Rudd was born in Passaic, New Jersey, to British-born Jewish parents. He studied theater at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Rudd’s films include Clueless, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Romeo + Juliet, Wet Hot American Summer, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, This Is 40, Mute, and Ideal Home. He also has played Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He has appeared in numerous television shows, including the NBC sitcom Friends as Mike Hannigan.
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Paul Stephen Rudd is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He studied theater at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Rudd’s films include Clueless, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Romeo + Juliet, Wet Hot American Summer, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, This Is 40, Mute, and Ideal Home. He also has played Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In addition to his film career, Rudd has appeared in numerous television shows, including the NBC sitcom Friends as Mike Hannigan. He has also hosted Saturday Night Live multiple times. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in July 2015. He was named as part of the Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2019. Rudd was born in Passaic, New Jersey, to British-born Jewish parents. His father, Michael Rudd, was a historical tour guide and former vice-president of Trans World Airlines. His mother, Gloria Irene Granville, was a sales manager at the television station KCMO-TV in Kansas City, Missouri. His parents were both from London, with his father hailing from Edgware and his mother from Surbiton, and both were descended from Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants who had moved to England from Belarus, Poland, and Russia.
Rudd is married to Leslie Mann, the husband of Apatow director Judd Apatatow. He is the father of two children, a son and a daughter-in-law, and a stepson. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. He appeared in several episodes of Reno 911! as the coach of a lamaze class in the 1990s. He then portrayed a has-been rock star, Desmond Fell, on the television series Veronica Mars, in the 2007 episode “Debasement on Mars” The year marked the start of his work with director Judd apatow, as he worked on the film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy with Seth Rogen and Will Ferrell. In 2005, he married Leslie Mann’s husband, Pete Mann, and appeared in the film Knocked up, as frustrated husband Pete Mann’s character. In 2007, he appeared in another film, Inception, with Will Ferchner and Will. Ferrell, produced by Apatotow. In 2010, he starred in a dual role in the Netflix comedy series Living with Yourself, for which he earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy.
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