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Paul Rudd

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Paul Rudd

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Also known as Paul Stephen Rudd

American actor

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Paul Stephen Rudd is an American film producer, writer, and actor who began his professional career in 1992. Born on April 6, 1969, in Passaic, New Jersey, he is a citizen of the United States and a member of the American Jewish ethnic group. He received his education at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Rudd speaks English, with American English as his native language.

His notable works include the films *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* and *Ant-Man*. He has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In addition to his acting and producing roles, Rudd is credited as the author of several books, including *London Warriors*, *Chronicles of Supernatural Warfare*, *Sharc Bait*, *Sharc*, and *Bootleggers*. He has resided in various locations, including New Jersey, Lenexa, Anaheim, and Rhinebeck.

Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
9

Top works

  • London Warriors
  • Chronicles of Supernatural Warfare
  • Sharc Bait
  • Sharc
  • Bootleggers

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Film & TV

Acting · Passaic, New Jersey, USA

Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor. Rudd studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making his acting debut in 1991. He was included on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2019 and was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2021. The accolades he has received include a Critics' Choice Television Award, as well as…

Known for

  • Power Ballad — Rick Power2026
  • Avengers: Doomsday — Scott Lang / Ant-Man2026
  • Goodnight Lamby — Papa (voice)2026
  • Marty, Life Is Short — Self (archive footage)2026
  • Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass — Paul Rudd2026
  • Hey Jonas! — Self - Guest2026
  • Death of a Unicorn — Elliot2025
  • Friendship — Austin Carmichael2025
  • Anaconda — Ronald Griffin Jr.2025
  • Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self (archive footage)2025

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1969

Member of

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,799
Total plays
7,008

DJ Paul Rudd is recognised as one of the most creative new producers and remixers on the UK House music scene. Paul has been in the music industry since 1998 after winning ‘Search for a Star’ at the Capital Radio Cafe in Leicester Square with Neil Fox. Subsequently he became a regular DJ during weekends with Party Animal Neil Long (Radio Jackie) to assist with the Dance and Party Zones, and co-presented the 1999 New Year’s Eve party. His first official chart release <a href="https://www.last.

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations

    · 1958 · cited 70,831x

  2. “Mini-mental state”

    · 1975 · cited 68,300x

  3. Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support

    · 2009 · cited 46,854x

  4. Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks

    · 2003 · cited 45,784x

  5. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,569x

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Encyclopedic overview

Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor. Rudd studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making his acting debut in 1991. He was included on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2019, and was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2021. The accolades he has received include a Critics' Choice Television Award, alongside nominations for a Golden Globe Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Born to British parents in New Jersey, Rudd appeared in the films Clueless (1995), Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), I Love You, Man (2009), and This Is 40 (2012). He has played the superhero Scott Lang / Ant-Man in five Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films, from Ant-Man (2015) to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). He played Gary Grooberson in the Ghostbusters films Afterlife (2021) and Frozen Empire (2024).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paul Rudd” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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