Ginsberg has been active in the theater community since performing in both '' The American Clock '' and '' The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui '' . He spent three seasons at the Williamstown Theatre Festival where he met friend and mentor Olympia Dukakis . The two have worked together on a number of plays over the last twenty years including '' Mother Courage '' and '' The Cherry Orchard '' . In 2015 , an " excellent Maury Ginsburg " appeared in the Off Broadway Cherry Lane Theater 's " Laugh it Up , Stare it Down " , playing a series of different characters that impact the protagonists ' lives . In 2016 , he appeared in the Pulitzer Prize winning play , '' Disgraced '' , at The Cincinnati Playhouse . The Cincinnati Gazette described his work as " distinctive and outstanding " , '' The Cincinnati Enquirer '' referred to it as " superb " . In 2019 , on the heels of the Tree of Life synagogue incident in Pittsburgh , Ginsberg performed in Paula Vogel ’s '' Indecent '' at the Pittsburgh Public Theater . The Pittsburgh Current described his performance as “ the foundational center of this production playing Lemml with a power as quiet as it is electrifying . ” He appeared in many other plays including '' The Lion in Winter '' , '' The Substance of Fire '' , '' Freedomland '' , '' Intimate Apparel '' , and '' The Underpants '' . Erin Morrison Fortunato of the '' Rochester City Newspaper '' said of the play The Underpants , " Maury Ginsberg 's neurotic , nearly Woody Allen-esque portrayal of Cohen , a hypochondriac geek with spastic tendencies , is the standout . One ca n't help but feel for this socially backwards introvert while at the same time hating him for preventing Louise from reaching sexual satisfaction with Versati . " Ginsberg has made guest appearances in several TV shows since 1995 . He first appeared in '' Murphy Brown '' as Scuz in 1995 . In 1996 he played a hippie also named Maury Ginsberg in " Death Wish " , an episode of '' Star Trek : Voyager '' . The following year he made a guest appearance on two episodes of '' Friends '' in " The One Where Ross and Rachael Take a Break " and " The One the Morning After " as Isaac , the copy shop clerk . From 1998-1999 he played the recurring role of Kamen on '' Two Guys , a Girl and a Pizza Place '' opposite Ryan Reynolds and Nathan Fillion . He has appeared in many episodes of '' Law & Order '' , '' Law & Order : Special Victims Unit '' and '' Law & Order : Criminal Intent '' . Additional TV appearances include '' NYPD Blue '' , '' Without a Trace '' , '' Joan of Arcadia '' , '' House of Cards '' , '' Blue Bloods '' , '' Damages '' and '' Louie '' , among others . More recent appearances include episodes of '' The Blacklist '' , '' Madam Secretary '' , '' Elementary '' , '' What We Do in the Shadows '' and '' Jessica Jones ''
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