<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1986--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> 1 (adopted) </Td> </Tr> <P> William Garson Paszamant (born February 20, 1964) is an American actor . He has appeared in over 75 films, and more than 300 TV episodes . He is known for playing Stanford Blatch on the HBO series Sex and the City and in the related films Sex and the City and Sex and the City 2, and for his role as Mozzie, in the USA Network series White Collar from 2009 to 2014 . He appears on Hawaii Five - 0 as Gerard Hirsch . </P> <P> Garson was born in Highland Park, New Jersey, the son of Muriel (née Schwartz) and Donald M. Paszamant . Garson is Jewish . He attended Camp Wekeela in Hartford, Maine as a child for 11 years . In 1985, he received a theater degree from Wesleyan University and also attended Yale Drama School . </P>

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