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Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd

Acting1969Passaic, New Jersey, USA

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, as well as 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 in numerous television shows, including the sitcom Friends (2002–2004) as Mike Hannigan, and has 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.

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Acting History

2026
Avengers: Doomsday
as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
2025
Friendship
as Austin Carmichael
Anaconda
as Ronald Griffin Jr.
Marvel Zombies
TVas Scott Lang (voice)2 eps
Kids' Choice Awards
TVas Self1 eps
Only Murders in the Building
TVas Ben Glenroy / L.E.S.T.R. (voice) / Glen Stubbins5 eps
Friendship
Executive Producer
Death of a Unicorn
Executive Producer
2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Gary Grooberson
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
The Jonathan Ross Show
TVas Self1 eps
Secrets of the Octopus
TVas Narrator (voice)
The Last Leg
TVas Self1 eps
2022
The Bob's Burgers Movie
as Jericho (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TVas Self1 eps
Chivalry
TVas Paul Rudd
Toast of Tinseltown
TVas Paul Rudd
2021
Adrienne
as Self
Marvel Studios Legends
TVas Scott Lang / Ant-Man (archive footage) (uncredited)6 eps
Marvel Studios Assembled
TVas Scott Lang / Ant-Man (archive footage)1 eps
The Shrink Next Door
TVas Dr. Isaac 'Ike' Herschkopf
What If...?
TVas Scott Lang / Ant-Man (voice)2 eps
The Shrink Next Door
TVExecutive Producer
2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self - Actor, "Avengers: Endgame"
Tiny World
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
TVas Narrator (voice)2 eps
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TVas Westley1 eps
Tiny World
TVExecutive Producer
2019
Avengers: Endgame
as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
Living with Yourself
TVas Miles Elliot8 eps
Hot Ones
TVas Self1 eps
Living with Yourself
TVExecutive Producer
2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp
as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
Mute
as Cactus Bill
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
as "The Nobody" (uncredited)
Ideal Home
as Paul
2016
Sausage Party
as Darren (voice)
Captain America: Civil War
as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
Nerdland
as John (voice)
Entertainment Tonight
TVas Self1 eps
Bob's Burgers
TVas Jericho (voice)1 eps
2014
The Simpsons
TVas Paul Rudd (voice) / Dr. Zander (voice)2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TVas Self - Paul Rudd / Self - Guest
2013
All Is Bright
as Rene Upiter
Admission
as John Pressman
This Is the End
as Paul Rudd
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self7 eps
2012
Wanderlust
as George
This Is 40
as Pete
Mansome
as Self
Casting By
as Self
The Greatest Event in Television History
TVas Director / Kip / Buffy
Parks and Recreation
TVas Bobby Newport5 eps
Comedy Bang! Bang!
TVas Self1 eps
Wanderlust
Producer
2011
Our Idiot Brother
as Nedrick 'Ned' Rochlin
Picture Perfect
as Photographer
2010
Dinner for Schmucks
as Tim Conrad
How Do You Know
as George Madison
Conan
TVas Self
2009
Monsters vs Aliens
as Derek Dietl (voice)
Year One
as Abel (uncredited)
I Love You, Man
as Peter Klaven
Party Down
TVWriter1 eps
Party Down
TVExecutive Producer26 eps
Party Down
TVCreator
2007
Reno 911!: Miami
as Ethan the Drug Lord
Diggers
as Hunt
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
as John Lennon (uncredited)
The Ten
as Jeff Reigert
Knocked Up
as Pete
Veronica Mars
TVas Desmond Fellows1 eps
Hard Knocks
TVas Self - Narrator5 eps
The Ten
Producer
2006
Tennis Anyone?
as Lance Rockwood
The Oh in Ohio
as Jack Chase
The Armenian Genocide
as U.S. Consul Oscar Heizer (voice)
The Ex
as Leon
Reno 911!
TVas Guy Gerricault5 eps
The Reichen Show
TVas Self1 eps
2005
The Baxter
as Dan Abbott
Celebrity Mix
as Self (archive footage)
2004
P.S.
as Sammy Silverstein
Cheap Seats
TVas Dave Penders
2003
Two Days
as Paul Miller
House Hunting
as Daniel
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self - Guest / Self
2002
Friends
TVas Mike Hannigan16 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2001
On the Edge
as Kenneth (segment "Reaching Normal")
The Château
as Graham Granville
2000
Gen-Y Cops
as Ian Curtis
The Great Gatsby
as Nick Carraway
Strangers with Candy
TVas Brent Brooks1 eps
1999
The Cider House Rules
as Lt. Wally Worthington
1998
Overnight Delivery
as Wyatt Trips
Twelfth Night
as Orsino Duc d'Illyria
1996
Romeo + Juliet
as Dave Paris
The Daily Show
TVas Self - Guest
Clueless
TVas Sonny
1994
Runaway Daughters
as Jimmy Rusoff
Rebel Highway
TVas Jimmy Rusoff1 eps
Wild Oats
TVas Brian Grant
1975
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Host

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/6/1969(56 years old)
Place of Birth
Passaic, New Jersey, USA