Paul Rudd
American actor, Marvel's Ant-Man, and acclaimed performer across film and television with a career spanning more than three decades.
Paul Rudd - Personal Information
- Name: Paul Rudd
- Date of Birth: April 6, 1969
- Place of Birth: Passaic, New Jersey, USA
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Executive Producer, Screenplay, Producer, Additional Writing, Writer
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.
Selected Filmography
A selection of Paul Rudd's most recent and notable screen appearances across film and television.
- Avengers: Doomsday (2026) as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
- Power Ballad (2026) as Rick
- Anaconda (2025) as Ronald Griffin Jr.
- Marvel Zombies (TV - 2025) as Scott Lang (voice)
- Friendship (2025) as Austin Carmichael
- Death of a Unicorn (2025) as Elliot
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- 92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center (2024) as Self
- Secrets of the Octopus (TV - 2024) as Narrator (voice)
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) as Gary Grooberson
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