---
name: "Paul Raci"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-raci"
fi1m_id: "paul-raci"
imdb_id: "nm0705152"
tmdb_id: 1216195
wikidata_id: "Q104398242"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 April 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T01:34:13.880127+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paul Raci

## Identity

Paul Raci

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-raci
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-raci
- **IMDb ID:** nm0705152
- **TMDB ID:** 1216195
- **Wikidata ID:** Q104398242
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Raci, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104398242, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705152/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216195

Actor. Born 7 April 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 April 1948, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Raci, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104398242, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705152/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216195

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Sing Sing*](https://film.one/film/sing-sing.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Sound of Metal*](https://film.one/film/sound-of-metal.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Paul Raci is an American character actor known for work in film, television and theatre. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was raised as the hearing son of deaf parents and is fluent in American Sign Language. He served as a Hospital Corpsman in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War.

Raci received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Joe in *Sound of Metal* (2020). His other credits include *Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story* (1993), *Parks and Recreation* (2009) and *Sing Sing* (2024), in which he plays Brent Buell.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Sing Sing* (2024), Fi1m 84, as Brent Buell — [page](https://film.one/film/sing-sing.md)
- *Sound of Metal* (2020), Fi1m 84, as Joe — [page](https://film.one/film/sound-of-metal.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mirrors* (2025), as Tony
- *Sing Sing* (2024), as Brent Buell — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/sing-sing.md)
- *The Secret Art of Human Flight* (2024), as Mealworm
- *This Is Me…Now* (2024), as Group Leader
- *The Mother* (2023), as Jons
- *Butcher's Crossing* (2023), as McDonald
- *Sound of Metal* (2020), as Joe — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/sound-of-metal.md)
- *Perry Mason* (2020), series, as Lydell McCutcheon — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/perry-mason.md)
- *Goliath* (2016), series, as Dwight
- *Baskets* (2016), series, as Bart / Peter Gabriel's Drummer
- *No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie* (2013), as Rudy Gold
- *She Wants Me* (2012), as Paparazzi
- *Switched at Birth* (2011), series, as Interpreter
- *Rizzoli & Isles* (2010), series, as Apartment Manager
- *Parks and Recreation* (2009), series, as Eugene — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/parks-and-recreation.md)
- *Free Radio* (2008), series, as Homeless Man
- *Life* (2007), series, as Scruffy Man
- *Heroes* (2006), series, as Ernie the Weasel — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md)
- *Fighting Tommy Riley* (2005), as Bob Silver
- *10-8: Officers on Duty* (2003), series, as Manager
- *Las Vegas* (2003), series, as Kenny Roman
- *Scrubs* (2001), series, as Drunk Guy
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Lie Detector Operator
- *The Visitor* (1997), series, as Dark Grey Suit
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Ralph 'Spinny' Spinaci
- *The Glimmer Man* (1996), as Internal Affairs Agent #1
- *ER* (1994), series, as Mr. Spencer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story* (1993), as Bad Guy
- *Æon Flux* (1991), series, as Onan / Tweeka
- *Smoothtalker* (1990), as Perry
- *Rent-a-Cop* (1987), as Waiter
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as INS Agent Gruber
- *Lady Blue* (1985), series, Actor
- *Not Dead Yet*, as Cy

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2021: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Sound of Metal*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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