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Paul Rudd
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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".
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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".
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
Veronica Mars
Finding Your Roots
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
Reno 911!: Miami
Night at the Museum
On The Edge
200 Cigarettes
This Is the End
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Little Prince
Captain America: Civil War
Romeo + Juliet
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Avengers: Endgame
Sausage Party
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
The Fire Next Time
Avengers: Doomsday
Monsters vs Aliens
Deadline
Avengers: Secret Wars
Hard Knocks
Admission
Saturday Morning All Star Hits!
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Clueless
The Cider House Rules
Runaway Daughters
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Little Britain USA
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Bash: Latter-Day Plays
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Knocked Up
Role Models
Mute
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Secrets of the Octopus
Wanderlust
How Do You Know
I Love You, Man
Dinner for Schmucks
The Fundamentals of Caring
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Our Idiot Brother
Living with Yourself
They Came Together
Ant-Man
The Catcher Was a Spy
The Shrink Next Door
This Is 40
Tiny World
Production Credits
Ant-Man
Wanderlust
Living with Yourself
Party Down
Tiny World
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Role Models
The Shrink Next Door
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