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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

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

Veronica Mars

Finding Your Roots

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Honest Trailers

Late Show with David Letterman

Marvel Studios Legends

Marvel Studios Assembled

What If...?

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Impractical Jokers

Friends

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

Reno 911!

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

Little Britain USA

Delocated

The Greatest Event in Television History

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

On The Edge

Night at the Museum

200 Cigarettes

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

This Is the End

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

Romeo + Juliet

Captain America: Civil War

The Little Prince

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Sausage Party

Avengers: Endgame

The Fire Next Time

We Are Freestyle Love Supreme

Monsters vs Aliens

Deadline

Saturday Morning All Star Hits!

Avengers: Secret Wars

Hard Knocks

Admission

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

The Cider House Rules

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

Wanderlust

Runaway Daughters

Clueless

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

Bash: Latter-Day Plays

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

The 40 Year Old Virgin

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Knocked Up

Avengers: Doomsday

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Secrets of the Octopus

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Role Models

How Do You Know

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

Mute

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

The Fundamentals of Caring

The Catcher Was a Spy

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