Greenberg, Paul

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Greenberg, Paul

(Paul A. Greenberg, Paul Ari Greenberg)

PERSONAL

Full name, Paul Ari Greenberg; married Jackie Harris (an actress).

Addresses: Agent—International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Manager—Karen Evans, Karen Evans Management, 1036 South Curson Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90019.

Career: Actor, voice performer, producer, and writer. Worked as a stand-up comedian. Appeared in advertisements. Provided the voice of Ooblar for Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast (also known as Jimmy Neutron Adventures), a theme park attraction at Universal Studios Florida, beginning 2003.

Awards, Honors: Gemini Award nomination, best writing in a comedy or variety program or series, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1995, for The Vacant Lot.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Multiple roles, The Vacant Lot, CBC, 1994.

Multiple roles, The Jenny McCarthy Show, MTV, 1997–98.

Multiple roles, Random Play, VH1, 1999.

Multiple roles, BSTV, VH1, 2005.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Hospital attendant, Ghost Mom (also known as Bury Me in Niagara), Fox, 1993.

Davy Jones, Growing Up Brady, NBC, 2000.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Multiple roles, Dan Redican Comedy Hour (originally intended as a series called Sammy the Elephant Show; edited to create a special), CBC, 1994.

Voice of Prissypeo, Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle (short; also known as Thumb Wars), UPN, 1999.

Multiple roles, The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour, ABC, 2004.

Himself, Comedy Central Thanxgiveaway: Holiday Parade from Hell, MN, Comedy Central, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Voice of Barno, "Bad Company," The Wild Thornberrys (animated; also known as The Thornberrys), Nickelodeon, 1998.

(As Paul Ari Greenberg) Yuppie, "The Stalker," Stark Raving Mad, NBC, 1999.

Dinner guest, "Porno Gil," Curb Your Enthusiasm (also known as Curb), HBO, 2000.

Himself, Premium Blend, Comedy Central, 2000.

Shempy vampire, "Bargaining: Part 1," Buffy the Vampire Slayer (also known as BtVS, Buffy, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Series), UPN, 2001.

One of the Ten Comedymandments, Late Friday, NBC, 2001.

Various voices, Invader ZIM (animated), Nickelodeon, episodes from 2001 through 2006.

Voice of Brobot, "Brobot/The Big Pinch," The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (animated), Nickelodeon, 2002.

Voice of Ooblar, "The Eggpire Strikes Back," The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (animated), Nickelodeon, 2003.

Various voices, "Evil Things Come in Small Packages," Stripperella (animated; also known as Stan Lee's "Stripperella"), Spike TV, 2004.

Voice of Brobot, "The Junkman Cometh," The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (animated), Nickelodeon, 2004.

(In archive footage) Dinner guest, "The End," Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO, 2005.

Scott Greenberg, "Released from Prison," Reno 911!, Comedy Central, 2005.

Scott Greenberg, "Revenge of Mike Powers," Reno 911!, Comedy Central, 2005.

Voice of Brobot, "The League of Villains," The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (animated), Nickelodeon, 2005.

Interview client, "Burke Makes a Friend," Lovespring International, Lifetime, 2006.

(As Paul A. Greenberg) Scott Greenberg, "The Investigation Continues," Reno 911!, Comedy Central, 2006.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Multiple roles, The Jenny McCarthy Show, MTV, 1997.

Associated with the pilot Party at the Greenbergs, VH1.

Television Work; Series:

Creative consultant and story consultant, Viva la Bam, MTV, c. 2003–2005.

Coproducer, Blue Collar TV, The WB, 2004–2005.

Producer, The Reality Show, MTV, 2005.

Producer, Party @ the Palms (also known as Party at the Palms and Party @ the Palms with Jenny McCarthy), E! Entertainment Television, beginning c. 2005.

Television Work; Specials:

Coproducer, Boyz in the Woodz, The WB, 2004.

Consultant, Comedy Central's "Last Laugh '05" (also known as Last Laugh '05), Comedy Central, 2005.

Television Work; Awards Presentations:

Consultant, 2005 MTV Movie Awards (also known as The 2005 MTV Movie Awards), MTV, 2005.

Consultant, 2006 MTV Movie Awards (also known as The 2006 MTV Movie Awards), MTV, 2006.

Film Appearances:

Candles, Show and Mistletoe (short film), 1993.

Skittish student, Tommy Boy, Paramount, 1995.

Bar waiter, As Good as It Gets (also known as Old Friends), Sony Pictures Entertainment/TriStar, 1997.

Frito Calzone, The Godson, Sterling Home Entertainment, 1998.

Voice of second fry kid, The Wacky Adventures of Donald McDonald: Scared Silly (animated), Klasky-Csupo, 1998.

Blue Jay and ritzy woman, Bat Thumb (short film), Image Entertainment, 2001.

Voice of guard, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (animated), Paramount, 2001.

The Godthumb (short film), SPO, Inc., 2001.

Voices of captain, lice checker, and steward on Lovely Ship, Thumbtanic (short film), Image Entertainment, 2002.

Voices of pirate and thumb lady with baby, The Blair Thumb (short film), Image Entertainment, 2002.

Paul, Soul Mates (short film), 2003.

Voices of sleeping ant, various head lice, and Brett, The Ant Bully (animated), Warner Bros., 2006.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

Voices of Geary and Pura, Crash Nitro Kart, VU Gams, 2003.

Voice of generic human enemy, EverQuest II, Sony Online Entertainment, 2004.

WRITINGS

Teleplays; with Others; Series:

The Vacant Lot, CBC, 1994.

Random Play, VH1, 1999.

Teleplays; with Others; Specials:

Boyz in the Woodz, The WB, 2004.

The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour, ABC, 2004.

Burt Flu: The Bird with Bird Flu (short), Comedy Central, 2005.

Teleplays; with Others; Awards Presentations:

2005 MTV Movie Awards (also known as The 2005 MTV Movie Awards), MTV, 2005.

2006 MTV Movie Awards (also known as The 2006 MTV Movie Awards), MTV, 2006.

Teleplays; with Others; Episodic:

"The Science Fair," Maniac Mansion, Family Channel and YTV (Canada), 1992.

(Story) "The Catevari," Invisible Man (also known as I-Man), Sci-Fi Channel, 2000.

As Told by Ginger (animated), Nickelodeon, episodes beginning c. 2000.

Jackass, MTV, episodes beginning c. 2000.

Yvon of the Yukon (animated), YTV, episodes beginning c. 2000.

"The Yak and the Hat," Yakkity Yak (animated), Nickelodeon, 2003.

Blue Collar TV, The WB, episodes beginning c. 2004.

Screenplays; with Others:

The Godthumb (short film; based on the novel The Godfather and the Godfather films), SPO, Inc., 2001.

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