Raye Birk is an American film and television actor famous for playing the role of Papshmir in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, and Naked Gun 33¹⁄₃: The Final Insult. Other film credits include A Serious Man, North County, Sweet Land, Factotum, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Doc Hollywood.

Television credits include Atticus Dunn on USA’s Silk Stalkings, Riley Pringle on ABC’s Coach, Judge Steven Lang on NBC’s L.A. Law, Walt Twitchell on NBC’s Cheers, and Mr. Diperna on ABC’s The Wonder Years.

Theatre credits include Francis Nurse in The Crucible, Brabantio in Othello, Antonio in Much Ado About Nothing, Shepherd in The Winter’s Tale, Doctor in A Streetcar Named Desire, Duncan in Macbeth, Tobias in A Delicate Balance, Briggs/Others in Jane Eyre, Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Stephen Hopkins in 1776, and Shylock/Balthazar in The Merchant of Venice (Guthrie Theater).