Paul Rudd on screen and stage

Paul Rudd is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. His career began in 1992 when he played a recurring role in the television series Sisters until 1995. In 1995, he made his film debut opposite Alicia Silverstone in the cult film Clueless, and starred as Tommy Doyle in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.^[1] The following year, he played Dave Paris in Baz Luhrmann's romantic drama Romeo + Juliet. He co-starred in the ensemble comedy film Wet Hot American Summer (2001), and had further comedic roles in Role Models (2008) with Seann William Scott and I Love You, Man (2009) with Jason Segel.

At the Hollywood premiere of Ant-Man in 2015

Rudd has frequently collaborated with filmmaker Judd Apatow in such comedy films as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), This Is 40 (2012), and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013). Since 2015, he has played the superhero Scott Lang / Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), appearing in Ant-Man (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). He has also starred as the Ghostbuster Gary Grooberson in the supernatural comedy films Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024).

In addition to his film career, Rudd has appeared in numerous television shows, including the NBC sitcom Friends as Mike Hannigan (2002–2004), along with guest roles on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (2012), Reno 911! (2006–2007) and Parks and Recreation as businessman Bobby Newport (2012, 2015, 2020). He has also hosted Saturday Night Live five times. He reprised his role in the Netflix sequel miniseries Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015) and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017). He played a dual role in the Netflix comedy-drama series Living with Yourself (2019), for which he received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor,^[2] and has since co-starred with Will Ferrell in the Apple TV+ black comedy miniseries The Shrink Next Door (2021).

Film

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1995	Clueless	Josh		[3]
	Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers	Tommy Doyle	Credited as Paul Stephen Rudd	[4]
1996	Romeo + Juliet	Dave Paris		[5]
	The Size of Watermelons	Alex		[6]
1997	The Locusts	Earl		[7]
1998	Overnight Delivery	Wyatt Trips	Direct-to-video	[8]
	The Object of My Affection	George Hanson		[9]
1999	200 Cigarettes	Kevin		[10]
	The Cider House Rules	Wally Worthington		[11]
2000	Gen-Y Cops	Ian Curtis		[12]
2001	Wet Hot American Summer	Andy		[13]
	On the Edge	Dr. Kenneth Grearly	Short film; Segment: "Reaching Normal"	[14]
	The Château	Graham Granville		[15]
2003	The Shape of Things	Adam Sorenson		[16]
	2 Days	Paul Miller		[17]
	House Hunting	Daniel	Short film	[18]
2004	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Brian Fantana		[19]
	P.S.	Sammy Silverstein		[20]
	Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie	Brian Fantana	Direct-to-DVD	[21]
2005	The Baxter	Dan Abbott		[22]
	The 40-Year-Old Virgin	David		[23]
	Tennis, Anyone...?	Lance Rockwood		[24]
2006	The Oh in Ohio	Jack Chase		[25]
	Diggers	Hunt		[26]
	Night at the Museum	Don		[27]
2007	Reno 911!: Miami	Ethan		[27]
	I Could Never Be Your Woman	Adam		[27]
	The Ex	Leon		[27]
	Knocked Up	Pete		[28]
	The Ten	Jeff Reigert	Also producer	[27]
	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	John Lennon	Uncredited cameo	[27]
2008	Over Her Dead Body	Henry		[29]
	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Chuck / Kunu		[27]
	Role Models	Danny	Also writer	[30]
2009	I Love You, Man	Peter Klaven		[27]
	Sesame Street: Being Green	Mr. Earth	Direct-to-DVD	[31]
	Monsters vs. Aliens	Derek Dietl (voice)		[27]
	Year One	Abel	Uncredited	[27]
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Tim		[27]
	How Do You Know	George		[32]
2011	Our Idiot Brother	Ned		[27]
2012	Wanderlust	George Gergenblatt	Also producer	[33]
	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	Mr. Anderson		[27]
	This Is 40	Pete		[34]
2013	Admission	John Pressman		[27]
	Prince Avalanche	Alvin		[35]
	This Is the End	Himself	Cameo	[27]
	All Is Bright	Rene		[27]
	Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues	Brian Fantana		[27]
2014	They Came Together	Joel		[36]
2015	The Little Prince	Mr. Prince (voice)		[27]
	Ant-Man	Scott Lang / Ant-Man	Also writer	[37]
2016	Captain America: Civil War			[37]
	The Fundamentals of Caring	Ben Benjamin		[38]
	Sausage Party	The Dark Lord (voice)		[27]
	Nerdland	John (voice)		[27]
2017	Fun Mom Dinner	Brady	Cameo; also executive producer	[39][40]
2018	The Catcher Was a Spy	Moe Berg		[27]
	Ideal Home	Paul		[27]
	Mute	Cactus Bill		[27]
	Ant-Man and the Wasp	Scott Lang / Ant-Man	Also writer	[37]
2019	Avengers: Endgame			[37]
	Between Two Ferns: The Movie	Himself		[41]
2021	Ghostbusters: Afterlife	Gary Grooberson		[42]
	My Beautiful Stutter	Himself	Also executive producer	[43]
2022	Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers		Cameo	[44]
	The Bob's Burgers Movie	Jericho (voice)		[45]
2023	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Scott Lang / Ant-Man		[46]
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem	Mondo Gecko (voice)		[47]
2024	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire	Gary Grooberson		[48][49]
	Friendship	Austin Carmichael		[50][51]
2025	Death of a Unicorn	Elliot Kintner	Also executive producer	[52]
	Anaconda †	Ronald Griffen "Griff" Jr	Post-production	[53]
2026	Avengers: Doomsday †	Scott Lang / Ant-Man	Filming	[54]
TBA	Power Ballad †	TBA	Post-production	[55]

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Television

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1992–1995	Sisters	Kirby Philby	Recurring role; credited as Paul Stephen Rudd	[56]
1993	Moment of Truth: Stalking Back	Scott	Television film	[57]
	The Fire Next Time	David	1 episode; credited as Paul Stephen Rudd	[58]
1994	Runaway Daughters	Jimmy Rusoff	Television film	[59]
	Wild Oats	Brian Grant	Main role	[60]
1996	Clueless	Sonny	Episode: "I Got You Babe"	[61]
2000	Strangers with Candy	Brent Brooks	Episode: "The Last Temptation of Blank"	[62]
2000	The Great Gatsby	Nick Carraway	Television film	[63]
2002–2004	Friends	Mike Hannigan	Recurring role	[64]
2005	Stella	Greg	Episode: "Office Party"	[65]
2006	Cheap Seats	Dave Penders	Episode: "1996 Spelling Bee: Part 2"	[66]
	Robot Chicken	Various voice roles	Episode: "Book of Corrine"	[67]
2006–2007	Reno 911!	Guy Gerricault	5 episodes	[60]
2007	Veronica Mars	Desmond Fellows	Episode: "Debasement Tapes"	[68]
2007	Hard Knocks	Narrator / Himself	Episode: "Training Camp with the Kansas City Chiefs"	[69]
2008	Little Britain USA	French President	Episode: "1.3"	[70]
	Wainy Days	Alias	Web series; Episode: "The Pickup"	[61]
2008–2022	Saturday Night Live	Host / Self	5 episodes	[71]
2009	Delocated	Himself	Episode: "Pilot"	[72]
2009–2010, 2022	Party Down	—	Co-creator, writer and executive producer only	[73]
2012	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Himself / Various roles	Episode: "Man Milk"	[74]
2011, 2014, 2020	The Simpsons	Dr. Zander / Himself (voices)	3 episodes	[75][76][77]
2012, 2015, 2020	Parks and Recreation	Bobby Newport	6 episodes	[78]
2012	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself	Episode: "Paul Rudd Wears A Red Lumberjack Flannel Shirt"	[79]
	Louie		Episode: "Late Show: Part 3"	[80]
2013	Burning Love	Nate	3 episodes	[81]
2015	The Jack and Triumph Show	Himself	Episode: "Coffee"	[82]
	Moone Boy	George Gershwin	Episode: "Gershwin's Bucket List"	[83]
	WHIH Newsfront	Scott Lang	2 episodes	[84]
	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Andy	Main role	[85]
	Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter	Himself	Episode: "Made Ya Look"	[86]
2016	Bob's Burgers	Jericho (voice)	Episode: "The Horse Rider-er"	[87]
	Travel Man	Himself	Episode: "48 Hours in Helsinki"	[88]
2017	Nightcap		Episode: "Go-Fund Yourself"	[89]
	Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later	Andy	Recurring role	[90]
2018	iZombie	Paul Rudd (voice)	Episode: "And He Shall Be A Good Man"; uncredited	[91]
	The Chris Gethard Show	Himself	Episode: "Stop Apologizing For Your Dream"	[92]
	Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross & Dave Attell		1 episode	[93]
2019	Living with Yourself	Miles Elliot	Main role; also executive producer	[94]
2020	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Himself	Episode: "Conspiracy Theories"	[95]
	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	Westley	Episode: "Chapter Ten: To the Pain!"	[96]
	At Home with Amy Sedaris	Melisso Junkins	Episode: "New Year's"	[97]
2020, 2023, 2024	America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions	Narrator	3 episodes	[98][99]
2020–2021	Tiny World	Narrator / Himself	Main role	[100]
2021–2023	What If...?	Scott Lang / Ant-Man (voice)	2 episodes	[101]
2021	The Shrink Next Door	Dr. Isaac Herschkopf	Main role; also executive producer	[102]
2022–2024	Only Murders in the Building	Ben Glenroy / Glen Stubbins	Guest star (seasons 2 & 4), special guest star (season 3)	[103]
2023	Impractical Jokers	Himself	Episode: "Bret Michaels"	[104]
	Marvel Studios: Assembled		Episode: "The Making of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania "
2024	Secrets of the Octopus	Narrator / Himself	Nature documentary (3 episodes)	[105]
	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	Himself	Series 20, episode 4; guest, interviewed by Little Ant & Dec	[citation needed]

Stage

Stage

Year	Production	Role	Venue	Ref.
1997	The Last Night of Ballyhoo	Joe Farkas	Helen Hayes Theatre	[106]
1998	Twelfth Night	Orsino	Lincoln Center Theater	[107]
2001	The Shape of Things	Adam Sorenson	Almeida Theatre at Kings Cross	[108]
2006	Three Days of Rain	Walker / Ned	Bernard Jacobs Theater	[109]
2012	Craig Wright's Grace	Husband	Cort Theatre	[110]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Paul Rudd