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Paul Rudd

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Biography

Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor. Rudd studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making his acting debut in 1991. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in July 2015 and was included on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2019. In 2021, he was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive.". Rudd appeared in the films Clueless (1995), Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), I Love You, Man (2009), and This Is 40 (2012). Notably, Rudd has played the superhero Scott Lang/Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), beginning with Ant-Man (2015) and most recently in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) and Gary Grooberson in the Ghostbusters films Afterlife (2021) and Frozen Empire (2024). Rudd has also appeared in numerous television shows, including the sitcom Friends as Mike Hannigan, guest roles on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Reno 911!, and Parks and Recreation, and as guest host of Saturday Night Live multiple times. He had a dual role in the comedy series Living with Yourself, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Television Series—Musical or Comedy. He starred in the miniseries The Shrink Next Door (2021) and had another dual role in the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building (2023–2024) as Ben Glenroy and Glen Stubbins, the former for which he received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Rudd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Overview

Known For

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

Entertainment Tonight

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Bob's Burgers

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

Strangers with Candy

The Jonathan Ross Show

Welcome to Wrexham

Only Murders in the Building

Veronica Mars

Finding Your Roots

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Honest Trailers

SNL Digital Shorts

Late Show with David Letterman

Marvel Studios Legends

Marvel Studios Assembled

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Friends

Impractical Jokers

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

Reno 911!

The Greatest Event in Television History

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

Friends: The Reunion

The Bob's Burgers Movie

Reno 911!: Miami

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

Romeo + Juliet

Captain America: Civil War

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Little Prince

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Saturday Morning All Star Hits!

Sausage Party

Avengers: Endgame

We Are Freestyle Love Supreme

The Fire Next Time

The Infinity Saga

Avengers: Secret Wars

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

WHIH Newsfront

Little Britain USA

Runaway Daughters

The Cider House Rules

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

Clueless

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Knocked Up

Bash: Latter-Day Plays

The 40 Year Old Virgin

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Secrets of the Octopus

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

The Catcher Was a Spy

Our Idiot Brother

Death of a Unicorn

The Fundamentals of Caring

Living with Yourself

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

The Shrink Next Door

Production Credits