![]() He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with fellow actor Matthew Lillard. He attended the University of Kansas, where he majored in theater and belonged to the Sigma Nu fraternity's Nu Chapter. In Kansas, Rudd attended Broadmoor Junior High and graduated from Shawnee Mission West High School in 1987. Because of his father's occupation, they also spent three years in Anaheim, California. When Rudd was ten, his family moved to Lenexa in Johnson County, Kansas. Growing up, he loved reading the British comics The Beano and The Dandy, which his uncle sent him from the United Kingdom. Rudd had a Bar Mitzvah service in Ontario, Canada. His maternal family's surname was Goldstein his parents were second cousins. His grandfather changed his paternal family's original surname, Rudnitsky, to Rudd. They were both from London, his father hailing from Edgware and his mother from Surbiton, and both were descended from Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants who moved to England from Belarus, Poland and Russia. His mother, Gloria Irene Granville, was a sales manager at television station KSMO-TV in Kansas City, Missouri. His father, Michael Rudd (1943–2008), was a historical tour guide and former vice-president of TWA. Paul Stephen Rudd was born on April 6, 1969, in Passaic, New Jersey, to English-born Jewish parents. He starred in the miniseries The Shrink Next Door (2021). He had a dual role in the Netflix comedy series Living with Yourself, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. Rudd has also appeared in numerous television shows, including the NBC sitcom Friends as Mike Hannigan, guest roles on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Reno 911! and Parks and Recreation, and as guest host of Saturday Night Live multiple times. He has played Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Ant-Man (2015) and most recently in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). His films include 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), This Is 40 (2012), and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021). In 2021, he was named People magazine's " Sexiest Man Alive". He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in July 2015, and was included on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2019. He studied theater at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making his acting debut in 1991. Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor and comedian.
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