Paul Rudd

Infobox actor


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caption = Rudd at "Hollywood Life" magazine's 8th Annual Breakthrough Awards, December 2007
birthname = Paul Stephen Rudd
birthdate = birth date and age|1969|4|6
birthplace = Passaic, New Jersey, USA
spouse = Julie Yaeger (2003 - present)

Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor of stage, screen and television.

Biography

Early life

Rudd was born in Passaic, New Jersey, the son of Jewish immigrants from England;cite news|last=Vancheri|first=Barbara|coauthors=|title=Paul Rudd fondly remembers black-and-gold fever|pages=|publisher=Pittsburgh Post Gazette|date=2007-08-30|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07243/813538-42.stm|accessdate=2007-09-01] [http://www.efanguide.com/~paulrudd/print-frank.html] [ [http://www.bangitout.com/reviews50.html Bangitout.com: Movies that Bang! Hiller Movie Reviews: The Shape of Things (2003) ] ] his family's original surname was "Rudnitzky".cite news|last=De Vries|first=Hilary|coauthors=|title=Simply Rudd: Actor Paul Rudd may finally be ready to be the Next Big Thing... if he can just quit being an artist|pages=|publisher=HighBeam Research|date=2002-09-01|url=http://paulrudd01.iespana.es/newfile120.htm|accessdate=2007-12-10] His father, Michael Rudd, is a historical tour guide who was formerly the vice president of World Airways, while Rudd's mother managed a television station.cite news|last=Weiner|first=Caren|coauthors=|title=FILM; Suddenly the Object Of Much Attention|pages=|publisher=The New York Times|date=1998-04-26|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E7D6163FF935A15757C0A96E958260|accessdate=2007-12-10] He was raised in Overland Park, Kansas. He attended high school at Shawnee Mission West, and college at the University of Kansas, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. [ [http://tv.yahoo.com/paul-rudd/contributor/28510/bio Paul Rudd - Yahoo! TV ] ]

Career

Rudd's breakout performance was in the 1995 film "Clueless". Additional credits include "Wet Hot American Summer", ', "The Cider House Rules", ', "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet", "Friends" (in the recurring role of Mike Hannigan, who married Phoebe Buffay in 2004), "The Object of My Affection" with Jennifer Aniston and Tim Daly, and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin". While he played the original Josh in "Clueless", he returned to play the character of Sonny when the movie was adapted into a television show in 1996. Rudd's Broadway credits include "The Last Night of Ballyhoo" (1997), "Twelfth Night" (1998), and "Three Days of Rain" (2006). He recently guest-starred as a has-been 1990s rock star, Desmond Fellows, on the television series, "Veronica Mars", in an episode titled "Debasement Tapes". He has also appeared in the audiobook recording of John Hodgman's book "The Areas of My Expertise".

In 2006, he appeared in several episodes of "Reno 911!" as the coach of a birthing class, and portrayed a drug lord in the film '. In 2007, he appeared in the films "Knocked Up" (his third collaboration with Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen), and "The Ten" (which reunites him with frequent collaborators David Wain and Michael Showalter). The same year, Rudd provided his voice for the narration of the HBO/NFL Films series '. In 2008, Rudd starred in "Over Her Dead Body", opposite Eva Longoria, "I Could Never Be Your Woman", a direct-to-video release opposite Michelle Pfeiffer (reuniting him with "Clueless" director Amy Heckerling), and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall". He will appear in "Role Models". Every movie that Paul Rudd drinks a beer, it is always Sierra Nevada.

Running gag on Conan O'Brien

As part of a running gag during Rudd's appearances on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien", he frequently shows a clip from the infamous film "Mac and Me" of the wheelchair-bound Eric (Jade Calegory) flying off a cliff while Mac watches on, instead of showing clips from the actual movie Rudd is there to promote. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5le9sYdYkM YouTube: MAC AND ME (1988) - infamous wheelchair scene] ]

Personal life

In 2003, he married his girlfriend of five years, Julie Yaeger. In 2006, their son, Jack, was born. They now reside in Pleasant Valley, New York.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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*ibdb name|id=58595|name=Paul Rudd
*National Public Radio|12373448
* [http://www.g-wie-gorilla.de/content/view/557/18/ Interview with Paul Rudd about "Knocked Up"]