Paul Rudd

Paul Stephen Rudd^[1] (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor.^[2]

Paul Rudd
Rudd in 2007
Born	Paul Stephen Rudd (1969-04-06) April 6, 1969 (age 55) Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupations	Actor comedian director producer screenwriter
Years active	1991–present
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Spouse	Julie Yaeger (2003–present)
Children	2

Early and personal life

Rudd was born on April 6, 1969 in Passaic, New Jersey.^[3][4] His father, Michael Rudd, was a historical tour guide and former vice-president of Trans World Airlines who died of cancer when Rudd was 39.^[5][6][7] His mother, Gloria Irene (Granville), was a sales manager at the television station KCMO-TV in Kansas City, Missouri.^[8][9][10] His parents were born in England; his father was from Edgware and his mother from Surbiton, both in London.^[11][12] Rudd's parents were both Jewish (descended from Jewish immigrants who moved to Britain from Russia, Belarus, and Poland).^{[3][8][13][14][15][16]} Rudd's parents were second cousins.^[17] His father's family's original surname, "Rudnitsky", was changed by his grandfather to "Rudd", and his mother's family's surname was originally "Goldstein".^[17][18] Rudd had a Bar Mitzvah service.^[8][19] Growing up, he loved reading British comics, The Beano, and The Dandy, which his uncle in the U.K. would send to him.^[20]

At age ten, his family moved to Lenexa, Kansas. They spent three years living in Anaheim, California, because of his father's occupation.^[21][22][23] Rudd attended Broadmoor Junior High and graduated from Shawnee Mission West High School in the class of 1987. Rudd attended the University of Kansas, where he majored in theater.^[24] He was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity's Nu Chapter there.^[25] He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts/West in Los Angeles with fellow actor Matthew Lillard.^[24] Rudd spent three months studying Jacobean drama at the British American Drama Academy based in Oxford, England.^[26][27] While attending acting school, Rudd worked as a Bar Mitzvah disc jockey.^[28]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1995	Clueless	Josh	Amy Heckerling
	Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers	Tommy Doyle	Joe Chappelle
1996	Romeo + Juliet	Dave Paris	Baz Luhrmann
	The Size of Watermelons	Alex	Kari Skogland
1997	The Locusts	Earl	John Patrick Kelley
1998	Overnight Delivery	Wyatt Trips	Jason Bloom
	The Object of My Affection	George Hanson	Nicholas Hytner
1999	200 Cigarettes	Kevin	Risa Bramon Garica
	The Cider House Rules	Wally Worthington	Lasse Hallström
2000	Gen-Y Cops	Ian Curtis	Benny Chan
2001	Wet Hot American Summer	Andy	David Wain
	Reaching Normal	Kenneth	Anne Heche
	The Château	Graham Granville	Jesse Peretz
2003	The Shape of Things	Adam Sorenson	Neil LaBute
	Two Days	Paul Miller	Sean McGinly
	House Hunting	Daniel	Amy Lippman	Short film
2004	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Brian Fantana	Adam McKay
	P.S.	Sammy Silverstein	Dylan Kidd
	Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie	Brian Fantana	Adam McKay	Direct-to-DVD
2005	The Baxter	Dan Abbott	Michael Showalter
	The 40-Year-Old Virgin	David	Judd Apatow
	Tennis, Anyone...?	Lance Rockwood	Donal Logue
2006	The Oh in Ohio	Jack Chase	Billy Kent
	Diggers	Hunt	Katherine Dieckmann
	Night at the Museum	Don	Shawn Levy
2007	Reno 911!: Miami	Ethan	Robert Ben Garant
	I Could Never Be Your Woman	Adam Pearl	Amy Heckerling
	The Ex	Leon	Jesse Peretz
	Knocked Up	Pete	Judd Apatow
	The Ten	Jeff Reigert	David Wain	Also producer
	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	John Lennon	Jake Kasdan	Uncredited cameo
2008	Over Her Dead Body	Dr. Henry Mills	Jeff Lowell
	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Chuck	Nicholas Stoller
	Role Models	Danny Donahue	David Wain	Also writer
2009	I Love You, Man	Peter Klaven	John Hamburg
	Monsters vs. Aliens	Derek Dietl (voice)	Conrad Vernon Rob Letterman
	Year One	Abel	Harold Ramis	Uncredited
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Tim Conrad	Jay Roach
	How Do You Know	George Madison	James L. Brooks
2011	Our Idiot Brother	Ned	Jesse Peretz
2012	Wanderlust	George	David Wain	Also producer
	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	Bill Anderson	Stephen Chbosky
	This Is 40	Pete	Judd Apatow
2013	Admission	John	Paul Weitz
	Prince Avalanche	Alvin	David Gordon Green
	This Is the End	Himself	Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg	Cameo
	All Is Bright	Rene	Phil Morrison
	Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues	Brian Fantana	Adam McKay
2014	They Came Together	Joel	David Wain
2015	The Little Prince	Mr. Prince (voice)	Mark Osborne
	Ant-Man	Scott Lang / Ant-Man	Peyton Reed	Also writer
2016	The Fundamentals of Caring	Ben	Rob Burnett
	Sausage Party	Darren (voice)	Greg Tiernan Conrad Vernon
	Captain America: Civil War	Scott Lang / Ant-Man	Anthony Russo Joe Russo
	Nerdland	John (voice)	Chris Prynoski
Narrator	Dale Heslip
2017	Fun Mom Dinner	Brady	Alethea Jones	Also executive producer
2018	The Catcher Was a Spy	Moe Berg	Ben Lewin
	A Futile and Stupid Gesture	Lawrence “Larry” Kroger	David Wain	Cameo
	Ideal Home	Paul	Andrew Fleming
	Mute	Cactus Bill	Duncan Jones
	Ant-Man and the Wasp	Scott Lang / Ant-Man	Peyton Reed	Also writer
2019	Avengers: Endgame		Anthony Russo Joe Russo

References

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17. Stated on Finding Your Roots, October 31, 2017.
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19. Rudd, Paul (Summer 1997). "Interview: Alfred Uhry". Bomb. No. 60. Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
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22. Mills, Nancy (July 26, 2010). "Paul Rudd's offbeat 'Dinner' date". Reading Eagle. Archived from the original on July 28, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
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25. "Famous Members of Sigma Nu". Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
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27. "Alumni". British American Drama Academy. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
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Other websites

• Paul Rudd on IMDb
• Paul Rudd at the Internet Broadway Database
• Interview with Paul Rudd about Knocked Up Archived 2007-12-21 at the Wayback Machine