Paul Rudd
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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 received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in July 2015 and was included on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2019. In 2021, he was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive.". 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). Notably, Rudd has played the superhero Scott Lang/Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), beginning with Ant-Man (2015) and most recently in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) and Gary Grooberson in the Ghostbusters films Afterlife (2021) and Frozen Empire (2024). Rudd has also appeared in numerous television shows, including the sitcom Friends as Mike Hannigan, guest roles on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Reno 911!, and Parks and Recreation, and as guest host of Saturday Night Live multiple times. He had a dual role in the comedy series Living with Yourself, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Television Series—Musical or Comedy. He starred in the miniseries The Shrink Next Door (2021) and had another dual role in the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building (2023–2024) as Ben Glenroy and Glen Stubbins, the former for which he received an Emmy Award nomination 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.
Overview
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 received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in July 2015 and was included on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2019. In 2021, he was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive.". 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). Notably, Rudd has played the superhero Scott Lang/Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), beginning with Ant-Man (2015) and most recently in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) and Gary Grooberson in the Ghostbusters films Afterlife (2021) and Frozen Empire (2024). Rudd has also appeared in numerous television shows, including the sitcom Friends as Mike Hannigan, guest roles on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Reno 911!, and Parks and Recreation, and as guest host of Saturday Night Live multiple times. He had a dual role in the comedy series Living with Yourself, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Television Series—Musical or Comedy. He starred in the miniseries The Shrink Next Door (2021) and had another dual role in the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building (2023–2024) as Ben Glenroy and Glen Stubbins, the former for which he received an Emmy Award nomination 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
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Bob's Burgers
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Strangers with Candy
The Jonathan Ross Show
Welcome to Wrexham
Only Murders in the Building
Veronica Mars
Finding Your Roots
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Honest Trailers
SNL Digital Shorts
Late Show with David Letterman
Marvel Studios Legends
Deadline
Marvel Studios Assembled
What If...?
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Impractical Jokers
Friends
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Reno 911!
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
The Greatest Event in Television History
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Friends: The Reunion
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Reno 911!: Miami
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
On the Edge
Night at the Museum
Avengers: Doomsday
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
Saturday Morning All Star Hits!
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Sausage Party
Avengers: Endgame
The Infinity Saga
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
The Fire Next Time
Monsters vs Aliens
Hard Knocks
Admission
Avengers: Secret Wars
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
The Cider House Rules
WHIH Newsfront
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Clueless
Little Britain USA
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Runaway Daughters
Bash: Latter-Day Plays
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Knocked Up
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Mute
Wanderlust
Role Models
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Delocated
Secrets of the Octopus
How Do You Know
The Fundamentals of Caring
Anaconda
The Catcher Was a Spy
Death of a Unicorn
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Dinner for Schmucks
They Came Together
I Love You, Man
Ant-Man
Living with Yourself
The Shrink Next Door
This Is 40
Our Idiot Brother
Tiny World
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