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Paul Rudd

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Biography

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), the animated series What If…? (2021) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). 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".

Overview

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Saturday Night Live

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Parks and Recreation

The Simpsons

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Bob's Burgers

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

Strangers with Candy

The Jonathan Ross Show

Only Murders in the Building

Welcome to Wrexham

Finding Your Roots

Veronica Mars

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Honest Trailers

Marvel Studios Legends

Late Show with David Letterman

Marvel Studios Assembled

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Impractical Jokers

Friends

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

Reno 911!

The Greatest Event in Television History

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

Delocated

What If...?

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

Friends: The Reunion

The Bob's Burgers Movie

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

This Is the End

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Captain America: Civil War

Romeo + Juliet

The Little Prince

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Avengers: Endgame

Sausage Party

Avengers: Doomsday

We Are Freestyle Love Supreme

The Fire Next Time

Avengers: Secret Wars

Admission

Hard Knocks

Monsters vs Aliens

Saturday Morning All Star Hits!

Deadline

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Little Britain USA

Clueless

The Cider House Rules

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Runaway Daughters

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Bash: Latter-Day Plays

Knocked Up

The 40 Year Old Virgin

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

Wanderlust

Role Models

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Mute

How Do You Know

Secrets of the Octopus

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

The Catcher Was a Spy

The Fundamentals of Caring

Production Credits