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, alongside 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 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 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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Primarily2026 Avengers: Doomsday as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
2025 Anaconda
2025 Power Ballad
2025 Creature
2025 Friendship as Austin Executive Producer
2025 Death of a Unicorn as Elliot Executive Producer
2025 Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
2024 92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center as Self
2024 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special as Self (archive footage)
2024 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Gary Grooberson
2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem as Mondo Gecko (voice)
2023 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as Self - Scott Lang / Ant-Man
2023 Chris Rock: Road To Live Special as Self
2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as Scott Lang / Ant-Man Additional Writing
2022 The Bob's Burgers Movie as Jericho (voice)
2022 Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as Paul Rudd
2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Gary Grooberson
2021 Adrienne as Self
2021 Rush: Cinema Strangiato - R40+ Director's Cut as Himself
2020 Console Wars as Self (archive footage)
2020 Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self - Actor, "Avengers: Endgame"
2020 Celebrity Escape Room as Self
2020 A Parks and Recreation Special as Bobby Newport
2020 We Are Freestyle Love Supreme as Self
2019 Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee as Self / Ant-Man / Scott Lang (archive footage)
2019 Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Paul Rudd
2019 My Beautiful Stutter Producer
2019 Avengers: Endgame as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp as Scott Lang / Ant-Man Screenplay
2018 The Catcher Was a Spy as Moe Berg
2018 Ideal Home as Paul
2018 Mute as Cactus Bill
2018 A Futile and Stupid Gesture as "The Nobody" (uncredited)
2017 Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs as Self
2017 Fun Mom Dinner as Brady Executive Producer
2016 Quantum Is Calling as Himself
2016 Nerdland as John (voice)
2016 Rush: Time Stand Still as Narrator
2016 Sausage Party as Darren (voice)
2016 The Fundamentals of Caring as Ben Benjamin
2016 Captain America: Civil War as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
2016 Anyone Can Quantum as Himself
2015 2015 Kansas City Royals: The Official World Series Film as Narrator
2015 Rush: R40 Live as Himself
2015 Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot as Self
2015 The Little Prince as Mr. Prince (voice)
2015 Ant-Man as Scott Lang / Ant-Man Screenplay
2014 They Came Together as Joel
2013 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as Brian Fantana
2013 All Is Bright as Rene Upiter
2013 This Is the End as Paul Rudd
2013 Admission as John Pressman
2013 Prince Avalanche as Alvin
2012 This Is 40 as Pete
2012 Casting By as Self
2012 The Perks of Being a Wallflower as Mr. Anderson
2012 Mansome as Self
2012 The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
2012 Wanderlust as George Producer
2011 Picture Perfect as Photographer
2011 Our Idiot Brother as Nedrick 'Ned' Rochlin
2011 Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush as Peter Klaven
2010 How Do You Know as George
2010 Dinner for Schmucks as Tim Conrad
2010 Casino Jack and the United States of Money as Michael Scanlon (voice)
2009 SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009 Year One as Abel (uncredited)
2009 Sesame Street: Being Green as Mr. Earth
2009 I Love You, Man as Peter Klaven
2009 Monsters vs Aliens as Derek Dietl (voice)
2008 Role Models as Danny Donahue Screenplay
2008 Forgetting Sarah Marshall as Chuck
2008 Over Her Dead Body as Henry Mills
2008 Monty Python Conquers America as Self
2007 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as John Lennon (uncredited)
2007 The Ten as Jeff Reigert Producer
2007 Knocked Up as Pete
2007 I Could Never Be Your Woman as Adam Perl
2007 Reno 911!: Miami as Ethan the Drug Lord
2006 Night at the Museum as Don
2006 The Ex as Leon
2006 Diggers as Hunt
2006 The Armenian Genocide as U.S. Consul Oscar Heizer (voice)
2006 The Oh in Ohio as Jack Chase
2006 Tennis Anyone? as Lance Rockwood
2005 The Baxter as Dan Abbott
2005 The 40 Year Old Virgin as David
2005 Celebrity Mix as Self (archive footage)
2004 Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie as Brian Fantana
2004 P.S. as Sammy Silverstein
2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as Brian Fantana
2003 The Shape of Things as Adam
2003 House Hunting as Daniel
2003 Two Days as Paul Miller
2002 Stella Shorts 1998-2002 as John
2001 Bash: Latter-Day Plays as Tim
2001 Wet Hot American Summer as Andy
2001 On the Edge as Kenneth (segment "Reaching Normal")
2001 The Château as Graham Granville
2000 Gen-Y Cops as Ian Curtis
2000 The Great Gatsby as Nick Carraway
1999 The Cider House Rules as Lt. Wally Worthington
1999 200 Cigarettes as Kevin
1998 Twelfth Night as Orsino Duc d'Illyria
1998 The Object of My Affection as George Hanson
1998 Overnight Delivery as Wyatt Trips
1997 The Locusts as Earl
1997 The Size of Watermelons as Alex
1996 Romeo + Juliet as Dave Paris
1995 Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers as Tommy Doyle
1995 Clueless as Josh
1994 Runaway Daughters as Jimmy Rusoff
1993 Moment of Truth: Stalking Back as Scott
1992 Jamie's Secret