Paul Rudd
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Rudd at the premiere of Ant-Man in 2015 | |
| Born |
Paul Stephen Rudd April 6, 1969 Passaic, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Kansas |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, writer, producer |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Spouse(s) | Julie Yaeger (m. 2003) |
| Children | 2 |
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Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969)[1] is an American actor, comedian, writer and producer. He has primarily appeared in comedies, and is known for his roles in the films Clueless (1995), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Role Models (2008), I Love You, Man (2009), Wanderlust (2012), This Is 40 (2012), and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013). In television, he appeared on the early 1990s NBC drama Sisters and later as Mike Hannigan on the NBC sitcom Friends. Other guest television roles have included an appearance on the Tim and Eric show, a recurring role on Parks and Recreation as politician Bobby Newport,[2] and hosting Saturday Night Live. In 2015, Rudd starred as Scott Lang / Ant-Man in Marvel Studios' Ant-Man, reprising the character in Captain America: Civil War. Rudd received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on July 1, 2015.[3]
Early life
Rudd was born on April 6, 1969, in Passaic, New Jersey. His father, Michael, was a historical tour guide who was formerly the vice president of Trans World Airlines and died from cancer,[4] while his mother, Gloria, was a sales manager at the television station KCMO-TV in Kansas City, Missouri.[5][6][7] His parents were British, his father from Edgware and his mother from Surbiton, both in London.[8][9] Rudd's parents were both Jewish (descended from Jewish immigrants who moved from Russia and Poland to England).[10][11] The family's original surname, "Rudnitzky", was changed by his grandfather to "Rudd."[12] Rudd had a bar mitzvah ceremony.[5][13] When he was ten, Rudd's family moved to Lenexa, Kansas. His family also spent three years living in Anaheim, California, because of his father's occupation.[14][15][16]
Rudd attended Broadmoor Junior High and Shawnee Mission West High School. Rudd then went to the University of Kansas, where he majored in theater.[17] He was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity's Nu Chapter there.[18] After graduating, he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts/West in Los Angeles.[17] Rudd spent three months studying Jacobean drama at the British American Drama Academy based in Oxford, U.K.[19][20] While attending acting school, Rudd worked as a Bar Mitzvah disc jockey.[21]
Career
Film and television
Rudd made his acting debut in 1992 with the television drama Sisters where he played Kirby Quimby Philby. In 1994 he appeared in Wild Oats for 6 episodes. Rudd left Sisters in 1995 to then appear in the comedy film Clueless with Alicia Silverstone.[22] He also appeared in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, The Locusts, Overnight Delivery, The Object of My Affection, and 200 Cigarettes.[22] He was then in the 1999 film The Cider House Rules that earned him and the cast a SAG nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
He played FBI Agent Ian Curtis in Benny Chan's 2000 Hong Kong action film Gen-Y Cops. In 2002, he was cast as Mike Hannigan on the sitcom Friends who dates and then marries Phoebe Buffay, played by Lisa Kudrow. In 2006, he appeared in several episodes of Reno 911! as "Guy Gerricault" (pronounced "jericho"), the coach of a lamaze class, and then portrayed a drug lord in the Reno 911!: Miami film. He guest-starred as a has-been 1990s rock star, Desmond Fellows, on the television series Veronica Mars, in the 2007 episode "Debasement Tapes".
The year 2004 marked the start of his work with director/producer Judd Apatow, first on the film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as Brian Fantana with Steve Carell, David Koechner and Will Ferrell, produced by Apatow and again in 2005 in The 40-Year-Old Virgin with Steve Carell and Seth Rogen, directed by Apatow. He subsequently worked with Apatow in 2007's Knocked Up, as frustrated husband Pete, married to Leslie Mann's character.[23] In that film, he co-starred with Jason Segel, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogan, and Jay Baruchel. Rudd appeared as John Lennon in the comedy film Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story in 2007[22] and as the drug-addled surf instructor in Nicholas Stoller's Forgetting Sarah Marshall in 2008 with Jason Segel and Jonah Hill, both of which Apatow produced.[24] Rudd appeared as uncredited cameos in Year One (2009) and Bridesmaids (2011). In 2012, he starred and also co-produced with Apatow on the film Wanderlust with Jennifer Aniston.[22] He starred in the comedy film This Is 40 with Leslie Mann,[23] a spinoff from Knocked Up, which was directed and produced by Apatow. He reprised his role as Brian Fantana in the 2013 sequel Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.
In 2007, he starred in both The Oh in Ohio and The Ten, which reunited him with David Wain and Michael Showalter.,[25] and then in Over Her Dead Body with Eva Longoria the next year. His next comedy which he also wrote, Role Models, he and co-star Seann William Scott portray energy-drink salesmen forced to perform community service in a child mentoring program.[26]
In 2009, Rudd again appeared with Jason Segel in I Love You Man where he and Segel play buddies who bond over their shared love for the rock band Rush. Both Rudd and Segel are themselves fans of the band.[27][28] Also in 2009, Rudd co-created the TV series Party Down with John Embom, Rob Thomas and Dan Etheridge.[22] He lent his voice to the DreamWorks computer-animated hit movie Monsters Vs. Aliens. In 2010, he reunited with Steve Carell for the first time since The 40-Year-Old Virgin for the Jay Roach-directed comedy Dinner for Schmucks. In 2012, he had a supporting role in the teen drama The Perks of Being a Wallflower, playing Mr. Anderson, a teacher of Charlie, played by Logan Lerman.
He starred in the 2011 comedy-drama film Our Idiot Brother with Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, and Emily Mortimer.[29] It would be the fifth film that Rudd starred in with Elizabeth Banks. He had previously appeared with her in Wet Hot American Summer (2001), The Baxter (2005), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) and Role Models (2008).[30]
In 2012, he signed to appear on four episodes of NBC's Parks and Recreation as Bobby Newport, a candidate for City Council and a rival of Amy Poehler's character Leslie Knope, a role for which he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series.
On December 19, 2013, Rudd was officially confirmed as cast in the 2015 Marvel film Ant-Man. He played lead character Scott Lang/Ant-Man,[31][32][33][34][35] and also co-wrote the screenplay with Adam McKay. Rudd reprised his role in Captain America: Civil War (2016).[36]
Rudd will next be seen in the comedy-drama film The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, alongside Selena Gomez, and will lend his voice to the animated films Sausage Party, starring Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill, and The Little Prince, starring Jeff Bridges and Benicio Del Toro. He will also reprise his role as Andy from Wet Hot American Summer in the Netflix prequel Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, alongside an ensemble cast including Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler and Elizabeth Banks, all reprising their roles from the 2001 film.
Rudd often stars with other Apatow film regulars like Seth Rogen (four films), Steve Carell (four films), Jonah Hill (three films), Leslie Mann (three films), Kristen Wiig (three films), Jason Segel (three films), Elizabeth Banks (five films), and Joe Lo Truglio (seven films), as well as working with director David Wain (five films).
In 2014 he began providing voiceovers for Hyundai television commercials. He has also voiced the audiobook recordings of John Hodgman's books The Areas of My Expertise (2005) and More Information Than You Require (2008).[37][38]
Theatre
Rudd has also appeared in Broadway plays, the first being The Last Night of Ballyhoo as Joe Farkas in 1997.[39] The next year he appeared in Twelfth Night with Kyra Sedgwick and Max Wright at the Lincoln Center Theatre.[40] In 2006, he appeared in the Broadway production of Richard Greenberg's Three Days of Rain with Bradley Cooper and Julia Roberts at the Bernard Jacobs Theater.[41]
In 2012, Rudd appeared in the Broadway production of Craig Wright's Grace. The play was shown at the Cort Theatre. Starring alongside Rudd was Academy award nominee Michael Shannon, Kate Arrington, and seven-time Emmy award winner Ed Asner. The play was first acclaimed at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, D.C. In 2004. It would then go on to receive equal praise at NorthLight Theatre in Chicago and then at the Pasadena Playhouse in LA, where it received three L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards, including Best Play.
Personal life
In 2003, Rudd married Julie Yaeger[42] and the couple have two children:[43] a son, Jack Sullivan (b. 2006), and a daughter, Darby (b. 2010). He is a fan of MLB's Kansas City Royals and of the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs, for whom he narrated the 2007 season of HBO's Hard Knocks.[44]
Filmography
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Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | The Moment of Truth | Scott | |
| 1994 | Runaway Daughters | Jimmy | |
| 1995 | Clueless | Josh | |
| 1995 | Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers | Tommy Doyle | Credited as Paul Stephen Rudd |
| 1996 | Romeo + Juliet | Dave Paris | |
| 1996 | Size of Watermelons, TheThe Size of Watermelons | Alex | |
| 1997 | Locusts, TheThe Locusts | Earl | |
| 1998 | Overnight Delivery | Wyatt Trips | |
| 1998 | Object of My Affection, TheThe Object of My Affection | George Hanson | |
| 1999 | 200 Cigarettes | Kevin | |
| 1999 | Cider House Rules, TheThe Cider House Rules | Wally Worthington | |
| 2000 | Gen-Y Cops | Ian Curtis | |
| 2000 | Great Gatsby, TheThe Great Gatsby | Nick Carraway | Television film |
| 2001 | Wet Hot American Summer | Andy | |
| 2001 | Reaching Normal | Kenneth | |
| 2001 | Château, TheThe Château | Graham Granville | |
| 2003 | Shape of Things, TheThe Shape of Things | Adam Sorenson | |
| 2003 | Two Days | Paul Miller | |
| 2003 | House Hunting | Daniel | |
| 2004 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Brian Fantana | |
| 2004 | P.S. | Sammy Silverstein | |
| 2004 | Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie | Brian Fantana | Straight-to-DVD |
| 2005 | Baxter, TheThe Baxter | Dan Abbott | |
| 2005 | 40-Year-Old Virgin, TheThe 40-Year-Old Virgin | David | |
| 2005 | Tennis, Anyone...? | Lance Rockwood | |
| 2006 | Oh in Ohio, TheThe Oh in Ohio | Jack Chase | |
| 2006 | Diggers | Hunt | |
| 2006 | Night at the Museum | Don | |
| 2007 | Reno 911: Miami | Ethan | |
| 2007 | I Could Never Be Your Woman | Adam Pearl | |
| 2007 | Ex, TheThe Ex | Leon | |
| 2007 | Knocked Up | Pete | |
| 2007 | Ten, TheThe Ten | Jeff Reigert | Also producer |
| 2007 | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | John Lennon | Uncredited |
| 2008 | Over Her Dead Body | Dr. Henry Mills | |
| 2008 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Chuck | |
| 2008 | Role Models | Danny Donahue | Also writer |
| 2009 | I Love You, Man | Peter Klaven | |
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens | Derek (voice) | |
| 2009 | Year One | Abel | Uncredited |
| 2010 | Dinner for Schmucks | Tim Conrad | |
| 2010 | How Do You Know | George Madison | |
| 2011 | Our Idiot Brother | Ned | |
| 2012 | Wanderlust | George | Also producer |
| 2012 | Perks of Being a Wallflower, TheThe Perks of Being a Wallflower | Bill Anderson | |
| 2012 | This Is 40 | Pete | |
| 2013 | Admission | John | |
| 2013 | Prince Avalanche | Alvin | |
| 2013 | This Is the End | Himself | Cameo |
| 2013 | All Is Bright | Rene | |
| 2013 | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | Brian Fantana | |
| 2014 | They Came Together | Joel | |
| 2015 | The Little Prince | Mr. Prince (voice) | |
| 2015 | Ant-Man | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | Also writer |
| 2016 | The Fundamentals of Caring | Ben | |
| 2016 | Sausage Party | (voice) | |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992–1995 | Sisters | Kirby Quimby Philby | 20 episodes |
| 1994 | Wild Oats | Brian Grant | 6 episodes |
| 1996 | Clueless | Sonny | Episode: "I Got You Babe" |
| 2000 | Deadline | Zander Price | Episode: "Lovers and Madmen" |
| 2000 | Strangers with Candy | Brent Brooks | Episode: "The Last Temptation of Blank" |
| 2002–2004 | Friends | Mike Hannigan | 18 episodes |
| 2005 | Stella | Greg | Episode: "Office Party" |
| 2006 | Cheap Seats | Dave Penders | Episode: "1996 Spelling Bee: Part 2" |
| 2006 | Robot Chicken | Jasper the Douchebag Ghost / Ang Lee (voice) | Episode: "Book of Corrine" |
| 2006–2007 | Reno 911! | Guy Gerricault | 5 episodes |
| 2007 | Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show, TheThe Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show | Antagonistic Passenger | Episode: "Gold Watch" |
| 2007 | Veronica Mars | Desmond Fellows | Episode: "Debasement Tapes" |
| 2007 | Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Kansas City Chiefs | Himself | Narrator |
| 2008 | Little Britain USA | French president | Episode: "1.3" |
| 2008–2013 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | Delocated | Himself | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2009–2010 | Party Down | — | Co-creator, writer, executive producer |
| 2012 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Himself / Celery Man / Oyster / Tayne | Episode: "Man Milk" |
| 2011–2014 | Simpsons, TheThe Simpsons | Dr. Zander / Himself (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2012–2015 | Parks and Recreation | Bobby Newport | 5 episodes |
| 2012 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Himself | Episode: "Paul Rudd Wears A Red Lumberjack Flannel Shirt" |
| 2012 | Louie | Himself | Episode: "Late Show: Part 3" |
| 2013 | Burning Love | Nate | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | The Jack and Triumph Show | Himself | Episode: "Coffee" |
| 2015 | Moone Boy | George Gershwin | Episode: "Gershwin's Bucket List" |
| 2015 | Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp | Andy | 8 episodes |
Awards and nominations
References
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- ↑ "Paul Rudd's Birthday Wish Is For You To Help Him Cure Cancer - Ecorazzi". Ecorazzi.
- 1 2 "Paul Rudd Q & A: ‘This is 40’ - The Ticket". Jewish Journal.
- ↑ Weiner, Caren (April 26, 1998). "FILM; Suddenly the Object Of Much Attention". The New York Times (NYTimes.com). Retrieved December 10, 2007.
- ↑ Garron, Barry (October 23, 1994). "Actor takes his career in stride For Paul Rudd, the cancellation of 'Wild Oats is merely a bend in the road". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved November 10, 2008.
- ↑ Stephen Whitty (March 22, 2009). "Paul Rudd interview: He's happy to have a job – any job". The Star-Ledger (Newark: Nj.com). Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ↑ Stated on The Graham Norton Show, February 1, 2013
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/09/paul-rudd-ant-man-hollywoods-nice-guy-english-parents-kansas
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- ↑ Lee, Nathan (July 14, 2006). "Movie Review The Oh in Ohio (2006)". NY Times. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
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- ↑ shaunawright (August 7, 2013). "Actor Paul Rudd Joins Rush Onstage at Tour Finale". Ultimate Classic Rock.
- ↑ "Paul Rudd & Jason Segel Get Friendly". ComingSoon.net.
- ↑ "'Our Idiot Brother' premiere: Paul Rudd hits Hollywood with his 'sisters'". LA Times. August 17, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
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- ↑ "Marvel Studios Begins Production on Marvel's 'Captain America: Civil War'". Marvel.com. 2015-05-07. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
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- ↑ "Lincoln Center Theatre : Twelfth Night". Lincoln Center Theatre. 1998. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Bradley Cooper & Paul Rudd Join Julia Roberts in B'way's Three Days of Rain". Broadway.com. November 28, 2005. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
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