Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd

April 6, 1969 (55 years old) in Passaic, New Jersey, USA

Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American-British 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. 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 the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), from Ant-Man (2015) to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), and Gary Grooberson in the Ghostbusters films Afterlife (2021) and Frozen Empire (2024). Rudd has also appeared on numerous television shows, including the sitcom Friends (2002–2004) as Mike Hannigan, and has been 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 Golden Globe Award nomination. He starred in the miniseries The Shrink Next Door (2021) and featured in the Hulu comedy series Only Murders in the Building (2023–2024), earning him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

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