
Paul Rudd
Known for Acting · 185 credits
- Born
- 1969-04-06 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Passaic, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Paul Stephen 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 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.
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Known For

The Simpsons
1989
as Dr. Zander (voice) / Paul Rudd (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self

The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TV Shows (70)

The Simpsons
1989
as Dr. Zander (voice) / Paul Rudd (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self

The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest

Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest / Self - Top Ten Presenter

Friends
1994
as Mike Hannigan

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self

The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Host

Conan
2010
as Self - Guest / Self - Jersey Shore Auditioner

The Colbert Report
2005
as Self - Guest

Bob's Burgers
2011
as Jericho (voice)

Hot Ones
2015
as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Self

Veronica Mars
2004
as Desmond Fellows

Parks and Recreation
2009
as Bobby Newport

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

Only Murders in the Building
2021
as Ben Glenroy / Glen Stubbins / L.E.S.T.R. (voice)

What If...?
2021
as Scott Lang / Ant-Man (voice)

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self

Reno 911!
2003
as Guy Gerricault

The Last Leg
2013
as Self

The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
as Self

The Reichen Show
2005
as Self

Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
as Self

Impractical Jokers
2011
as Self

GMTV
1993
as Self

Finding Your Roots
2012
as Self

Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as Scott Lang / Ant-Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
as Paul Rudd

Welcome to Wrexham
2022
as Self

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
as Self

Clueless
1996
as Sonny

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest

Marvel Zombies
2025
as Scott Lang (voice)

Strangers with Candy
1999
as Brent Brooks

Kids' Choice Awards
1987
as Self

Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Westley

Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self

Marvel Studios Assembled
2021
as Scott Lang / Ant-Man (archive footage)

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
as Narrator (voice)

Billy on the Street
2011
as Self

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015
as Self - Guest

Rebel Highway
1994
as Jimmy Rusoff

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
as Self - Guest

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017
as Andy

Hard Knocks
2001
as Self - Narrator

Deadline
2000
as Zander Price

Cheap Seats
2004
as Dave Penders

Saturday Morning All Star Hits!
2021
as (voice)

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
2015
as Andy

The Shrink Next Door
2021
as Dr. Isaac 'Ike' Herschkopf

Living with Yourself
2019
as Miles Elliot

Delocated
2009

Tiny World
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Greatest Event in Television History
2012
as Director / Kip / Buffy

Toast of Tinseltown
2022
as Paul Rudd
Movies (115)

Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Scott Lang / Ant-Man

Anaconda
2025
as Ronald Griffin Jr.

Avengers: Doomsday
2026
as Scott Lang / Ant-Man

Captain America: Civil War
2016
as Scott Lang / Ant-Man

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023
as Scott Lang / Ant-Man

Ant-Man
2015
as Scott Lang / Ant-Man

Ant-Man and the Wasp
2018
as Scott Lang / Ant-Man

Monsters vs Aliens
2009
as Derek Dietl (voice)

Death of a Unicorn
2025
as Elliot

Night at the Museum
2006
as Don

Power Ballad
2026
as Rick Power

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
as Grooberson

Sausage Party
2016
as Darren (voice)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023
as Mondo Gecko (voice)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
as Gary Grooberson

Clueless
1995
as Josh

Marty, Life Is Short
2026
as Self (archive footage)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012
as Mr. Anderson

This Is the End
2013
as Paul Rudd

The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005
as David

Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2008
as Chuck

Romeo + Juliet
1996
as Dave Paris

The Cider House Rules
1999
as Lt. Wally Worthington

Knocked Up
2007
as Pete

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
as Brian Fantana

The Little Prince
2015
as Mr. Prince (voice)

Year One
2009
as Abel (uncredited)

Role Models
2008
as Danny Donahue

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
as Tommy Doyle

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022
as Paul Rudd

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013
as Brian Fantana

Friendship
2025
as Austin Carmichael

This Is 40
2012
as Pete

Wanderlust
2012
as George

Dinner for Schmucks
2010
as Tim Conrad

I Could Never Be Your Woman
2007
as Adam

The Object of My Affection
1998
as George Hanson

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
as Brian Fantana

The Ten
2007
as Jeff Reigert

P.S.
2004
as Sammy Silverstein

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
as John Lennon (uncredited)

Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019
as Paul Rudd

Over Her Dead Body
2008
as Henry Mills

The Bob's Burgers Movie
2022
as Jericho (voice)

200 Cigarettes
1999
as Kevin

Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
2026
as Paul Rudd

I Love You, Man
2009
as Peter Klaven

They Came Together
2014
as Joel

Mute
2018
as Cactus Bill

Wet Hot American Summer
2001
as Andy

The Ex
2006
as Leon

The Fundamentals of Caring
2016
as Ben Benjamin

Nerdland
2016
as John (voice)

The Baxter
2005
as Dan Abbott

Admission
2013
as John Pressman

The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
as Moe Berg

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)

Ideal Home
2018
as Paul

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017
as Self

How Do You Know
2010
as George

Our Idiot Brother
2011
as Nedrick 'Ned' Rochlin

Fun Mom Dinner
2017
as Brady

Celebrity Escape Room
2020
as Self

Reno 911!: Miami
2007
as Ethan the Drug Lord

Prince Avalanche
2013
as Alvin

Gen-Y Cops
2000
as Ian Curtis

A Futile and Stupid Gesture
2018
as "The Nobody" (uncredited)

Diggers
2007
as Hunt

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023
as Self - Scott Lang / Ant-Man

Overnight Delivery
1998
as Wyatt Trips

Casting By
2012
as Self

Stella Shorts 1998-2002
2002
as John

The Shape of Things
2003
as Adam

The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012
as Self

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
as Self - Actor, "Avengers: Endgame"

The Oh in Ohio
2006
as Jack Chase

The Armenian Genocide
2006
as U.S. Consul Oscar Heizer (voice)
The Statement

Monty Python Conquers America
2008
as Self
Anyone Can Quantum
2016
as Himself

A Parks and Recreation Special
2020
as Bobby Newport

The Great Gatsby
2000
as Nick Carraway

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
as (archive footage)

All Is Bright
2013
as Rene Upiter

On the Edge
2001
as Kenneth (segment "Reaching Normal")

Mansome
2012
as Self

Rush: Time Stand Still
2016
as Narrator
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
2023
as Self

Runaway Daughters
1994
as Jimmy Rusoff

The Locusts
1997
as Earl

Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
2015
as Self

Sesame Street: Being Green
2009
as Mr. Earth
Celebrity Mix
2005
as Self (archive footage)

Two Days
2003
as Paul Miller

Adrienne
2021
as Self

Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush
2011
as Peter Klaven

Moment of Truth: Stalking Back
1993
as Scott

92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center
2024
as Self

The Size of Watermelons
1997
as Alex

The Château
2001
as Graham Granville

Tennis Anyone?
2006
as Lance Rockwood

Twelfth Night
1998
as Orsino Duc d'Illyria

Quantum Is Calling
2016
as Himself

Bash: Latter-Day Plays
2001
as Tim

We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
2020
as Self

Casino Jack and the United States of Money
2010
as Michael Scanlon (voice)
Rain Reign

2015 Kansas City Royals: The Official World Series Film
2015
as Narrator

Rush: R40 Live
2015
as Himself

House Hunting
2003
as Daniel

Rush: Cinema Strangiato - R40+ Director's Cut
2021
as Himself

Goodnight Lamby
2026
as Papa (voice)
Creature

Jamie's Secret
1992
Picture Perfect
2011
as Photographer
About Paul Rudd
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… With 185 credits spanning from 1975 to 2026, Paul Rudd has appeared in 115 films and 70 TV shows.
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Most Popular Paul Rudd Movies
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) — as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
- Anaconda (2025) — as Ronald Griffin Jr.
- Avengers: Doomsday (2026) — as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
- Captain America: Civil War (2016) — as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) — as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
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