Biography - Josh Pais

Who is Josh Pais?

Josh Pais is an actor by profession and an American by nationality. He is best known for starring in the films Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I Saw the Light, Music of the Heart, and the TV series Ray Donovan, The Dropout.

Josh Pais – Age, Parents, Siblings

Josh Pais was born on June 21, 1958, in New York City, New York, USA, as Joshua Atwill Pais. His mother, Lila Lee (née Atwill), worked as a painter and poet, and his father, Abraham Pais, was a famous Dutch-born physicist and professor.

Although the information on his siblings is limited, he might have a brother(s) and/or sister(s). His father’s first wife is Jeanne, whom he met while both had been arrested by the Gestapo during World War II, and his third wife is Lila Lee Atwil.

Education, Ethnicity

The educational history of Josh Pais is lacking.

His ethnicity includes Ashkenazi Jewish, Irish, German, and Swiss.

Josh Pais – Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Divorce

Josh Pais married his girlfriend, Lisa Emery, on August 27, 1990.  Emery is also an actress best known for starring in the Netflix series Ozark as Darlene Snell. They had two children together before divorcing in 2003. One of their sons, Zane Pais, is an actor.

Currently, he is married to entrepreneur Marie Forleo, who is the host of MarieTV & The Marie Forleo Podcast. They had first met in the West Village, where they had signed up for a course that took place in the Andes Mountains in Chile. They began dating in late February 2003 and married in 2006. He and his wife do not have any children together.

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Josh Pais – Career

Early Days

Pais’s debut screen role was in an episode of The Cosby Show (1988) as Andy. He went on to star in the films Jacknife (1989), How to Be Louise (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) as Raphael, I'm Not Rappaport (1996), Rounders (1998), Music of the Heart (1999), among others and in episodes of the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997-1998), Sex and the City (1998), etc.

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Films, TV Series

Since the year 2000, Josh Pais has portrayed characters in the episode(s) of TV series The Job (2001), Phone Booth (2002), Hope & Faith (2004), The Sopranos (2006), The Bronx Is Burning (2007), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2003-2007), Law & Order (1990-2009), Michael & Michael Have Issues (2009), 2 Broke Girls (2012), The Good Wife (2014), Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2015), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000-2016), Ray Donovan (2013-2019), Mrs. Fletcher (2009), Younger (2015-2021), The Dropout (2000), Power Book III (2024-2025), etc.

Moreover, he has also appeared in the films Scream 3 (2000), The Reality Trap (2005), Watching the Detectives (2007), Assassination of a High School President (2008), The Family Fang (2015), and Joker (2019), to name a few.

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Co-stars

On the set of The Dropout, Josh Pais has worked with Shaun J. Brown, Naveen Andrews, Nicky Endres, Elizabeth Marvel, and Dylan Minnette.

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Josh Pais – Net Worth, Salary

The figure on the net worth and annual salary of Josh Pais is under review and will be updated.

Josh Pais – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, Pais is followed by thousands of followers and counting.

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