Complex

1999

Trial by Fire poster
5.5

A high-school teacher tries to help one of her troubled male students, who misinterprets her interest.

Trial by Fire

1995

Black Rock poster
4.8

Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.

Black Rock

2012

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4.5

Set in 1972, and inspired by real events, Academy Boyz is the story of a scholarship program that brought inner-city boys to America's finest boarding school.

Academy Boyz

1997

Stranger in My House poster
4.3

A middle-aged woman takes on a young female tenant to help pay her debts, but gets a lot more than she bargains for when the girl starts to act very strangely indeed . . .

Stranger in My House

1999

Lucky Bastard poster
4.1

Lucky Bastard is a "found footage" thriller about a porn website run by Mike (Don McManus) that invites fans to have sex with porn stars. Jay Paulson plays Dave, an eager young fan given a chance to have sex with the fabulous Ashley Saint (Betsy Rue). But everyone gets more than they bargained for in the seemingly mild-mannered Dave... with gruesome results. The film is captured by the "Lucky Bastard" porn cameras for a fresh take on the "found footage" genre

Lucky Bastard

2014

Partner(s) poster
6.0

An enterprising lawyer, acting on a report that a female colleague is up to make partner, plays up the established rumor that he's gay in order to better his chances at edging out his competition.

Partner(s)

2005

Rolling Kansas poster
5.6

A group of friends go on a journey to a secret marijuana forest in Kansas.

Rolling Kansas

2003

Burning Annie poster
3.0

Romantic-comedy about a college student obsessed with "Annie Hall" who is just shaking off his addiction when he meets the modern version of Annie herself.

Burning Annie

2007