Paul Rudd filmography

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Rudd in 2015

Paul Rudd is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer whose career began in 1992 when he was cast in the role of Kirby Philby in the TV series Sisters until 1995. Also in 1995, he starred in his feature film debut as Tommy Doyle in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, as well as co-starring alongside Alicia Silverstone in the cult classic Clueless, one of his more notable early roles.[1] The following year he played Dave Paris in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet with Claire Danes. In the 2000s, he co-starred in Wet Hot American Summer with Janeane Garofalo (2001), P.S. with Laura Linney (2004), and starred in Role Models with Seann William Scott (2008) and I Love You, Man with Jason Segel (2009). Rudd has appeared in numerous films directed and produced by Judd Apatow whom he frequently collaborates with including 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, Rudd has played Scott Lang / Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Ant-Man (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and voiced him again in the 2021 series What If...?.

In addition to his film career, Rudd has appeared in numerous television shows, including the NBC sitcom Friends as Mike Hannigan, along with guest roles on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Reno 911! and Parks and Recreation (as businessman Bobby Newport) and hosting Saturday Night Live. He reprised the role of Andy in the follow up series to the film in Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015) and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017). In 2019, he starred in the Netflix series Living with Yourself as Miles Elliot.

Film[]

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headshot of Paul Rudd not smiling
December 2007
Rudd on the MLB Network in 2015
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1995 Clueless Josh [2]
Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers Tommy Doyle Credited as Paul Stephen Rudd [3]
1996 Romeo + Juliet Dave Paris [4]
The Size of Watermelons Alex [5]
1997 The Locusts Earl [6]
1998 Overnight Delivery Wyatt Trips Direct-to-video [7]
The Object of My Affection George Hanson [8]
1999 200 Cigarettes Kevin [9]
The Cider House Rules Wally Worthington [10]
2000 Gen-Y Cops Ian Curtis [11]
2001 Wet Hot American Summer Andy [12]
On the Edge Dr. Kenneth Grearly Short film; Segment: "Reaching Normal" [13]
The Château Graham Granville [14]
2003 The Shape of Things Adam Sorenson [15]
2 Days Paul Miller [16]
House Hunting Daniel Short film [17]
2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Brian Fantana [18]
P.S. Sammy Silverstein [19]
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie Brian Fantana Straight-to-DVD [20]
2005 The Baxter Dan Abbott [21]
The 40-Year-Old Virgin David [22]
Tennis, Anyone...? Lance Rockwood [23]
2006 The Oh in Ohio Jack Chase [24]
Diggers Hunt [25]
Night at the Museum Don [26]
2007 Reno 911!: Miami Ethan [26]
I Could Never Be Your Woman Adam [26]
The Ex Leon [26]
Knocked Up Pete [27]
The Ten Jeff Reigert Also producer [26]
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story John Lennon Uncredited cameo [26]
2008 Over Her Dead Body Henry [28]
Forgetting Sarah Marshall Chuck/Kunu [26]
Role Models Danny Also writer [29]
2009 I Love You, Man Peter Klaven [26]
Sesame Street: Being Green Mr. Earth [30]
Monsters vs. Aliens Derek Dietl (voice) [26]
Year One Abel Uncredited [26]
2010 Dinner for Schmucks Tim [26]
How Do You Know George [31]
2011 Our Idiot Brother Ned [26]
2012 Wanderlust George Gergenblatt Also producer [32]
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Mr. Anderson [26]
This Is 40 Pete [33]
2013 Admission John Pressman [26]
Prince Avalanche Alvin [34]
This Is the End Himself Cameo [26]
All Is Bright Rene [26]
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Brian Fantana [26]
2014 They Came Together Joel [35]
2015 The Little Prince Mr. Prince (voice) [26]
Ant-Man Scott Lang / Ant-Man Also writer [36]
2016 Captain America: Civil War Scott Lang / Ant-Man [36]
The Fundamentals of Caring Ben Benjamin [37]
Sausage Party Darren (voice) [26]
Nerdland John (voice) [26]
2017 Fun Mom Dinner Brady Cameo; also executive producer [38][39]
2018 The Catcher Was a Spy Moe Berg [26]
Ideal Home Paul [26]
Mute Cactus Bill [26]
Ant-Man and the Wasp Scott Lang / Ant-Man Also writer [36]
2019 Avengers: Endgame Scott Lang / Ant-Man [36]
Between Two Ferns: The Movie Himself [40]
2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife Gary Grooberson [41]
2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania dagger Scott Lang / Ant-Man Filming [42]

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1992–1995 Sisters Kirby Philby 20 episodes; credited as Paul Stephen Rudd [43]
1993 Moment of Truth: Stalking Back Scott Television film [44]
The Fire Next Time David 1 episode; credited as Paul Stephen Rudd [45]
1994 Runaway Daughters Jimmy Television film
Wild Oats Brian Grant 6 episodes
1996 Clueless Sonny Episode: "I Got You Babe"
2000 Deadline Zander Price Episode: "Lovers and Madmen"
Strangers with Candy Brent Brooks Episode: "The Last Temptation of Blank"
The Great Gatsby Nick Carraway Television film [46]
2002–2004 Friends Mike Hannigan Recurring character; 18 episodes [47]
2005 Stella Greg Episode: "Office Party" [48]
2006 Cheap Seats Dave Penders Episode: "1996 Spelling Bee: Part 2" [49]
Robot Chicken Various voice roles Episode: "Book of Corrine" [50]
2006–2007 Reno 911! Guy Gerricault 5 episodes [51]
2007 The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show Antagonistic Passenger Episode: "Gold Watch"
Veronica Mars Desmond Fellows Episode: "Debasement Tapes" [52]
Hard Knocks Narrator / Himself Episode: "Training Camp with the Kansas City Chiefs"
2008 Little Britain USA French president Episode: "1.3" [53]
Wainy Days Alias Web series; Episode: "The Pickup" [54]
2008–2021 Saturday Night Live Host / Self 11 episodes [55]
2009 Delocated Himself Episode: "Pilot" [56]
2009–2010, 2022 Party Down — Co-creator, writer and executive producer [57]
2012 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Himself / Various roles Episode: "Man Milk" [58]
2011, 2014, 2020 The Simpsons Dr. Zander / Himself (voices) 3 episodes [59][60][61]
2012, 2015, 2020 Parks and Recreation Bobby Newport 6 episodes [62]
2012 Comedy Bang! Bang! Himself Episode: "Paul Rudd Wears A Red Lumberjack Flannel Shirt" [63]
Louie Himself Episode: "Late Show: Part 3" [64]
2013 Burning Love Nate 3 episodes
2014 Celery Man Various roles [65]
2015 The Jack and Triumph Show Himself Episode: "Coffee" [66]
Moone Boy George Gershwin Episode: "Gershwin's Bucket List" [67]
WHIH Newsfront Scott Lang 2 episodes [68]
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp Andy 8 episodes [69]
Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter Himself Episode: "Made Ya Look" [70]
2016 Bob's Burgers Jericho (voice) Episode: "The Horse Rider-er" [71]
Travel Man Himself Episode: "48 Hours in Helsinki" [72]
2017 Nightcap Himself Episode: "Go-Fund Yourself" [73]
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later Andy 6 episodes [74]
2018 iZombie Paul Rudd Episode: "And He Shall Be A Good Man"; uncredited [75]
2019 Living with Yourself Miles Elliot 8 episodes; also executive producer [76]
2020 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Himself Episode: "Conspiracy Theories" [77]
Home Movie: The Princess Bride Westley Episode: "Chapter Ten: To The Pain!"
At Home with Amy Sedaris Melisso Junkins Episode: "New Year's"
2020–present Tiny World Himself / Narrator 6 episodes [78]
2021 What If...? Scott Lang / Ant-Man (voice) Episode: "What If... Zombies?!" [79]
The Shrink Next Door Dr. Isaac Herschkopf 8 episodes; also executive producer [80]

Theme park attractions[]

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
2019 Ant-Man and The Wasp: Nano Battle! Scott Lang / Ant-Man Hong Kong Disneyland [81]
2022 Avengers: Quantum Encounter Scott Lang / Ant-Man Disney Wish [82]

See also[]

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