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==Early life== |
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Rudd was born in [[Passaic, New Jersey]].<ref>http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/03/behind_paul_rudd_theres_a_seri.html</ref> His parents, who emigrated from [[ |
Rudd was born in [[Passaic, New Jersey]].<ref>http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/03/behind_paul_rudd_theres_a_seri.html</ref> His parents, who emigrated from [[Poo Town]], were [[history of the Jews in England|Jewish]], and Rudd had a [[Bar and Bat Mitzvah|bar mitzvah]].<ref>http://bombsite.com/issues/60/articles/2088</ref><ref name="ref1">{{cite news|last=Vancheri|first=Barb|coauthors=|title=Paul Rudd fondly re-members black-and-gold fever|pages=|publisher=Pittsburgh Post Gazette|date=2007-08-30|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07243/813538-42.stm|accessdate=2007-09-01}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bangitout.com/reviews50.html Bangitout.com: Movies that Bang! Hiller Movie Reviews: The Shape of Things (2003)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> His family's original surname, "Rudnitzky", was changed by his grandfather to "Rudd".<ref name="highbeam">{{cite news|last=De Vries|first=Hilary|coauthors=|title=Simply Rudd: Actor Paul Rudd may finally be ready to be the Next Big Thing... if he can just quit being an artist|pages=|publisher=HighBeam Research|date=2002-09-01|url=http://paulrudd01.iespana.es/newfile120.htm|accessdate=2007-12-10}}</ref> Rudd's father, Michael, was a historical tour guide who was formerly the vice president of [[World Airways]], while Rudd's mother, Gloria, was a sales manager at the [[television station]] [[KSMO-TV]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|last=Weiner|first=Caren|coauthors=|title=FILM; Suddenly the Object Of Much Attention|pages=|publisher=The New York Times|date=1998-04-26|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E7D6163FF935A15757C0A96E958260|accessdate=2007-12-10}}</ref><ref name="ref1108">{{cite news|last=Garron|first=Barry|coauthors=|title=Actor takes his career in stride For Paul Rudd, the cancellation of 'Wild Oats is merely a bend in the road|pages=|publisher=The Kansas City Star|date=1994-10-23|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=KC&p_theme=kc&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF40FAE443789D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=2008-11-10}}</ref> When he was ten, Rudd's family moved to [[Overland Park]], [[Kansas]], where he was raised.<ref>http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20040158,00.html</ref><ref name=elgae>{{cite news|last=Mills|first=Nancy|coauthors=|title=Paul Rudd's offbeat 'Dinner' date|pages=|publisher=Reading Eagle|date=2010-07-26|url=http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=236952|accessdate=2010-07-30}}</ref> He attended high school at [[Shawnee Mission West]] and college at the [[University of Kansas]], where he was a member of [[Sigma Nu]] [[fraternities and sororities|fraternity]].<ref>[http://tv.yahoo.com/paul-rudd/contributor/28510/bio Paul Rudd - Yahoo! TV<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://www.kansan.com/news/2008/dec/11/question_answer_paul_rudd/?jayplay</ref> For one semester, he studied [[English_literature#Jacobean_literature|Jacobean drama]] at the [[University of Oxford]].<ref name=gg1>{{cite news|last=Heath|first=Chris|coauthors=|title=You Know You're Paul Rudd When...|pages=|publisher=GQ|date=May 2009|url=http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/200904/paul-rudd-oxford-elvis-costello|accessdate=2010-06-02}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
Revision as of 19:32, 20 August 2010
Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor and screenwriter. He primarily appears in comedies, and is most well-known for his roles in the films Clueless, Anchorman, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Dinner For Schmucks, Role Models, and I Love You, Man. On television, he is best known for his role on the NBC sitcom Friends, playing Mike Hannigan, Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow)'s boyfriend and later husband.
Early life
Rudd was born in Passaic, New Jersey.[1] His parents, who emigrated from Poo Town, were Jewish, and Rudd had a bar mitzvah.[2][3][4] His family's original surname, "Rudnitzky", was changed by his grandfather to "Rudd".[5] Rudd's father, Michael, was a historical tour guide who was formerly the vice president of World Airways, while Rudd's mother, Gloria, was a sales manager at the television station KSMO-TV.[6][7] When he was ten, Rudd's family moved to Overland Park, Kansas, where he was raised.[8][9] He attended high school at Shawnee Mission West and college at the University of Kansas, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.[10][11] For one semester, he studied Jacobean drama at the University of Oxford.[12]
Career
Rudd made his breakout performance in the 1995 film Clueless, which turned him into a minor teen idol. Additional early-career credits include Wet Hot American Summer, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, The Cider House Rules, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, and The Object of My Affection. He also garnered recognition with a recurring role on Friends as Mike Hannigan, who married Phoebe Buffay. Rudd's Broadway credits include The Last Night of Ballyhoo (1997), Twelfth Night (1998), and Three Days of Rain (2006). He guest-starred as a has-been 1990s rock star, Desmond Fellows, on the television series, Veronica Mars, in an episode titled "Debasement Tapes". He has also appeared in the audiobook recordings of John Hodgman's books The Areas of My Expertise and More Information Than You Require. In 2006, he appeared in several episodes of Reno 911! as "Guy Gerricault" (pronounced "jericho"), the coach of a lamaze class, and portrayed a drug lord in the film Reno 911!: Miami.
Rudd became a full fledged comedy star with his co-starring roles in Judd Apatow pictures The 40-Year-Old Virgin (directed by Apatow) and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (produced by Apatow). His mostly-improvised "You know how I know you're gay" scene with Seth Rogen became an instant comedy classic. In 2007, he starred as frustrated-husband Pete in Knocked Up, his third collaboration with Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen). That year he also starred in indie favorite The Oh in Ohio and The Ten, which reunited him with David Wain and Michael Showalter. The former film was a box-office and critical disappointment as was his next starring vehicle: Over Her Dead Body opposite Eva Longoria. He quickly bounced back with a memorable supporting role as Koonu (Hawaiian for "Chuck") the drug-addled surf instructer in Nicholas Stoller's Forgetting Sarah Marshall which also starred Jason Segel and was produced by Apatow. The film was a hit, as was his next comedy Role Models, where he starred opposite Sean William Scott as a depressed energy drink salesman forced to perform community service at a child mentoring program. Rudd also cameoed in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Year One and Night at the Museum.
In 2009, he starred with Jason Segel in I Love You Man as a man with no male friends, who goes on a series of man-dates to find a best man for his wedding. He lent his voice to the star studded Dreamworks computer animated hit Monsters Vs. Aliens. In 2010, Rudd reunited with Steve Carell for the first time since Knocked Up and The 40 Year Old Virgin, for the Jay Roach-directed comedy Dinner for Schmucks, also starring Zach Galifinakis and Ron Livingston. The film centered on Rudd, as an ambitious businessman who is invited to a dinner, where he and his bosses each bring one bizarre person to unknowingly be made a fool of and compete for the title of biggest idiot.
Rudd has become one of the most popular and marketable stars of Judd Apatow's films and others in the same vein, starring often with other Apatow regulars like Seth Rogen (four films), Jonah Hill (three films), Leslie Mann (two films), Kristen Wiig (three films), Jason Segel (three films), Steve Carell (four films), and less noticably Joe Lo Truglio (five films).
Running gag on Conan O'Brien
As part of a running gag during his appearances on Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Rudd has brought clips from the film Mac and Me, where the wheelchair-using Eric (Jade Calegory) flies off a cliff while Mac watches on, instead of showing clips from the actual film he is there to promote.[13][14] He also has appeared on stage for Conan O'Brien's live tour.
Personal life
In 2003, Rudd married his girlfriend of five years, Julie Yaeger. Although they live in Manhattan, NY, Rudd frequently travels to Overland Park, Kansas, where he went to high school.[15][16] He is a fan of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, for whom he narrated the HBO special Hard Knocks in 2007.
Filmography
Film
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers | Tommy Doyle | as Paul Stephen Rudd |
Clueless | Josh | ||
1996 | Romeo + Juliet | Dave Paris | |
The Size of Watermelons | Alex | ||
1997 | The Locusts | Earl | |
1998 | Overnight Delivery | Wyatt Trips | |
The Object of My Affection | George Hanson | ||
1999 | 200 Cigarettes | Kevin | |
The Cider House Rules | Wally Worthington | ||
2000 | Gen Y Cops | Ian Curtis | |
The Great Gatsby | Nick Carraway | TV | |
2001 | Wet Hot American Summer | Andy | |
Reaching Normal | Kenneth | ||
The Château | Graham Granville | ||
2003 | The Shape of Things | Adam Sorenson | |
Two Days | Paul Miller | ||
House Hunting | Daniel | ||
2004 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Brian Fantana | |
P.S. | Sammy Silverstein | ||
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie | Brian Fantana | ||
2005 | The Baxter | Dan Abbott | |
The 40-Year-Old Virgin | David | ||
Tennis, Anyone...? | Lance Rockwood | ||
2006 | The Oh in Ohio | Jack Chase | |
Diggers | Hunt | ||
Night at the Museum | Don | ||
2007 | Reno 911: Miami | Ethan the Druglord | |
I Could Never Be Your Woman | Adam | ||
The Ex | Leon | ||
Knocked Up | Pete | ||
The Ten | Jeff Reigert | Also Producer | |
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | John Lennon | Uncredited Cameo | |
2008 | Over Her Dead Body | Henry | |
Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Chuck or "Kunu" | ||
Role Models | Danny Donahue | Also Writer | |
2009 | I Love You, Man | Peter Klaven | |
Monsters vs. Aliens | Derek | Voice Only | |
Year One | Abel | Uncredited Cameo | |
2010 | Dinner for Schmucks | Tim | |
How Do You Know | George | Post-Production | |
2011 | My Idiot Brother |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1992–1995 | Sisters | Kirby Quimby Philby | Recurring guest star |
1994 | Wild Oats | Brian Grant | Series regular |
1996 | Clueless | Sonny | Guest star, episode: "I Got You Babe" |
2000 | Deadline | Zander Price | Guest star, episode: "Lovers and Madmen" |
Strangers with Candy | Brent Brooks | Guest star, episode: "The Last Temptation of Blank" | |
2002–2004 | Friends | Mike Hannigan | Recurring guest star 18 episodes |
2005 | Stella | Greg | Guest star, episode: "Office Party" |
2006 | Cheap Seats | Dave Penders | Guest star, episode: "1996 Spelling Bee: Part 2" |
Robot Chicken | Jasper the Douchebag Ghost, Ang Lee | Guest star, episode: "Book of Corrine" | |
2006–2007 | Reno 911! | Guy Gerricault | Recurring guest star |
2007 | The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show | Antagonistic Passenger | Guest star, episode: "Gold Watch" |
Veronica Mars | Desmond Fellows | Guest star, episode: "Debasement Tapes" | |
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Kansas City Chiefs | Himself | Narrator | |
2008 | Little Britain USA | French president | Guest Star |
Saturday Night Live | Himself | Host (November 15) | |
2009 | Delocated | Himself | Guest Star (February 13) |
Saturday Night Live | Himself | Cameo (May 16) | |
2010 | Saturday Night Live | Himself | Cameo (March 6) |
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Himself, Celery Man, Oyster, Tayne | Guest star, episode: "Man Milk" | |
The Simpsons | Homers Therapist | Guest star, season 22 |
References
- ^ http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/03/behind_paul_rudd_theres_a_seri.html
- ^ http://bombsite.com/issues/60/articles/2088
- ^ Vancheri, Barb (2007-08-30). "Paul Rudd fondly re-members black-and-gold fever". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
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- ^ De Vries, Hilary (2002-09-01). "Simply Rudd: Actor Paul Rudd may finally be ready to be the Next Big Thing... if he can just quit being an artist". HighBeam Research. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
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(help) - ^ Garron, Barry (1994-10-23). "Actor takes his career in stride For Paul Rudd, the cancellation of 'Wild Oats is merely a bend in the road". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
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(help) - ^ http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20040158,00.html
- ^ Mills, Nancy (2010-07-26). "Paul Rudd's offbeat 'Dinner' date". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
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(help) - ^ Paul Rudd - Yahoo! TV
- ^ http://www.kansan.com/news/2008/dec/11/question_answer_paul_rudd/?jayplay
- ^ Heath, Chris (May 2009). "You Know You're Paul Rudd When..." GQ. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
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(help) - ^ YouTube: MAC AND ME (1988) - infamous wheelchair scene
- ^ Paul Rudd on Conan promoting Role Models
- ^ Visitkc.com story on Rudd's Kansas City area roots
- ^ Examiner.com story on Rudd's and Jason Sudeikis' Overland Park Kansas connection
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- 1969 births
- Living people
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