Early life

Ben-Victor was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Leah Kornfeld, a playwright, and Victor Friedman.

Career

Ben-Victor debuted on the small screen in 1987 in the television film Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife and on an episode of Cagney & Lacey. 15 years after beginning his television career with bit parts, he was cast in important roles on HBO dramas The Wire (as mobster Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos) and Entourage, as well as making a 2006 appearance as Coach Lou on My Name Is Earl. He portrayed Moe Howard in the 2000 television film The Three Stooges.

Ben-Victor has been featured on many television cop dramas like Monk and CSI, and also had a recurring role as two-bit con man Steve Richards on three episodes of NYPD Blue from 1994 to 1997. He has co-written stage plays with his mother, including Club Soda and The Good Steno.

Ben-Victor had a starring role in the Sci-Fi channel television show The Invisible Man, alongside Vincent Ventresca. The two later guest starred together on the hit TV show Las Vegas. They were reunited again on an episode of the new USA Network series In Plain Sight ("Hoosier Daddy"), on which Ben-Victor has a supporting role.

In 2008, Ben-Victor had a supporting role in the film Clear Lake, WI. In August 2008, he co-starred in Coma, a web series on Crackle.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	The Rookie	Little Felix
1991	Body Parts	Ray Kolberg
1992	Cool World	Valet
1993	Tombstone	Florentino "Indian Charlie" Cruz
1993	True Romance	Luca
1994	Red Scorpion 2	Vince D'Angelo
1995	Houseguest	Pauly Gasperini
1995	Bushwhacked	Dana's Father
1996	Maximum Risk	Agent Pellman
1997	Metro	Clarence Tea
1998	Point Blank	Howard
1998	A Civil Action	Bobby Pasqueriella
1999	The Corruptor	Schabacker
2000	Drowning Mona	Deputy Tony Carlucci
2000	Gun Shy	Howard
2003	Daredevil	Jose Quesada
2006	Randy and The Mob	Franco
2009	Clear Lake, WI	Sheriff Joe Dietzer
2010	Should've Been Romeo	Joey
2012	Mighty Fine	Bobby
2013	Don Jon	Priest
2013	Once Upon a Time in Queens	Vinnie Nero
2013	Grudge Match	Lou Camare
2014	By the Gun	Vincent Tortano
2014	Friends and Romans	Dennis Socio
2015	Get Hard	Gayle
2016	Love Is All You Need?	Principal Birdsell

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	The X-Files	Dr. Aaron Monte	Episode: "Tooms"
1996	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Carney / Man on Stilts	Episodes: "Baby It's You" & "Monsters Are Fun"
1994-1997	NYPD Blue	Steve Richards	2 episodes
1998	Brooklyn South		Episode: "Skel in a Cell"
1999	Early Edition	Elliot Rosenfield	Episode: "Funny Valentine"
2000	The Invisible Man	Bobby Hobbes	46 episodes
2000	The Three Stooges	Moe Howard	Television film
2003-2008	The Wire	Spiros Vondas	14 episodes
2005	Monk	Al Nicoletto
2005-2008	Entourage	Alan Gray	7 episodes
2006	The Shield	Detective Paul Reyes
2006	My Name Is Earl	Coach Lou
2007	John from Cincinnati	Palaka	8 episodes
2008-2012	In Plain Sight	Stan McQueen
2009	Everybody Hates Chris	Thurman	7 episodes
2010	The Mentalist	Noah Landau
2011	Childrens Hospital	Spiros
2013	Vegas	Barry Silver	4 episodes
2013	Mob City	Jack Dragna	3 episodes
2013	Person of Interest	Detective Cameron	1 episode
2014	True Detective	Major Leroy Salter	1 episode
2014	Castle	Dino Scarpella	1 episode
2015	Allegiance	Special Agent Faber	5 episodes
2016	Vinyl	Maury Gold

[ Source: Wikipedia ]