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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 was included on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2019 and was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2021. The accolades he has received include a Critics' Choice Television Award, alongside nominations for a Golden Globe Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. 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). He has played the superhero Scott Lang / Ant-Man in five Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films, from Ant-Man (2015) to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). He played Gary Grooberson in the Ghostbusters films Afterlife (2021) and Frozen Empire (2024). Rudd has also appeared on numerous television shows, including the sitcom Friends (2002–2004) as Mike Hannigan, and has been featured as a guest host of Saturday Night Live multiple times. He had a dual role in the comedy series Living with Yourself (2019), which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. He starred in the miniseries The Shrink Next Door (2021). He featured in the Hulu comedy series Only Murders in the Building (2023–2024), which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Overview

Known For

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Saturday Night Live

The Graham Norton Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

The Simpsons

Parks and Recreation

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Entertainment Tonight

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

GMTV

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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Show with David Letterman

Marvel Studios Legends

Marvel Studios Assembled

What If...?

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Friends

Impractical Jokers

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

Reno 911!

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Greatest Event in Television History

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

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

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Romeo + Juliet

The Little Prince

Captain America: Civil War

Saturday Morning All Star Hits!

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Avengers: Endgame

Sausage Party

We Are Freestyle Love Supreme

The Fire Next Time

Avengers: Secret Wars

The Cider House Rules

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Clueless

Runaway Daughters

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

Little Britain USA

Friendship

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Avengers: Doomsday

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

The 40 Year Old Virgin

Knocked Up

Bash: Latter-Day Plays

Wanderlust

Role Models

Secrets of the Octopus

Delocated

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

Mute

How Do You Know

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Dinner for Schmucks

Our Idiot Brother

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

They Came Together

The Fundamentals of Caring

Tiny World

I Love You, Man

Death of a Unicorn

The Catcher Was a Spy

Production Credits