Paul Rudd's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Friends Mike Hannigan Joe Buck Live Paul Rudd Wild Oats Brian Grant

Main Movie Roles 2010 - How Do You Know 2010 - Dinner for Schmucks 2009 - Year One 2009 - Monsters vs. Aliens 2009 - I Love You, Man 2008 - Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2008 - Role Models 2008 - Over Her Dead Body 2007 - I Could Never Be Your Woman 2007 - The Ten 2007 - Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story 2007 - Reno 911!: Miami 2007 - Knocked Up 2006 - Night at the Museum 2006 - The Oh in Ohio 2006 - Diggers 2005 - The 40 Year Old Virgin 2005 - The Baxter 2004 - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2003 - Two Days 2003 - The Shape of Things 2001 - Wet Hot American Summer 1999 - The Cider House Rules 1999 - 200 Cigarettes 1998 - The Object of My Affection 1998 - Overnight Delivery 1996 - Romeo + Juliet 1995 - Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers 1995 - Clueless

BIOGRAPHY:

Paul Rudd traveled with his family during his early years because of his father's airline job. He attended the Shawnee Mission West High School in Overland Park, Kansas, and then enrolled at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, majoring in theater. He graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts-West in Los Angeles and participated in a three-month intensive workshop under the guidance of Michael Kahn (I) at the British Drama Academy at Oxford University in Britain. Rudd helped to produce the Globe Theater's production of Howard Brenton's "Bloody Poetry," which starred Rudd as Percy Bysshe Shelley.


TRIVIA:

• 2/23/03: Married his girlfriend, 'Julie Yaeger' (qv) in upstate New York. They live in Manhattan. As of 2009, they have been together for 14 years.
• Friend of TV writer 'Rob Thomas (II)' (qv) and 'Jon Hamm' (qv).
• Improvised the "You know how I know you're gay?" sequence in _The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)_ (qv) with 'Seth Rogen' (qv).
• His parents were Jewish immigrants from England. Original family surname, "Rudnitzky," was shortened by his grandfather.
• He wrote his name in big letters on his high school wall during a reunion.
• Is a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity.
• Prior to joining the cast of _"Friends" (1994)_ (qv), he co-starred with 'Jennifer Aniston' (qv) in _The Object of My Affection (1998)_ (qv).
• Has a son with wife 'Julie Yaeger' (qv) named Jack Rudd (b. 2006).