Paul Kenneth Rudd Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He has primarily appeared in comedies, and is known for his roles in the films Clueless (1995), 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), This Is 40 (2012), and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013). In television, he appeared in the early 1990s on the NBC drama Sisters as the eventual husband of Ashley Judd's character, and some years later on the NBC sitcom Friends, playing Mike Hannigan, Phoebe Buffay's boyfriend and later husband for the final two seasons. Other guest television roles have included an appearance on the Tim and Eric show and hosting Saturday Night Live three times as of June 2014. Rudd has been cast as Ant-Man in Marvel Studios' film of the same name, to be released in 2015. He is scheduled to reprise his role as Scott Lang / Ant-Man in Avengers: Infinity War - Part 1 (2018) and Avengers: Infinity War - Part 2 (2019).
Right from the start, I was determined to ground myself in the most demanding part of the business. If you can do Shakespeare, you can do anything. I knew Shakespeare was going to be my meat.
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Retired from professional acting in 1986 to raise his children. He later began teaching theater, especially Shakespeare, and poetry in local middle schools and high schools, and set up various acting workshops.
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Not related to but is often confused with younger actor Paul Rudd of Clueless (1995) fame. The younger actor initially billed himself as "Paul Stephen Rudd" in order to avoid confusion.
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Originally named Paul Kenneth Rudd, he adopted Ryan as his middle name from his mother's maiden name, whose name had become Kathryn Rudd after marriage.
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He studied at Boston Latin School and Assumption Prepatory School.
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He earned his Bachelor's degree in psychology from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He briefly studied for the Roman Catholic Priesthood before he and his seminary parted amicably.
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He worked in New York advertising before becoming an actor where he worked in Hartford Stage in Hartford, Connecticut; Long Wharf Theater in Connecticut; and Arena Stage in Washington D.C.
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He is survived by his second wife, Martha Bannerman; three children, Graeme Rudd, Kathryn Rudd, and Eliza Rudd; and his mother, Kathryn Ryan Rudd.
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He taught theater at Sarah Lawrence College and at the New School for Drama in New York City.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kung Fu: The Movie
1986
TV Movie
Reverend Lawrence Perkins
Moonlighting
1985
TV Series
Accomplice
Murder, She Wrote
1984
TV Series
Palmer Eddington
Quincy M.E.
1983
TV Series
Kenny Kelso
Hart to Hart
1979-1983
TV Series
Dr. Michael Barber / David Krieger
Family Reunion
1981
TV Movie
Lane Lyman
Knots Landing
1980-1981
TV Series
Earl Trent
The Last Song
1980
TV Movie
Gary Aronson
Beulah Land
1980
TV Mini-Series
Leon Kendrick
Once Upon a Classic
1978
TV Series
Hank / Sir Boss
The Betsy
1978
Loren Hardeman Jr.
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
1977
TV Movie
John F. Kennedy
Beacon Hill
1975
TV Series
Brian Mallory
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Star-Crossed
2002
TV Special
Himself (Sarah Lawrence College drama instuctor)
Known for movies
Beulah Land (1980) as Leon Kendrick
The Betsy (1978) as Loren Hardeman Jr.
The Last Song (1980) as Gary Aronson
Kung Fu: The Movie (1986) as Reverend Lawrence Perkins
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