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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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2026 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

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