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Paul Rudd
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Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American film and stage actor.
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
- 1.2 Career
- 1.3 Personal life
- 2 Selected filmography
- 3 Trivia
- 4 External links
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Biography
Early life
He was born to Jewish immigrants from England [1] in Passaic, New Jersey and 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.
Career
Rudd's breakout performance was in the 90's cult classic
Clueless.
His credits also include
Wet Hot American Summer,
The Cider House Rules,
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet,
Friends (in the recurring role of
Mike Hannigan, who married
Phoebe Buffay in
2004), and
The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Rudd could be seen in the Broadway production
Three Days of Rain co-starring
Julia Roberts and
Bradley Cooper from April 2006 to June 2006. In 2006 he appeared in several episodes of
Reno 911! as coach of a birthing class. He also plays a
drug lord in the 2007 film
Reno 911!: Miami. In
2007, Rudd has the male lead roles in two comedies,
I Could Never Be Your Woman opposite
Michelle Pfeiffer (reuniting him with
Clueless director
Amy Heckerling), and
How I Met My Boyfriend's Dead Fiancée opposite
Eva Longoria. That same year, Rudd will also be seen in
Knocked Up, his third collaboration with
Judd Apatow and
Seth Rogen. Paul also costarred in the lesser known film "
The Object of My Affection" with
Jennifer Aniston, in which he played a school teacher. He was in a currently unreleased movie called
My Achilles Heart along side
Irish actress/model
Jane Bradbury.
He is considered a secondary member of the Frat Pack, a group of comedy actors who appear in films together.[2]
Personal life
Paul has a 1 year old son named Jack with his wife Julie.
Selected filmography
Trivia
- Rudd was beaten by Nicole Sullivan on the Celebrity Poker Showdown by the luck of the draw. While he held 3 of a kind, Sullivan (believing Rudd to bluff) met his all in bet with nothing of her own. However, she won the hand by chance when the dealer dealt her a straight.
- While he played the original Josh in the 1995 blockbuster Clueless, he returned to play the character of Sonny when the movie was adapted into a television show in 1996.
- Dated Friends co-star Jennifer Aniston in 1997, five years before joining the show.
- In 2003 Rudd returned to his alma mater Shawnee Mission West High School. He met with the school's theatre department and ended his visit by spray painting "Paul Rudd Class of '87" on a brick wall in the back of the auditorium.
- He drives a Toyota Prius which is mentioned in the The 40-Year-Old Virgin commentary.
- Recently, Rudd has been a part of a running gag on Late Night with Conan O'Brien where instead of a clip from whatever movie he's promoting, Rudd plays the same clip from the 1980s movie Mac and Me, where the main character is seen rolling off a cliff in a wheelchair.
