- Born
- Birth namePaul Stephen Rudd
- Nickname
- Fred
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Paul Stephen Rudd was born in Passaic, New Jersey. His parents, Michael and Gloria, both from Jewish families, were born in the London area, U.K. He has one sister, who is three years younger than he is. Paul traveled with his family during his early years, because of his father's airline job at TWA. His family eventually settled in Overland Park, Kansas, where his mother worked as a sales manager for TV station KSMO-TV. Paul attended Broadmoor Junior High and Shawnee Mission West High School, from which he graduated in 1987, and where he was Student Body President. He 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 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.- IMDb mini biography by: A. Nonymous
- SpouseJulie Rudd(February 23, 2003 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenJack Sullivan RuddDarby Rudd
- ParentsMichael RuddGloria Rudd
- RelativesMandi Rudd Arnold(Sibling)
- Low-key, sardonic sense of humor
- Deadpan delivery
- Frequently co-stars with Steve Carell and Seth Rogen
- Sarcastic wit
- Often cast by Judd Apatow.
- Has been friends with Jennifer Aniston since they were age 21, before they both succeeded.
- Was a disc jockey at bar/bat mitzvahs before he became successful.
- Improvised the "You know how I know you're gay?" sequence in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) with Seth Rogen.
- As part of a running gag during his appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993), Rudd often brought a clip from the film Mac and Me (1988) where wheelchair user Eric (Jade Calegory) flies off a cliff while Mac watches on, instead of showing clips from the actual movie he is there to promote. The only exception was when he came to promote Knocked Up (2007). Judd Apatow showed up specifically to make sure Rudd would not do so.
- Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 3, 2015.
- Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor. It trumps movies and all that other stuff. People say, "You must love the instant feedback," and we're all attention whores for sure - that's why we choose this profession. But it goes beyond that: There's something magical about a shared experience in a theater, with actors and an audience. I don't know if the audience members realize just how huge a part they play in a production. How they are determines how we are, and when it all works, it's magical.
- There's a feeling of enrichment and challenge when it comes to doing a play, and especially doing, you know, a classical play or a tragic play. In a way, it works a different set of muscles, I guess. But I do love it, and I love great writing, whatever it is, and there are so many great plays, and a lot of the writing in a lot of plays is just stellar, and no one is making movies like that, or if they are, I'm certainly not getting cast in them. But you know, working on a comedy with your friends. Like, I would say that with Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) and The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) and Wet Hot American Summer (2001), I was working with people who are completely inspiring. I love being around that company, and I try and step up to the level of their game.
- I can, and do, walk the street. No one bothers me or anything, because most people wouldn't know who I am.
- When I was doing The Shape of Things (2003), which we'd done as a play, it was just so tired by the time we rolled tape.
- I think there's something great and generic about goldfish. They're everybody's first pet.
- The Shrink Next Door (2021) - $1,000,000 /episode
- How Do You Know (2010) - $3,000,000
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