Paul Soter is an American actor, writer, and director, and one of the members of the Broken Lizard

Broken Lizard

Broken Lizard is an American comedy troupe, consisting of five friends, best known for its films, including Super Troopers and Beerfest. Its five members are Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske. They collaborate on the screen-writing, acting and...

 comedy group. As a child, he lived in Sacramento, Anchorage, Phoenix, and Denver. He graduated from Colgate University

Colgate University

Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...

 and was a member of the Beta Theta Pi

Beta Theta Pi

Beta Theta Pi , often just called Beta, is a social collegiate fraternity that was founded in 1839 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA, where it is part of the Miami Triad which includes Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Chi. It has over 138 active chapters and colonies in the United States and Canada...

 fraternity. He was also part of the troupe Charred Goosebeak while there, with the other Lizards.

Filmography

Director

• Watching the Detectives
  Watching the Detectives
  Watching the Detectives is a 2007 romantic comedy film written and directed by Paul Soter. The film stars Cillian Murphy as the film geek owner of an independent video rental store whose life is turned upside down when femme fatale Lucy Liu comes into his life.The film, which played film festivals...
  
  (2007)

Actor

• Puddle Cruiser
  Puddle Cruiser
  Puddle Cruiser is a 1996 comedy film, the first full-length film created by the Broken Lizard comedy group. It was shown at the Sundance Film Festival. The movie was filmed entirely on the campus of Colgate University...
  
  (1996) - Matt (with Broken Lizard)
• Super Troopers
  Super Troopers
  Super Troopers is a 2001 crime-comedy film directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, written by and starring the Broken Lizard comedy group . Marisa Coughlan, Daniel von Bargen and Brian Cox co-star while Lynda Carter has a cameo appearance...
  
  (2001) - Jeff Foster (with Broken Lizard)
• Club Dread
  Club Dread
  Club Dread is a 2004 comedy horror film written by the comedy group Broken Lizard, who also created Super Troopers...
  
  (2004) - Dave (with Broken Lizard)
• The Dukes of Hazzard
  The Dukes of Hazzard (film)
  The Dukes of Hazzard is a 2005 comedy film based on the American television series of the same name. The film was directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and released on August 5, 2005 by Warner Bros. Pictures...
  
  (2005) - Rick Shakely
• Beerfest
  Beerfest
  Beerfest is a 2006 beer-themed comedy film by the comedy group Broken Lizard. Along with the regular members of Broken Lizard, other actors who appear in the movie include Will Forte, M. C. Gainey, Cloris Leachman, Kendra C...
  
  (2006) - Jan Wolfhouse (with Broken Lizard)
• The Slammin' Salmon
  The Slammin' Salmon
  The Slammin' Salmon is a 2009 film by Broken Lizard. The film is about the owner of a restaurant initiating a contest to see which of his waiters can earn the most money in a single night, with a prize of $10,000. The loser receives a "beat down" by the owner, Cleon Salmon, a former heavyweight boxer...
  
  (2009) - Donnie/Dave (with Broken Lizard)
• Super Troopers 2 (2011) - Jeff Foster (with Broken Lizard)

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