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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 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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

Welcome to Wrexham

Finding Your Roots

Veronica Mars

Only Murders in the Building

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Show with David Letterman

Marvel Studios Legends

Marvel Studios Assembled

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Marvel Zombies

Friends

Impractical Jokers

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

The Greatest Event in Television History

Reno 911!

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

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 Little Prince

Captain America: Civil War

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Romeo + Juliet

Saturday Morning All Star Hits!

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Sausage Party

Avengers: Endgame

The Fire Next Time

We Are Freestyle Love Supreme

Avengers: Secret Wars

The Cider House Rules

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Runaway Daughters

Clueless

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

Friendship

Little Britain USA

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

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Bash: Latter-Day Plays

Knocked Up

The 40 Year Old Virgin

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Secrets of the Octopus

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

Role Models

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Dinner for Schmucks

Ant-Man

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Living with Yourself

The Catcher Was a Spy

They Came Together

I Love You, Man

Death of a Unicorn

The Fundamentals of Caring

Production Credits