Family
- father Marvin Paymer: divorced from Paymer's mother in 1973
- mother Sylvia Paymer: from Belgium; divorced from Paymer's father in 1973
- brother Steve Paymer: born September 28, 1951; collaborator with Paymer; co-producer on the sitcoms "Mad About You", "Madman of the People" and "The Single Guy"; regular on sitcom "Boston Common"
- daughter Emily Paymer: born in 1994
