Paul Rudd

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1969-04-06 (55 years old)

Place of Birth Passaic, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As Paul Stephen Rudd

Paul Rudd

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 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

Actor

2025
2024
Friendship

as Austin Carmichael

2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

as Gary Grooberson

2024
Secrets of the Octopus

as Narrator (voice)

2023
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

as Scott Lang / Ant-Man

2023
2022
The Bob's Burgers Movie

as Jericho (voice)

2022
2022
Chivalry

as Paul Rudd

2022
Toast of Tinseltown

as Paul Rudd

2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife

as Gary Grooberson

2021
Adrienne

as Self

2021
Friends: The Reunion

as (archive footage)

2021
The Shrink Next Door

as Dr. Isaac "Ike" Herschkopf

2021
2021
2021
What If...?

as Scott Lang / Ant-Man (voice)

2021
Marvel Studios Assembled

as Scott Lang / Ant-Man (archive footage)

2021
Marvel Studios Legends

as Scott Lang / Ant-Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

2020
Console Wars

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

as Self - Actor, "Avengers: Endgame"

2020
2020
Tiny World

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2019
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

as Self / Ant-Man / Scott Lang (archive footage)

2019
Avengers: Endgame

as Scott Lang / Ant-Man

2019
Living with Yourself

as Miles Elliot

2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp

as Scott Lang / Ant-Man

2018
2018
Ideal Home

as Paul

2018
Mute

as Cactus Bill

2018
A Futile and Stupid Gesture

as "The Nobody" (uncredited)

2017
2016
2016
Nerdland

as John (voice)

2016
2016
Sausage Party

as Darren (voice)

2016
2016
Captain America: Civil War

as Scott Lang / Ant-Man

2016
2015
Rush: R40 Live

as Himself

2015
The Little Prince

as Mr. Prince (voice)

2015
Ant-Man

as Scott Lang / Ant-Man

2015
WHIH Newsfront

as Scott Lang

2015
2015
Hot Ones

as Self

2014
2013
All Is Bright

as Rene Upiter

2013
This Is the End

as Paul Rudd

2013
Admission

as John Pressman

2013
2013
The Last Leg

as Self

2012
This Is 40

as Pete

2012
Casting By

as Self

2012
Mansome

as Self

2012
Wanderlust

as George

2012
2012
2012
Honest Trailers

as Scott Lang / Ant-Man (archive footage)

2011
Picture Perfect

as Photographer

2011
Our Idiot Brother

as Nedrick 'Ned' Rochlin

2011
2011
Bob's Burgers

as Jericho (voice)

2010
How Do You Know

as George

2010
Dinner for Schmucks

as Tim Conrad

2010
2010
Conan

as Self

2009
Year One

as Abel (uncredited)

2009
I Love You, Man

as Peter Klaven

2009
Monsters vs Aliens

as Derek Dietl (voice)

2009
Parks and Recreation

as Bobby Newport

2008
Role Models

as Danny Donahue

2008
Over Her Dead Body

as Henry Mills

2008
Little Britain USA

as French President

2007
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

as John Lennon (uncredited)

2007
The Ten

as Jeff Reigert

2007
Knocked Up

as Pete

2007
Reno 911!: Miami

as Ethan the Drug Lord

2006
The Ex

as Leon

2006
Diggers

as Hunt

2006
The Armenian Genocide

as U.S. Consul Oscar Heizer (voice)

2006
The Oh in Ohio

as Jack Chase

2006
Tennis Anyone?

as Lance Rockwood

2005
The Baxter

as Dan Abbott

2005
Celebrity Mix

as Self (archive footage)

2005
2004
P.S.

as Sammy Silverstein

2004
Veronica Mars

as Desmond Fellows

2004
Cheap Seats

as Dave Penders

2003
House Hunting

as Daniel

2003
Two Days

as Paul Miller

2001
On the Edge

as Kenneth (segment "Reaching Normal")

2001
The Château

as Graham Granville

2001
Hard Knocks

as Narrator

2000
Gen-Y Cops

as Ian Curtis

2000
The Great Gatsby

as Nick Carraway

1999
The Cider House Rules

as Lt. Wally Worthington

1999
1999
Strangers with Candy

as Brent Brooks

1998
Twelfth Night

as Orsino Duc d'Illyria

1998
1998
Overnight Delivery

as Wyatt Trips

1997
The Locusts

as Earl

1996
Romeo + Juliet

as Dave Paris

1996
1995
Clueless

as Josh

1994
Runaway Daughters

as Jimmy Rusoff

1994
Friends

as Mike Hannigan

1994
Wild Oats

as Brian Grant

1994
Rebel Highway

as Jimmy Rusoff

1993
1993
1993
GMTV

as Self

1989
The Simpsons

as Dr. Zander (voice)

1989
The Simpsons

as Paul Rudd (voice)

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Producer

2025
Death of a Unicorn

as Executive Producer

2024
Friendship

as Executive Producer

2021
The Shrink Next Door

as Executive Producer

2020
Tiny World

as Executive Producer

2019
2019
Living with Yourself

as Executive Producer

2017
Fun Mom Dinner

as Executive Producer

2012
Wanderlust

as Producer

2009
Party Down

as Executive Producer

2007
The Ten

as Producer

Writer

2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp

as Screenplay

2015
Ant-Man

as Screenplay

2009
Party Down

as Writer

2008
Role Models

as Screenplay

Crew

2023
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

as Additional Writing

Creator

2009
Party Down

as Creator