
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 received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in July 2015 and was included on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2019. In 2021, he was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive.". 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). Notably, Rudd has played the superhero Scott Lang/Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), beginning with Ant-Man (2015) and most recently in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) and Gary Grooberson in the Ghostbusters films Afterlife (2021) and Frozen Empire (2024). Rudd has also appeared in numerous television shows, including the sitcom Friends as Mike Hannigan, guest roles on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Reno 911!, and Parks and Recreation, and as guest host of Saturday Night Live multiple times. He had a dual role in the comedy series Living with Yourself, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Television Series—Musical or Comedy. He starred in the miniseries The Shrink Next Door (2021) and had another dual role in the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building (2023–2024) as Ben Glenroy and Glen Stubbins, the former for which he received an Emmy Award nomination&...more
Movie | The Invite | 2026 | |
Movie | Anaconda | 2025-12-25 | |
Movie | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self | 2025-01-27 |
Movie | Death of a Unicorn | Elliot | 2025-03-27 |
Movie | Power Ballad | 2025-09-11 | |
Movie | Friendship | Austin | 2025-05-09 |
Movie | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Gary Grooberson | 2024-03-20 |
Movie | 92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center | Self | 2024-12-04 |
Series | Secrets of the Octopus | Narrator (voice) | 2024-04-21 |
Movie | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special | Self (archive footage) | 2024-05-14 |
Movie | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | 2023-02-15 |
Movie | Chris Rock: Road To Live Special | Self | 2023-03-04 |
Movie | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Self - Scott Lang / Ant-Man | 2023-07-19 |
Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Mondo Gecko (voice) | 2023-07-31 |
Series | Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma | Self - Guest | 2023-09-22 |
Series | Chivalry | Paul Rudd | 2022-04-21 |
Series | Toast of Tinseltown | Paul Rudd | 2022-01-04 |
Movie | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Paul Rudd | 2022-05-20 |
Movie | The Bob's Burgers Movie | Jericho (voice) | 2022-05-26 |
Series | Welcome to Wrexham | Self | 2022-08-24 |
Movie | Friends: The Reunion | (archive footage) | 2021-05-27 |
Series | Marvel Studios Assembled | Scott Lang / Ant-Man (archive footage) | 2021-03-12 |
Series | Marvel Studios Legends | Scott Lang / Ant-Man (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2021-01-08 |
Series | What If...? | Scott Lang / Ant-Man (voice) | 2021-08-11 |
Series | The Shrink Next Door | Dr. Isaac "Ike" Herschkopf | 2021-11-11 |
Series | Only Murders in the Building | Glen Stubbins | 2021-08-31 |
Movie | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Gary Grooberson | 2021-11-18 |
Movie | Adrienne | Self | 2021-11-14 |
Movie | Rush: Cinema Strangiato - R40+ Director's Cut | Himself | 2021-09-09 |
Series | Saturday Morning All Star Hits! | (voice) | 2021-12-10 |
Movie | Celebrity Escape Room | Self | 2020-05-21 |
Movie | We Are Freestyle Love Supreme | Self | 2020-01-28 |
Movie | A Parks and Recreation Special | Bobby Newport | 2020-04-30 |
Series | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Westley | 2020-06-29 |
Series | Tiny World | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2020-10-02 |
Movie | Console Wars | Self (archive footage) | 2020-09-23 |
Movie | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King | Self - Actor, "Avengers: Endgame" | 2020-08-30 |
Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | 2019-04-24 |
Movie | The Secret Life of Pets 2 | Additional Voices (voice) | 2019-05-24 |
Movie | Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Paul Rudd | 2019-09-20 |
Series | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Unknown | 2019-09-09 |
Movie | Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee | Self / Ant-Man / Scott Lang (archive footage) | 2019-12-20 |
Series | Living with Yourself | Miles Elliot | 2019-10-18 |
Movie | A Futile and Stupid Gesture | "The Nobody" (uncredited) | 2018-01-24 |
Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | 2018-04-25 |
Movie | Mute | Cactus Bill | 2018-02-23 |
Movie | The Catcher Was a Spy | Moe Berg | 2018-06-22 |
Movie | Ideal Home | Paul | 2018-06-21 |
Movie | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | 2018-07-04 |
Series | Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later | Andy | 2017-08-04 |
Movie | Fun Mom Dinner | Brady | 2017-08-04 |
Movie | Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs | Self | 2017-11-18 |
Movie | Captain America: Civil War | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | 2016-04-27 |
Movie | Anyone Can Quantum | Himself | 2016-01-27 |
Movie | The Fundamentals of Caring | Ben Benjamin | 2016-06-16 |
Movie | Sausage Party | Darren (voice) | 2016-07-11 |
Movie | Nerdland | John (voice) | 2016-12-06 |
Movie | Quantum Is Calling | Himself | 2016-12-12 |
Movie | Rush: Time Stand Still | Narrator | 2016-11-03 |
Series | WHIH Newsfront | Scott Lang | 2015-07-02 |
Series | Travel Man: 48 Hours in... | Self - Guest | 2015-03-30 |
Series | Hot Ones | Self | 2015-03-12 |
Movie | Ant-Man | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | 2015-07-14 |
Movie | 2015 Kansas City Royals: The Official World Series Film | Narrator | 2015-12-01 |
Movie | Rush: R40 Live | Himself | 2015-11-20 |
Movie | The Little Prince | Mr. Prince (voice) | 2015-07-29 |
Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
Series | Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp | Andy | 2015-07-31 |
Movie | Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot | Self | 2015-07-31 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Movie | They Came Together | Joel | 2014-06-27 |
Series | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 2014-12-21 |
Series | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Self | 2014-04-27 |
Movie | Prince Avalanche | Alvin | 2013-02-13 |
Movie | Admission | John Pressman | 2013-03-21 |
Series | The Last Leg | Self | 2013-01-25 |
Movie | This Is the End | Paul Rudd | 2013-06-12 |
Movie | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | Brian Fantana | 2013-12-18 |
Movie | All Is Bright | Rene Upiter | 2013-09-10 |
Movie | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Self | 2012-03-04 |
Series | Finding Your Roots | Self | 2012-03-24 |
Series | Honest Trailers | Scott Lang / Ant-Man (archive footage) | 2012-02-13 |
Movie | Mansome | Self | 2012-05-18 |
Movie | Wanderlust | George | 2012-02-23 |
Movie | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Mr. Anderson | 2012-09-20 |
Movie | This Is 40 | Pete | 2012-12-20 |
Series | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Self | 2012-06-08 |
Movie | Casting By | Self | 2012-11-01 |
Series | The Greatest Event in Television History | Kip / Buffy | 2012-10-12 |
Series | Moone Boy | Unknown | 2012-09-14 |
Movie | Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush | Peter Klaven | 2011-01-31 |
Series | Bob's Burgers | Jericho (voice) | 2011-01-09 |
Movie | Our Idiot Brother | Nedrick 'Ned' Rochlin | 2011-08-26 |
Series | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self | 2011-09-03 |
Series | Billy on the Street | Self | 2011-12-18 |
Movie | Picture Perfect | Photographer | 2011-12-15 |
Series | Impractical Jokers | Self | 2011-12-15 |
Movie | Casino Jack and the United States of Money | Michael Scanlon (voice) | 2010-05-09 |
Movie | Dinner for Schmucks | Tim Conrad | 2010-07-30 |
Series | Conan | Self | 2010-11-08 |
Movie | How Do You Know | George | 2010-12-17 |
Movie | Monsters vs Aliens | Derek Dietl (voice) | 2009-03-19 |
Series | Delocated | Unknown | 2009-02-12 |
Movie | Sesame Street: Being Green | Mr. Earth | 2009-04-07 |
Movie | I Love You, Man | Peter Klaven | 2009-03-20 |
Series | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009-07-16 |
Movie | SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | 2009-12-17 | |
Movie | Year One | Abel (uncredited) | 2009-06-18 |
Series | Parks and Recreation | Bobby Newport | 2009-04-09 |
Movie | Monty Python Conquers America | Self | 2008-01-01 |
Movie | Over Her Dead Body | Henry Mills | 2008-02-01 |
Movie | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Chuck | 2008-04-17 |
Series | Little Britain USA | Unknown | 2008-09-28 |
Movie | Role Models | Danny Donahue | 2008-11-07 |
Series | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Paul Rudd | 2007-02-11 |
Series | The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show | Unknown | 2007-01-17 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Reno 911!: Miami | Ethan the Drug Lord | 2007-02-23 |
Movie | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | John Lennon (uncredited) | 2007-12-21 |
Movie | Knocked Up | Pete | 2007-06-01 |
Movie | The Ten | Jeff Reigert | 2007-08-03 |
Movie | I Could Never Be Your Woman | Adam Perl | 2007-05-11 |
Movie | The Oh in Ohio | Jack Chase | 2006-03-30 |
Movie | Tennis Anyone? | Lance Rockwood | 2006-01-01 |
Movie | The Armenian Genocide | U.S. Consul Oscar Heizer (voice) | 2006-04-17 |
Movie | Diggers | Hunt | 2006-09-09 |
Movie | Night at the Museum | Don | 2006-12-20 |
Movie | The Ex | Leon | 2006-12-01 |
Series | America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions | Narrator (voice) | 2006-11-17 |
Movie | Celebrity Mix | Self (archive footage) | 2005-01-17 |
Movie | The 40 Year Old Virgin | David | 2005-08-11 |
Series | The Reichen Show | Self | 2005-11-11 |
Movie | The Baxter | Dan Abbott | 2005-08-26 |
Series | SNL Digital Shorts | Unknown | 2005-12-03 |
Series | Cheap Seats | Dave Penders | 2004-02-04 |
Movie | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Brian Fantana | 2004-06-28 |
Series | Veronica Mars | Desmond Fellows | 2004-09-22 |
Movie | P.S. | Sammy Silverstein | 2004-10-15 |
Movie | Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie | Brian Fantana | 2004-12-28 |
Movie | House Hunting | Daniel | 2003-05-07 |
Movie | Two Days | Paul Miller | 2003-05-01 |
Series | Reno 911! | Unknown | 2003-07-23 |
Series | Celebrity Poker Showdown | Self | 2003-12-02 |
Movie | The Shape of Things | Adam | 2003-07-24 |
Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Self | 2002-06-08 |
Movie | Stella Shorts 1998-2002 | John | 2002-12-20 |
Movie | The Château | Graham Granville | 2001-01-16 |
Movie | On the Edge | Kenneth (segment "Reaching Normal") | 2001-06-28 |
Series | Hard Knocks | Self - Narrator | 2001-08-01 |
Movie | Bash: Latter-Day Plays | Tim | 2001-08-28 |
Movie | Wet Hot American Summer | Andy | 2001-07-27 |
Movie | The Great Gatsby | Nick Carraway | 2000-03-29 |
Series | Deadline | Unknown | 2000-10-02 |
Movie | Gen-Y Cops | Ian Curtis | 2000-11-17 |
Movie | 200 Cigarettes | Kevin | 1999-02-26 |
Movie | The Cider House Rules | Lt. Wally Worthington | 1999-12-17 |
Series | Strangers with Candy | Brent Brooks | 1999-04-07 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Self - Guest | 1999-03-30 |
Movie | Overnight Delivery | Wyatt Trips | 1998-04-07 |
Movie | The Object of My Affection | George Hanson | 1998-04-17 |
Movie | Twelfth Night | Orsino Duc d'Illyria | 1998-08-30 |
Movie | The Locusts | Earl | 1997-10-03 |
Movie | The Size of Watermelons | Alex | 1997-01-17 |
Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Romeo + Juliet | Dave Paris | 1996-11-01 |
Movie | Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers | Tommy Doyle | 1995-09-29 |
Movie | Clueless | Josh | 1995-07-19 |
Series | Friends | Mike Hannigan | 1994-09-22 |
Series | Rebel Highway | Jimmy Rusoff | 1994-07-07 |
Series | Wild Oats | Brian Grant | 1994-09-04 |
Movie | Runaway Daughters | Jimmy Rusoff | 1994-08-12 |
Series | GMTV | Self | 1993-01-01 |
Series | The Fire Next Time | David | 1993-04-18 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
Series | Late Show with David Letterman | Self | 1993-08-30 |
Movie | Moment of Truth: Stalking Back | Scott | 1993-10-18 |
Movie | Jamie's Secret | 1992-06-02 | |
Series | Sisters | Kirby Philby | 1991-05-11 |
Series | The Simpsons | Paul Rudd (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
Series | Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981-09-15 |
Movie | Family Reunion | Lane Lyman | 1981-10-11 |
Movie | The Last Song | Gary Aronson | 1980-10-23 |
Series | Beulah Land | Leon Kendrick | 1980-10-07 |
Movie | The Betsy | Loren Hardeman Jr. | 1978-02-02 |
Movie | Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye | John F. Kennedy | 1977-01-27 |
Series | Beacon Hill | Brian Mallory | 1975-08-25 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Self | 1975-10-11 |