Paul Rudd
Born: 1969-04-06 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Known For: Acting
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 was included on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2019 and was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2021. The accolades he has received include a Critics' Choice Television Award, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. 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). He has played the superhero Scott Lang / Ant-Man in five Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films, from Ant-Man (2015) to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). He played Gary Grooberson in the Ghostbusters films Afterlife (2021) and Frozen Empire (2024). Rudd has also appeared in numerous television shows, including the sitcom Friends (2002–2004) as Mike Hannigan, and has featured as a guest host of Saturday Night Live multiple times. He had a dual role in the comedy series Living with Yourself (2019), which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. He starred in the miniseries The Shrink Next Door (2021). He featured in the Hulu comedy series Only Murders in the Building (2023–2024), which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award 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.
Filmography
2026
- Avengers: Doomsday as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
- Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass as Paul Rudd (uncredited)
- Power Ballad as Rick Power
- Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America as Neil Armstrong
- Marty, Life Is Short as Self (archive footage)
- Hey Jonas! as Self - Guest
- Goodnight Lamby as Papa (voice)
- Rain Reign
2025
- Anaconda as Ronald Griffin Jr.
- Marvel Zombies as Scott Lang (voice)
- Death of a Unicorn as Elliot
- Friendship as Austin Carmichael
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler as Self - Guest
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self (archive footage)
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
2024
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Gary Grooberson
- Secrets of the Octopus as Narrator (voice)
- 92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center as Self
2023
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem as Mondo Gecko (voice)
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as Self - Scott Lang / Ant-Man
- Chris Rock: Road To Live Special as Self
2022
- Welcome to Wrexham as Self
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as Paul Rudd
- The Bob's Burgers Movie as Jericho (voice)
- Chivalry as Paul Rudd
- Toast of Tinseltown as Paul Rudd
2021
- Only Murders in the Building as Ben Glenroy
- What If...? as Scott Lang / Ant-Man (voice)
- Marvel Studios Legends as Scott Lang / Ant-Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Marvel Studios Assembled as Scott Lang / Ant-Man (archive footage)
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Grooberson
- The Shrink Next Door as Dr. Isaac 'Ike' Herschkopf
- Saturday Morning All Star Hits! as (voice)
- Rush: Cinema Strangiato - R40+ Director's Cut as Himself
- Adrienne as Self
2020
- Tiny World as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Westley
- Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self - Actor, "Avengers: Endgame"
- A Parks and Recreation Special as Bobby Newport
- Celebrity Escape Room as Self
- We Are Freestyle Love Supreme as Self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Avengers: Endgame as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
- Living with Yourself as Miles Elliot
- Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Paul Rudd
- My Beautiful Stutter ... (Producer)
2018
- Ant-Man and the Wasp as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
- Mute as Cactus Bill
- The Catcher Was a Spy as Moe Berg
- Ideal Home as Paul
- A Futile and Stupid Gesture as "The Nobody" (uncredited)
2017
2016
- Captain America: Civil War as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
- WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews as Self - Guest
- Sausage Party as Darren (voice)
- The Fundamentals of Caring as Ben Benjamin
- Nerdland as John (voice)
- Quantum Is Calling as Himself
- Anyone Can Quantum as Himself
- Rush: Time Stand Still as Narrator
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Hot Ones as Self
- Ant-Man as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
- The Little Prince as Mr. Prince (voice)
- Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp as Andy
- Travel Man: 48 Hours in... as Self - Guest
- WHIH Newsfront as Scott Lang
- Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot as Self
- Rush: R40 Live as Himself
- 2015 Kansas City Royals: The Official World Series Film as Narrator
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- They Came Together as Joel
2013
- The Last Leg as Self
- This Is the End as Paul Rudd
- Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as Brian Fantana
- Admission as John Pressman
- Prince Avalanche as Alvin
- All Is Bright as Rene Upiter
2012
- Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- Finding Your Roots as Self
- This Is 40 as Pete
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower as Mr. Anderson
- Wanderlust as George
- Moone Boy
- The Greatest Event in Television History as Director
- Casting By as Self
- The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- Mansome as Self
2011
- Bob's Burgers as Jericho (voice)
- Impractical Jokers as Self
- The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- Billy on the Street as Self
- Our Idiot Brother as Nedrick 'Ned' Rochlin
- Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush as Peter Klaven
- Picture Perfect as Photographer
2010
- Conan as Self - Guest
- Dinner for Schmucks as Tim Conrad
- How Do You Know as George
- Casino Jack and the United States of Money as Michael Scanlon (voice)
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Parks and Recreation as Bobby Newport
- Monsters vs Aliens as Derek Dietl (voice)
- Party Down ... (Writer)
- I Love You, Man as Peter Klaven
- Year One as Abel (uncredited)
- Delocated
- SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas as (archive footage)
- Sesame Street: Being Green as Mr. Earth
2008
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall as Chuck
- Role Models as Danny Donahue
- Over Her Dead Body as Henry Mills
- Little Britain USA
- Monty Python Conquers America as Self
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Paul Rudd
- Knocked Up as Pete
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as John Lennon (uncredited)
- I Could Never Be Your Woman as Adam
- Reno 911!: Miami as Ethan the Drug Lord
- Diggers as Hunt
- The Ten as Jeff Reigert
- The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
2006
- Night at the Museum as Don
- America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions as Narrator (voice)
- The Ex as Leon
- The Oh in Ohio as Jack Chase
- The Armenian Genocide as U.S. Consul Oscar Heizer (voice)
- Tennis Anyone? as Lance Rockwood
2005
- The Colbert Report as Self - Guest
- The Reichen Show as Self
- The 40 Year Old Virgin as David
- The Baxter as Dan Abbott
- Celebrity Mix as Self (archive footage)
2004
- Veronica Mars as Desmond Fellows
- Cheap Seats as Dave Penders
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as Brian Fantana
- Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie as Brian Fantana
- P.S. as Sammy Silverstein
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- Reno 911! as Guy Gerricault
- Celebrity Poker Showdown as Self
- The Shape of Things as Adam
- Two Days as Paul Miller
- House Hunting as Daniel
2002
- Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- Stella Shorts 1998-2002 as John
2001
- Hard Knocks as Self - Narrator
- Wet Hot American Summer as Andy
- On the Edge as Kenneth (segment "Reaching Normal")
- The Château as Graham Granville
- Bash: Latter-Day Plays as Tim
2000
- Deadline as Zander Price
- Gen-Y Cops as Ian Curtis
- The Great Gatsby as Nick Carraway
1999
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- Strangers with Candy as Brent Brooks
- The Cider House Rules as Lt. Wally Worthington
- 200 Cigarettes as Kevin
1998
- The Object of My Affection as George Hanson
- Overnight Delivery as Wyatt Trips
- Twelfth Night as Orsino Duc d'Illyria
1997
- The Locusts as Earl
- The Size of Watermelons as Alex
1996
- The Daily Show as Self - Guest
- Clueless as Sonny
- Romeo + Juliet as Dave Paris
1995
- Clueless as Josh
- Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers as Tommy Doyle
1994
- Friends as Mike Hannigan
- Rebel Highway as Jimmy Rusoff
- Wild Oats as Brian Grant
- Runaway Daughters as Jimmy Rusoff
1993
- Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- GMTV as Self
- The Fire Next Time as David
- Moment of Truth: Stalking Back as Scott
1992
1989
- The Simpsons as Dr. Zander (voice)
1987
- Kids' Choice Awards as Self
1981
- Entertainment Tonight as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)