Paul Parducci is an American actor, film director, writer and producer. As a television and film actor he is best known for playing edgy authority figures and blue collar heroes on shows like Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...

and NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...

and films like Hitman's Run

Hitman's Run

Hitman's Run is a 1999 film directed by Mark L. Lester.-Plot:A former mob hitman, now in witness protection, is forced to come out of retirement when his family is threatened by his cohorts. He teams up with a skateboarding kid, who has a computer disk that the mob wants to get their hands on that...

. As a writer and director he displays a recurrent focus on communication and desperation. His visual style is best seen in shadowy, internal, films like House Jesus,and element as well as the creepy art house Thriller EVP. When he does comedy it tends to be obsessive and emotionally charged like Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....

's The Uncle Paul Show and the Noirish The Interview. His films usually include sound designs featuring industrial noise and degraded audio elements. He is also the creator and star of the popular comedy mobisode Nightmare Boss.

Selected Director Filmography

• The Interview (2000)
• Uncle Joe's Garage (2001)
• EVP (2003)
• House Jesus (2004)
• Nightmare Boss (2006)
• element (2007)
• Eight Ball (2007)
• Bad Mommy (2008)
• The Drowning Project (2009)

Selected Actor Filmography

• A Gun, A Car, A Blonde
• The Bernie Mac Show
  The Bernie Mac Show
  The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom featuring comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana and Vanessa. The show aired for five seasons , concluding with a half-hour series finale on Fox....
  
  
• Bones
  Bones (TV series)
  Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...
  
   (2006)
• Cold Case
• Dr. Vegas
  Dr. Vegas
  Dr. Vegas is a television drama starring Rob Lowe and Joe Pantoliano that ran on CBS in 2004. It aired in Ireland on TG4, and on Challenge in the UK as part of its "Player" gambling strand. In Slovakia, Markíza began airing the show on February 20, 2008....
  
   (2005)
• Drake & Josh
  Drake & Josh
  Drake & Josh is an American sitcom that premiered on the Nickelodeon television network on January 11, 2004, which follows the lives of two stepbrothers. It stars Drake Bell and Josh Peck as stepbrothers Drake Parker and Josh Nichols, respectively. Both actors had played roles in The Amanda Show,...
  
   (2006)
• Desperate Housewives
  Desperate Housewives
  Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...
  
  (2005)
• Good Burger
  Good Burger
  Good Burger is a 1997 American comedy film by Tollin/Robbins Productions and Nickelodeon Movies, released by Paramount Pictures, directed by Brian Robbins, and starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell...
  
  
• Home Improvement
  Home Improvement
  Home Improvement is an American television sitcom starring Tim Allen, that aired from September 17, 1991 to May 25, 1999. The show was created by Matt Williams, Carmen Finestra and David McFadzean. In the 1990s, it was one of the most watched sitcoms in the American market, winning many awards...
  
  
• Hitman's Run
  Hitman's Run
  Hitman's Run is a 1999 film directed by Mark L. Lester.-Plot:A former mob hitman, now in witness protection, is forced to come out of retirement when his family is threatened by his cohorts. He teams up with a skateboarding kid, who has a computer disk that the mob wants to get their hands on that...
  
  
• The Uncle Paul Show
• JAG
  JAG
  JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...
  
  
• Jak & Daxter
• Just Shoot Me
• Will & Grace
  Will & Grace
  Will & Grace was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998 to May 18, 2006 for a total of eight seasons. Will & Grace remains the most successful television series with gay principal characters...
  
  
• Mad About You
  Mad About You
  Mad About You is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992 to May 24, 1999. The show starred Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a newly married couple in New York City. Reiser played Paul Buchman, a documentary film maker. Hunt played Jamie Stemple Buchman, a public relations specialist...
  
  
• Nightmare Boss (2006)
• NYPD Blue
  NYPD Blue
  NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
  
  
• Switchback
• Sinatra Club (2010)
• The Unknown Cyclist

External links

• Paul Parducci's Blog
• Paul Parducci as Nightmare Boss - Youtube video