| Paul Rudd |
Rudd at Hollywood Life magazine's 8th Annual Breakthrough Awards, December 2007 |
| Born |
Paul Stephen Rudd
April 6, 1969 (1969-04-06) (age 39)
Passaic, New Jersey, USA |
| Spouse(s) |
Julie Yaeger (2003 - present) |
Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor of stage, screen and television.
Biography
Early life
Rudd was born in Passaic, New Jersey, the son of Jewish immigrants from England;123 his family's original surname was "Rudnitzky".4 His father, Michael Rudd, was a historical tour guide who was formerly the vice president of World Airways, while Rudd's mother, Gloria, was a sales manager at television station KSMO-TV.56 He was raised in Overland Park, Kansas. He attended high school at Shawnee Mission West, and college at the University of Kansas, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.7
Career
Rudd's breakout performance was in the 1995 film Clueless. Additional credits include Wet Hot American Summer, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, The Cider House Rules, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, Friends (in the recurring role of Mike Hannigan, who married Phoebe Buffay in 2004), The Object of My Affection with Jennifer Aniston and Tim Daly, and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. While he played the original Josh in Clueless, he returned to play the character of Sonny when the movie was adapted into a television show in 1996. Rudd's Broadway credits include The Last Night of Ballyhoo (1997), Twelfth Night (1998), and Three Days of Rain (2006). He recently 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 recording of John Hodgman's book The Areas of My Expertise.
In 2006, he appeared in several episodes of Reno 911! as the coach of a birthing class, and portrayed a drug lord in the film Reno 911!: Miami. In 2007, he appeared in the films Knocked Up (his third collaboration with Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen), and The Ten (which reunites him with frequent collaborators David Wain and Michael Showalter). The same year, Rudd provided his voice for the narration of the HBO/NFL Films series Hard Knocks: Training Camp With The Kansas City Chiefs. In 2008, Rudd starred in Over Her Dead Body, opposite Eva Longoria, I Could Never Be Your Woman, a direct-to-video release opposite Michelle Pfeiffer (reuniting him with Clueless director Amy Heckerling), Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and Role Models.
In 2008, he appeared on Little Britain USA as the French President.
Running gag on Conan O'Brien
As part of a running gag during Rudd's appearances on Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Conan frequently shows a clip from the infamous film Mac and Me, where the wheelchair-bound Eric (Jade Calegory) flies off a cliff while Mac watches on, instead of showing clips from the actual movie Rudd is there to promote.8
Personal life
In 2003, he married his girlfriend of five years, Julie Yaeger. In 2006, their son, Jack, was born. They now reside in Pleasant Valley, New York.citation needed
Paul Rudd's father, Michael Rudd, died of lung cancer on Friday October 17, 2008 at the Kansas City Hospice House.citation needed
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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