Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer. He studied theater at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making his acting debut in 1991.
Rudd’s films include Clueless (1995), Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), The Object of My Affection (1998), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), This Is 40 (2012), Wanderlust (2012), Mute (2018), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), Ideal Home (2018), and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021). He also has played Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Ant-Man (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and the animated series What If…? (2021).
In addition to his film career, Rudd has appeared in numerous television shows, including the NBC sitcom Friends as Mike Hannigan, along with guest roles on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Reno 911! and Parks and Recreation, and has also hosted Saturday Night Live multiple times. He starred in a dual role in the Netflix comedy series Living with Yourself, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. He stars in the miniseries The Shrink Next Door (2021).
He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in July 2015. He was named as part of the Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2019. In 2021, Rudd was named People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive”.
Paul Rudd Biography / Wiki
| Name | Paul Rudd |
| Also Know | í´ ëŸ¬ë“œ, Пол Радд, Πολ Ραντ, Paul Stephen Rudd, ä¿ç½—·路德 |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Passaic, New Jersey, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1969-04-06 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 53 |
| Deathday |
Paul Rudd Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Shape of Things | Adam | 2003-01-01 | Quiet, unassuming Adam is changing in a major way, thanks to his new girlfriend, art student Evelyn. Adam’s friends are a little freaked by the transf… |
| Overnight Delivery | Wyatt Trips | 1998-04-07 | A man suspects his girlfriend of being unfaithful. So he sends her a letter, but than finds out that he was wrong. He has 24 hours to stop the package… |
| The Ten | Jeff Reigert | 2007-08-03 | Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments…. |
| The Oh in Ohio | Jack Chase | 2006-03-30 | Priscilla and Jack appear to be the perfect couple, but they have a secret: She is sexually frustrated. They separate in the hope of resolving the sit… |
| I Love You, Man | Peter Klaven | 2009-03-20 | Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that… |
| Wanderlust | George | 2012-02-23 | Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commun… |
| This Is 40 | Pete | 2012-12-20 | Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they’re on the verge of losing their hous… |
| Prince Avalanche | Alvin | 2013-02-13 | Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find t… |
| They Came Together | Joel | 2014-06-27 | A small business owner is about to lose her shop to a major corporate development…. |
| Ant-Man and the Wasp | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | 2018-07-04 | Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into… |
| Ant-Man | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | 2015-07-14 | Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mento… |
| Nerdland | John | 2016-12-06 | Aspiring actor John (Paul Rudd) and wannabe screenwriter Elliot (Patton Oswalt) are slacker best friends who have seen their dreams of stardom fizzle…. |
| Our Idiot Brother | Ned | 2011-08-26 | Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda … |
| The Fundamentals of Caring | Ben Benjamin | 2016-06-16 | Having suffered a tragedy, Ben becomes a caregiver to earn money. His first client, Trevor, is a hilarious 18-year-old with muscular dystrophy. One pa… |
| Diggers | Hunt | 2006-01-01 | Diggers is a coming-of-age story directed by Katherine Dieckmann. It portrays four working-class friends who grow up in The Hamptons, on the South Sho… |
| Ideal Home | Paul | 2018-06-21 | A couple is going through marital troubles made worse when a previously unknown grandson shows up…. |
| Picture Perfect | Photographer | 2011-12-15 | Theo Burkhardt’s first student film: a photographer falls for a girl he meets…. |
| The Official 2015 World Series Film | Narrator | 2015-12-01 | This official film from Major League Baseball presents the thrilling story of the 2015 World Series championship run of the Kansas City Royals through… |
| Twelfth Night | Orsino Duc d’Illyria | 1998-08-30 | Ah, summer! School is out, work slows down and passions heat up in the warm summer air. Theatrically speaking, it’s the perfect time for a sexy comedy… |
| Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | 2023-02-15 | Superhero duo Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne, together with Hope’s parents Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, find themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, i… |
| America’s Game: The 2019 Kansas City Chiefs | Super Bowl LIV | himself | Featuring in-depth interviews with Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Tyrann Mathieu, the 60-minute episode — the 54th of the series —… | |
| The Catcher Was a Spy | Moe Berg | 2018-06-22 | Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe…. |
| Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers | Tommy Doyle | 1995-09-29 | Six years ago, Michael Myers terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He and his niece, Jamie Lloyd, have disappeared. Jamie was kidnapped by a b… |
| How Do You Know | George | 2010-12-17 | After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triang… |
| I Could Never Be Your Woman | Adam | 2007-05-11 | This movie follows a mother who falls for a younger man while her daughter falls in love for the first time. Mother Nature messes with their fates…. |
| Role Models | Danny Donahue | 2008-11-07 | Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 servi… |
| Dinner for Schmucks | Tim Conrad | 2010-07-30 | Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim pla… |
| The Object of My Affection | George Hanson | 1998-04-17 | A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she’d rather raise her child with him, much… |
| Runaway Daughters | Jimmy Rusoff | 1994-08-12 | Angie, Mary, and Laura are teenage girls who are fed up with their bland and unexciting small town lives. Mary discovers that she’s pregnant after hav… |
| Admission | John Pressman | 2013-03-21 | Straitlaced Princeton University admissions officer, Portia Nathan is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school… |
| All Is Bright | Rene Upiter | 2013-09-10 | Two ne’er-do-wells from Quebec travel to New York City with a scheme to a get rich quick selling Christmas trees…. |
| Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush | Peter Klaven | 2011-01-31 | Two Rush fans go backstage to meet the band in their dressing room. Once there, they start helping themselves to the refreshments for the band. Short… |
| Mute | Cactus Bill | 2018-02-23 | A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a near-future Berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend…. |
| Knocked Up | Pete | 2007-06-01 | For fun loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tel… |
| The 40 Year Old Virgin | David | 2005-08-11 | Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there’s one thing Andy hasn… |
| Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Brian Fantana | 2004-06-28 | It’s the 1970s and San Diego anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that’s all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Cornin… |
| Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie | Brian Fantana | 2004-12-28 | While Ron Burgundy’s rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as ‘The Alarm Clock’ try to … |
| Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | Brian Fantana | 2013-12-18 | With the 70s behind him, San Diego’s top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York’s first 24-hour news channel by storm…. |
| The Great Gatsby | Nick Carraway | 2000-03-29 | Stock broker Nick Carraway consents to play Cupid for his rich married cousin Daisy Buchanan and her former love, nouveau riche Jay Gatsby…. |
| Bash: Latter-Day Plays | 2001-08-11 | The movie comprises three vignettes of actors-speaking-to-audience, two of which are monologues. All three revolve around violence or murder…. | |
| Adrienne | Self | 2021-11-14 | As the muse of Hal Hartley’s indie classics and as writer/director of the critically acclaimed Waitress, Adrienne Shelly was a shining star in the i… |
| Clueless | Josh Lucas | 1995-07-19 | Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school’s pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first … |
| Over Her Dead Body | Henry | 2008-02-01 | After his fiancée, Kate, dies in an accident on their wedding day, veterinarian Henry grows depressed. To help him move on, his sister has him visit … |
| The Cider House Rules | Lt. Wally Worthington | 1999-12-17 | Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer… |
| P.S. | Sammy Silverstein | 2004-10-15 | An unfulfilled divorced woman gets the chance to relive her past when she meets a young man who appears to be her high school sweetheart who died many… |
| Anyone Can Quantum | Himself | 2016-01-27 | The game is real and the stakes are high as the future of humanity hangs in the balance. Can Paul Rudd, an actor, beat Stephen Hawking, one of the gr… |
| Rush: Time Stand Still | Narrator | 2016-11-03 | This feature-length documentary film chronicles the final major tour for legendary rock band Rush. It is an intimate view ‘under the hood’ of a histor… |
| The Locusts | Earl | 1997-10-03 | Delilah Potts has always had her choice of men to work her ranch and fill her bed. But from the moment Clay Hewitt, a handsome drifter with a mysterio… |
| House Hunting | Daniel | 2003-05-07 | You can get it for a steal!… |
| Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Gary Grooberson | 2021-11-11 | When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy … |
| Rush: Cinema Strangiato – R40+ Director’s Cut | Himself | 2021-09-09 | Following the success of Rush: Cinema Strangiato – Director’s Cut in movie theaters worldwide, Anthem Entertainment and Trafalgar Releasing give Rush … |
| Untitled Ghostbusters: Afterlife Sequel | Gary Grooberson | 2023-12-20 | A sequel to the 2021 film Ghostbusters: Afterlife. It will be the fourth film in the original Ghostbusters franchise, and the next chapter in the Spen… |
| Wet Hot American Summer | Andy | 2001-07-27 | The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It’s the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there’s still a summer’s worth of unfi… |
| Mansome | Himself | 2012-05-18 | From America’s greatest beardsman, to Morgan Spurlock’s own mustache, Executive Producers Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Ben Silverman bring us a hila… |
| The Château | Graham Granville | 2001-01-16 | Two brothers go to France to claim the chateau they have inherited…. |
| Quantum Is Calling | Himself | 2016-12-12 | Zoe Saldana enlists the help of Stephen Hawking to solve a quantum riddle in order to get Simon Pegg’s cat back. This follows Paul Rudd’s epic qua… |
| The Size of Watermelons | Alex | 1997-01-17 | Alex is the definition of loser. He has no, nor has he ever had, friends. His life has no direction and he has a stupid haircut. While attending the V… |
| Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs | 2017-11-18 | Jon Stewart returns to television to host a live show presented from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Benefiting NEXT for Autism, the… | |
| Rush – R40 Live | Himself | 2015-11-20 | Rush recorded and filmed R40 Live over two sold-out shows in the band’s hometown of Toronto at the Air Canada Centre on June 17 & 19, 2015 in the mi… |
| Monsters vs Aliens | Derek Dietl (voice) | 2009-03-19 | When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The m… |
| Celebrity Mix | 2005-01-17 | These eight short films range from hysterically funny to wickedly suspenseful, and feature some of Hollywood’s biggest names. Includes short films Lau… | |
| Celebrity Escape Room | Self | 2020-05-21 | Jack Black is the master of ceremonies, leading Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Adam Scott, and Ben Stiller through a laugh-filled escape room adventure as… |
| Sesame Street: Being Green | Mr. Earth | 2009-04-07 | Elmo and Abby find out it can be easy being green when they stumble onto the Earth-a-Thon, hosted by Mr. Earth, happening right on Sesame Street. Tell… |
| Gen-Y Cops | Ian Curtis | 2000-11-17 | When terrorists abduct a deadly government attack robot, the call is put out to the Gen-Y Cops, an elite task force with lethal fighting skills. Toget… |
| Avengers: Endgame | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | 2019-04-24 | After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaini… |
| We Are Freestyle Love Supreme | Self | 2020-01-28 | This documentary follows the 15-year journey of the founding members of the improv hip-hop group Freestyle Love Supreme, as they reflect upon why this… |
| Sausage Party | Darren (voice) | 2016-07-11 | Frank leads a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to … |
| Fun Mom Dinner | Brady | 2017-08-04 | Four women, whose kids attend the same preschool class, get together for a “fun mom dinner”. When the night takes an unexpected turn, these unlikely n… |
| The Baxter | Dan Abbott | 2005-08-26 | A man with a “doormat” personality tries standing up for himself for a change in this comedy. Mild mannered tax accountant Elliot Sherman is what he c… |
| Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Chuck | 2008-04-17 | When Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter’s world comes crashing down. His best friend suggests that … |
| Moment of Truth: Stalking Back | Scott | 1993-10-18 | A teen girl is stalked and harassed by a perverted man ten years older than she is, but despite help from her family, there’s little the police can do… |
| Romeo + Juliet | Dave Paris | 1996-11-01 | In director Baz Luhrmann’s contemporary take on William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the… |
| The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Mr. Anderson | 2012-09-20 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam … |
| The Little Prince | Mr. Prince (voice) | 2015-07-29 | Based on the best-seller book ‘The Little Prince’, the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency … |
| Captain America: Civil War | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | 2016-04-27 | Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarize… |
| Tennis Anyone? | Lance Rockwood | 2006-01-01 | Two mid level Hollywood losers attempt to find redemption, revenge and meaning in their lives through celebrity tennis tournaments…. |
| A Parks and Recreation Special | Bobby Newport | 2020-04-30 | Pawnee’s most dedicated civil servant, Leslie Knope, is determined to stay connected to her friends in a time of social distancing…. |
| Two Days | 2003-05-01 | Paul Miller (Paul Rudd – Friends, The Cider House Rules) has struggled as an actor in Hollywood for years, and now he’s had enough. But not just of sh… | |
| The Armenian Genocide | (voice) | 2006-04-17 | The Armenian Genocide is a 2006 television documentary is a film exploring the Ottoman Empire killings of more than one million Armenians during World… |
| This Is the End | Paul Rudd | 2013-06-12 | While attending a party at James Franco’s house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse…. |
| Monty Python Conquers America | Himself | 2008-01-01 | This documentary follows the evolution of the British sketch comedy troupe that redefined humor and shaped an entire generation of American comics, fo… |
| The Ex | Leon | 2006-12-01 | When his lawyer wife, Sofia, becomes pregnant, chronic underachiever Tom Reilly must take a job at his father-in-law’s advertising firm. Tom has to ad… |
| Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot | Himself | 2015-07-31 | Exclusive behind-the-scenes footage offers a glimpse into the comic minds behind a “Wet Hot” summer-camp cult hit featuring many future stars…. |
| 200 Cigarettes | Kevin | 1999-02-26 | It’s New York City in 1981, and various twentysomethings are converging on a New Year’s Eve party…. |
| Night at the Museum | Don | 2006-10-20 | Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army o… |
| Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self – Actor, “Avengers: Endgame” | 2020-08-30 | A tribute to Chadwick Boseman, celebrating his life and legacy…. |
| On The Edge | Kenneth (segment “Reaching Normal”) | 2001-06-28 | A compendium of three short science-fiction films, each with a decidedly feminist slant…. |
| Reno 911!: Miami | Ethan the Drug Lord | 2007-02-23 | A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring … |
| Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Self | 2019-09-20 | Galifianakis dreamed of becoming a star. But when Will Ferrell discovered his public access TV show, ‘Between Two Ferns’ and uploaded it to Funny or D… |
| The Bob’s Burgers Movie | Jericho (voice) | 2022-05-26 | When a ruptured water main creates an enormous sinkhole right in front of Bob’s Burgers, it blocks the entrance indefinitely and ruins the Belchers’… |
| Friends: The Reunion | (archive footage) | 2021-05-27 | The cast of Friends reunites for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of the hit series, an unforgettable evening filled with iconic memories, uncontrolla… |
| The Secret Policeman’s Ball | Self | 2012-03-04 | A live stand-up comedy and music gig to celebrate Amnesty International’s 50th Anniversary…. |
| Celebrating Marvel’s Stan Lee | Self / Ant-Man / Scott Lang (archive footage) | 2019-12-20 | Filmed in part in front of a live audience at The New Amsterdam Theater in New York City, this Stan Lee tribute takes viewers on an action-packed jour… |
| Casting By | Self | 2012-09-09 | This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the mo… |
| Year One | Abel (uncredited) | 2009-06-18 | When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world…. |
| Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Paul Rudd | 2022-05-18 | Decades since their successful television series was canceled, Chip has succumbed to a life of suburban domesticity as an insurance salesman. Dale, me… |
| A Futile and Stupid Gesture | “The Nobody” | 2018-01-24 | The National Lampoon name became globally recognized after the monumental success of Animal House—but before the glory days, it was a scrappy yet di… |
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | John Lennon | 2007-12-21 | Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addict… |
Paul Rudd Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Wanderlust | Producer | 2012-02-23 | Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commun… |
| Fun Mom Dinner | Executive Producer | 2017-08-04 | Four women, whose kids attend the same preschool class, get together for a “fun mom dinner”. When the night takes an unexpected turn, these unlikely n… |
| My Beautiful Stutter | Producer | 2019-07-04 | Follows five kids who stutter, ages 9 to 18, from all over the United States, who after experiencing a lifetime of bullying and stigmatization, meet o… |
| Producer | A group of struggling actors and dysfunctional dreamers wait for their big break while they are stuck serving hors d’oeurves for a Hollywood catering … | ||
| Executive Producer | Burned out on life, Miles undergoes a strange procedure at a strip mall spa — and wakes to find he’s been replaced by a better version of himself…. | ||
| Executive Producer | Inspired by the true story of Marty and the therapist who turned his life around…then took it over. When he first meets Dr. Ike, Marty just wants to… | ||
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Role Models | Screenplay | 2008-11-07 | Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 servi… |
| Ant-Man | Screenplay | 2015-07-14 | Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mento… |
| Ant-Man and the Wasp | Screenplay | 2018-07-04 | Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into… |
| Writer | A group of struggling actors and dysfunctional dreamers wait for their big break while they are stuck serving hors d’oeurves for a Hollywood catering … | ||
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Creator | A group of struggling actors and dysfunctional dreamers wait for their big break while they are stuck serving hors d’oeurves for a Hollywood catering … | ||
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