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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Rudd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Rudd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Graham Norton Show
Saturday Night Live
The Kelly Clarkson 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
GMTV
Bob's Burgers
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Strangers with Candy
The Jonathan Ross Show
Welcome to Wrexham
Veronica Mars
Finding Your Roots
Only Murders in the Building
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Honest Trailers
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Late Show with David Letterman
Marvel Studios Legends
Marvel Studios Assembled
Deadline
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Impractical Jokers
Friends
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Reno 911!
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Delocated
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
Reno 911!: Miami
What If...?
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
Captain America: Civil War
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Little Prince
Romeo + Juliet
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Avengers: Endgame
Sausage Party
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
The Fire Next Time
Avengers: Doomsday
Hard Knocks
Saturday Morning All Star Hits!
Monsters vs Aliens
Avengers: Secret Wars
Admission
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Little Britain USA
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Clueless
Runaway Daughters
The Cider House Rules
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Knocked Up
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Bash: Latter-Day Plays
Role Models
Secrets of the Octopus
How Do You Know
Friendship
Mute
Wanderlust
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Dinner for Schmucks
The Shrink Next Door
I Love You, Man
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Living with Yourself
The Catcher Was a Spy
Anaconda
Our Idiot Brother
The Fundamentals of Caring
This Is 40
Tiny World
Ant-Man
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Death of a Unicorn
They Came Together
Production Credits
The Shrink Next Door
Wanderlust
Party Down
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Death of a Unicorn
Role Models
Tiny World
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Ant-Man
Living with Yourself
Friendship
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