Paul Schneider (actor)
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| Paul Schneider | |
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| Born | Paul Andrew Schneider March 16, 1976 Asheville, North Carolina |
| Occupation | Actor; Writer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
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| paulschneider.com | |
Paul Andrew Schneider (born March 16, 1976) is an American film actor.
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[edit] Early life and career
Schneider was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. He graduated from the North Carolina School of Arts. He made his cinematic debut in 2000 in the independent film George Washington, directed by David Gordon Green, and later starred in All the Real Girls.[1]
As research for his role as Jesse Baylor in Elizabethtown, director Cameron Crowe suggested that Schneider tour with the band My Morning Jacket for five days beginning June 1, 2004. So he accompanied them to concerts held in such locations as Irving Plaza, the Webster Theater, the Theater of the Living Arts, and Stone Pony Landing.
Following Elizabethtown, Schneider was given more supporting roles in The Family Stone and Live Free or Die. In 2007, Schneider, again as a supporting actor, portrayed Gus Lindstrom in Lars and the Real Girl and Dick Liddil in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
He was named as one of the "Ten Actors to Watch" by Variety in 2007.
In 2008, he made his directorial debut with the independent film Pretty Bird.
Also in 2008, Schneider played the 9th President, William Henry Harrison, in a short parody miniseries directed by Derek Waters called Drunk History Vol. 4.
In 2009 Schneider appeared as Charles Armitage Brown in the Keats film Bright Star, directed by Jane Campion, for which he won the Best Supporting Actor Award from the National Society of Film Critics. The award was shared with Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds.
Schneider portrayed Courtney Farlander in Away We Go alongside John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph, directed by Sam Mendes.
He starred in the NBC series Parks and Recreation as Mark Brendanawicz. Despite the show being renewed, his character did not return for the third season.[2]
[edit] Personal life
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Schneider currently resides in Los Angeles.
After launching his official website, Schneider posted his reasons for doing so on December 10, 2004:
[A]fter perusing the self-aggrandizing and ridiculously pompous sites of most young actors, vomiting accomplishments and sugarcoated biographies . . . I decided that self-deprecation was the only route for me. Keep in mind I don’t think many actors have anything to do, whatsoever, with the websites that bear their names. But I think that’s lazy and shortsighted and would feel sick seeing somebody co-opt my name to further any cause not overseen by myself. I wanted, in my amateurish way, to build a site that satirized those websites, to fight the trivial with trivia, to combat fluff with . . . even fluffier . . . stuff.
In response to someone's post to the message boards on his website, on December 31, 2005, Schneider wrote:
There are great misperceptions about being an actor. One is about money. If anyone assumed I wasn’t constantly worried about making rent, buried in debt, scared that I may never work again and terrified of failure then they would be wrong . . . because it’s that, every day. Movie or no movie, I’m still struggling to pay the bills like everyone else. I write this website from a coffee shop that I ride my bike to.
On his website, he lists his 2006 New Year's Resolutions as "need[ing] to finish a screenplay, play[ing] drums more often and find[ing] time to again to volunteer on a regular basis."
As a friend of former Battles band member Tyondai Braxton, Schneider voluntarily interviewed the solo musician after listening to his first solo release,"History That Has No Effect." Schneider listened and, subsequently, transcribed his extensive interview on his website.
[edit] Filmography
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| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 2000 | George Washington | Rico Rice | |
| 2003 | All the Real Girls | Paul | Also Writer Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Original Screenplay |
| 2003 | Crude | Gabe | |
| 2005 | Elizabethtown | Jesse Baylor | |
| The Family Stone | Brad Stevenson | ||
| 2006 | Live Free or Die | Jeff Lagrand | |
| 2007 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Dick Liddil | |
| Lars and the Real Girl | Gus | ||
| 2009 | Bright Star | Charles Armitage Brown | Hollywood Film Festival Spotlight Award National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Away We Go | Courtney Farlander | ||
| 2011 | Water for Elephants | Charlie O'Brien | |
| The Beloved | Henderson | ||
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| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | Third Watch | Thomas Warner | Recurring, 3 episodes |
| 2009 - 2010[3] | Parks and Recreation | Mark Brendanawicz | Main cast |
[edit] References
- ^ Kehr, Dave (2003-02-09). "From the Pride of an Art School, a Sophomore Effort". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9804EED61138F93AA35751C0A9659C8B63. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
- ^ Martin, Denise (2010-03-12). "'Parks and Recreation': Mike Schur tells us why Paul Schneider is leaving the show, plus more details on Adam Scott and Rob Lowe". Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/03/parks-and-recreation-mike-schur-talks-about-why-paul-schneider-is-exiting-the-show-plus-more-details.html. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ Martin, Denise (2010-03-12). "'Parks and Recreation': Mike Schur tells us why Paul Schneider is leaving the show, plus more details on Adam Scott and Rob Lowe". Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/03/parks-and-recreation-mike-schur-talks-about-why-paul-schneider-is-exiting-the-show-plus-more-details.html. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
