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Paul Rudd
34 FOLLOWERS • 101 CREDITS • APR 6, 1969 • 55
Biography
Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer. He studied theater at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making his acting debut in 1991.
Rudd's films include Clueless (1995), Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), The Object of My Affection (1998), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), This Is 40 (2012), Wanderlust (2012), Mute (2018), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), Ideal Home (2018), and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021). He also has played Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Ant-Man (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), the animated series What If…? (2021) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023).
In addition to his film career, Rudd has appeared in numerous television shows, including the NBC sitcom Friends as Mike Hannigan, along with guest roles on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Reno 911! and Parks and Recreation, and has also hosted Saturday Night Live multiple times. He starred in a dual role in the Netflix comedy series Living with Yourself, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. He stars in the miniseries The Shrink Next Door (2021).
He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in July 2015. He was named as part of the Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2019. In 2021, Rudd was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive".
Known For
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Saturday Night Live
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The Graham Norton Show
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
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The Simpsons
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Parks and Recreation
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9jkThAGYj2yp8jsS6Nriy5mzKFT.jpg)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Daily Show
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
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Bob's Burgers
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The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
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Strangers with Candy
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The Jonathan Ross Show
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Only Murders in the Building
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Veronica Mars
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Finding Your Roots
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Home Movie: The Princess Bride
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Honest Trailers
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Late Show with David Letterman
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Marvel Studios Legends
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Marvel Studios Assembled
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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Friends
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Impractical Jokers
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Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
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Reno 911!
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The Greatest Event in Television History
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America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
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Little Britain USA
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Delocated
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A Futile and Stupid Gesture
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
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Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
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Friends: The Reunion
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The Bob's Burgers Movie
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Between Two Ferns: The Movie
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Reno 911!: Miami
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What If...?
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Night at the Museum
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On The Edge
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200 Cigarettes
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
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This Is the End
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Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
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Romeo + Juliet
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Captain America: Civil War
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The Little Prince
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall
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Sausage Party
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The Fire Next Time
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Avengers: Endgame
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We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
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Avengers: Doomsday
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Hard Knocks
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Deadline
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Monsters vs Aliens
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Admission
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Avengers: Secret Wars
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Saturday Morning All Star Hits!
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
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Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
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The Cider House Rules
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Wanderlust
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Clueless
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Runaway Daughters
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
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Knocked Up
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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
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The 40 Year Old Virgin
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
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Secrets of the Octopus
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Mute
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How Do You Know
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Role Models
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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
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They Came Together
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Tiny World
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Living with Yourself
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Our Idiot Brother
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The Shrink Next Door
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This Is 40
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The Catcher Was a Spy
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
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I Love You, Man
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The Fundamentals of Caring
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Ant-Man and the Wasp
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Ant-Man
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Dinner for Schmucks
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