Jay Paulson

Jay Paulson is an actor who got his start in school plays after missing a bus in ninth grade and being persuaded to try out for the school play. He acted in middle school and high school productions before a talent manager spotted him in Once in a Lifetime. His first major television part was Sean on Cybill, a series regular role he held for two years, and he went on to play Carl Zernial in Battery Park. He also made guest appearances on Studio 60, The West Wing, NYPD Blue, and Just Shoot Me, and worked with Christopher Guest on a Kellogg's Frosted Flakes campaign. Born in New York City, he moved to Los Angeles in 1984. His film work includes Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Rolling Kansas (2003), which premiered at Sundance, and Imaginary Heroes (2004), in which he appeared with Sigourney Weaver. He graduated from UCLA with a bachelor's degree in history.