Paul Rudd

{{Infobox person

| name = Paul Rudd

| image = Paul Rudd and Kate Mara at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival 8 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Rudd in 2024

| birth_name = Paul Stephen Rudd

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|4|6}}

| birth_place = Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.

| alma_mater = University of Kansas
American Academy of Dramatic Arts

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1991–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Julie Yaeger|2003}}

| children = 2

| works = Full list

| awards = Full list

}}

Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is a British-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,{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/paul-rudd/ |title=Paul Rudd |work=Forbes |date=July 3, 2015 |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123140447/https://www.forbes.com/profile/paul-rudd/#670a1d0b45db |url-status=live }} 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.

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).

Rudd has also appeared in numerous television shows, including the sitcom Friends (2002–2004) as Mike Hannigan, and has featured as a guest host of Saturday Night Live multiple times. He had a dual role in the comedy series Living with Yourself (2019), which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. He starred in the miniseries The Shrink Next Door (2021), and featured in the Hulu comedy series Only Murders in the Building (2023–2024), which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Early life and education

Paul Stephen Rudd was born on April 6, 1969, in Passaic, New Jersey, to English Jewish parents.{{cite news |first=Hadley |last=Freeman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/09/paul-rudd-ant-man-hollywoods-nice-guy-english-parents-kansas |title=Paul Rudd on Ant-Man, being Hollywood's go-to nice guy and growing up with English parents in Kansas |newspaper=The Guardian |date=July 9, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180212050514/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/09/paul-rudd-ant-man-hollywoods-nice-guy-english-parents-kansas |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Paul Rudd biography|url=http://www.biography.com/people/paul-rudd-9542374|website=Biography.com|publisher=A+E Television Networks, LLC|access-date=September 1, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120929065541/http://www.biography.com/people/paul-rudd-9542374|archive-date=September 29, 2012|url-status=live}} His father, Michael Rudd (1943–2008), was a historical tour guide and worked for Trans World Airlines (TWA).{{cite web |url=http://www.ecorazzi.com/2011/03/22/paul-rudds-birthday-wish-is-for-you-to-help-him-cure-cancer/ |title=Paul Rudd's Birthday Wish Is For You To Help Him Cure Cancer |website=Ecorazzi |first=Ali |last=Berman |date=March 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621033233/http://www.ecorazzi.com/2011/03/22/paul-rudds-birthday-wish-is-for-you-to-help-him-cure-cancer/ |archive-date=June 21, 2015 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite magazine |url= https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/01/Will-Jennifer-Aniston-and-Paul-Rudds-Discussion-of-Cremated-Therapists-Dogs-and-Fathers-Make-You-Want-to-See-Their-New-Movie |title=Will Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd's Discussion of Cremated Therapists, Dogs, and Fathers Make You Want to See Their New Movie? |first=Julie |last=Miller |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=February 14, 2012 |access-date=June 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413085903/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/01/Will-Jennifer-Aniston-and-Paul-Rudds-Discussion-of-Cremated-Therapists-Dogs-and-Fathers-Make-You-Want-to-See-Their-New-Movie |archive-date=April 13, 2016 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url= https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/actress-julia-roberts-presents-honorary-irishman-award-to-actor-paul-rudd-117006253-237372031 |title=Julia Roberts presents 'Honorary Irishman' award to actor Paul Rudd |first=Cathy |last=Hayes |website=IrishCentral |date=February 27, 2011 |access-date=June 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629155124/https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/actress-julia-roberts-presents-honorary-irishman-award-to-actor-paul-rudd-117006253-237372031 |archive-date=June 29, 2018 |url-status=live }} His mother, Gloria Irene Granville, was a sales manager at television station KSMO-TV in Kansas City, Missouri.{{cite news |last=Weiner |first=Caren |title=Suddenly the Object Of Much Attention |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 26, 1998 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E7D6163FF935A15757C0A96E958260 |access-date=December 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203163251/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E7D6163FF935A15757C0A96E958260 |archive-date=December 3, 2007 |url-status=live }} They were both from London, with his father hailing from Edgware and his mother from Surbiton,{{cite news |first=Stephen |last=Whitty |url= http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/03/behind_paul_rudd_theres_a_seri.html |title=Paul Rudd interview: He's happy to have a job – any job |newspaper=The Star-Ledger |date=March 22, 2009 |access-date=July 30, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100908131426/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/03/behind_paul_rudd_theres_a_seri.html |archive-date=September 8, 2010 |url-status=live }}Stated on The Graham Norton Show, February 1, 2013. and both were descended from Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants who moved to England from Belarus, Poland and Russia.{{cite news |url=http://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/jews-making-news-parker-rudd/ |title=Jews Making News: Parker, Rudd |newspaper=Atlanta Jewish Times |date=May 28, 2013 |access-date=May 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517011157/http://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/jews-making-news-parker-rudd/ |archive-date=May 17, 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |first=Curt |last=Schleier |url=https://www.jta.org/2017/10/26/life-religion/paul-rudd-learns-about-his-family-history-from-a-jta-news-brief-on-finding-your-roots |title=Paul Rudd learns about his family history from a JTA article on 'Finding Your Roots' |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=October 26, 2017 |access-date=May 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517005254/https://www.jta.org/2017/10/26/life-religion/paul-rudd-learns-about-his-family-history-from-a-jta-news-brief-on-finding-your-roots |archive-date=May 17, 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Ginott |first=Jamie H. |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1998/4/17/an-object-of-affection-talking-with/?page=single |title=An 'Object' of Affection: Talking with Paul Rudd |newspaper=The Harvard Crimson |date=April 17, 1998 |access-date=July 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710061524/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1998/4/17/an-object-of-affection-talking-with/?page=single |archive-date=July 10, 2015 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |first=Amy |last=Kuperinsky |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/10/paul_rudd_finding_your_roots_scarlett_johansson_la.html |title=N.J. actor Paul Rudd plumbs family history on 'Finding Your Roots' |newspaper=The Star-Ledger |date=November 1, 2017 |access-date=May 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517010828/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/10/paul_rudd_finding_your_roots_scarlett_johansson_la.html |archive-date=May 17, 2018 |url-status=live }} His parents were second cousins.Stated on Finding Your Roots, October 30, 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.cineplex.com/News/INTERVIEW-Paul-Rudd-on-breaking-into-the-Marvel-Universe-in-Ant-Man |title=Interview: Paul Rudd on breaking into the Marvel Universe in Ant-Man |first=Marni |last=Weisz |date=July 14, 2015 |publisher=Cineplex Entertainment |access-date=January 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731104940/https://www.cineplex.com/News/INTERVIEW-Paul-Rudd-on-breaking-into-the-Marvel-Universe-in-Ant-Man |archive-date=July 31, 2017 |url-status=live }} Rudd had a bar mitzvah service{{cite news |url=http://jewishjournal.com/uncategorized/111524/ |title=Paul Rudd Q & A: 'This is 40' |last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |date=December 28, 2012 |newspaper=Jewish Journal |access-date=July 6, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180629155715/http://jewishjournal.com/uncategorized/111524/ |archive-date=June 29, 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=Rudd |first=Paul |url=http://bombsite.com/issues/60/articles/2088 |title=Interview: Alfred Uhry |magazine=Bomb |number=60 |date=Summer 1997 |access-date=July 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814051215/http://bombsite.com/issues/60/articles/2088 |archive-date=August 14, 2011 }} in Ontario, Canada.{{cite web |last=Colbert |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Colbert |title=Paul Rudd Shares Some Possible Facts About Kansas City |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt6kIT6p4DQ |time=7:50 |date=June 27, 2018 |via=YouTube |access-date=June 16, 2019 |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123140423/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt6kIT6p4DQ |url-status=live }} Growing up, he loved reading the British comics The Beano and The Dandy, which his uncle sent him from the United Kingdom.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/pixar/11766202/Was-Pixars-Inside-Out-inspired-by-The-Beano.html |first=Stephen |last=Armstrong |title=Was Pixar's Inside Out inspired by The Beano? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=July 27, 2015 |access-date=January 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412090211/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/pixar/11766202/Was-Pixars-Inside-Out-inspired-by-The-Beano.html |archive-date=April 12, 2018 |url-status=live }}

When Rudd was ten, his family moved to Lenexa in Johnson County, Kansas. Because of his father's occupation, they also spent three years in Anaheim, California.{{cite magazine |last=Karpel |first=Ari |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/05/25/spotlight-paul-rudd/ |title=Spotlight on Paul Rudd|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 25, 2007 |access-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701152052/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20040158,00.html |archive-date=July 1, 2013 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Mills |first=Nancy |title=Paul Rudd's offbeat 'Dinner' date |newspaper=Reading Eagle |date=July 26, 2010 |url=http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=236952 |access-date=July 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728143934/http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=236952 |archive-date=July 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine |title=Playboy Interview: Paul Rudd |url=http://www.playboy.com/magazine/playboy-interview-paul-rudd |first=Eric |last=Spitznagel |date=October 2011 |magazine=Playboy |access-date=January 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128174120/http://www.playboy.com/magazine/playboy-interview-paul-rudd |archive-date=January 28, 2012 }} In Kansas, Rudd attended Broadmoor Junior High and graduated from Shawnee Mission West High School in 1987. He placed fifth in Humorous Interpretation at the 1987 National Forensics League National Tournament.{{cite web |publisher=National Speech and Debate Association |title=1987 Humorous Interpretation Finals |url=https://www.speechanddebate.org/nationals-1987-humorous-interpretation-finals/ | access-date=September 16, 2024 }} He attended the University of Kansas, where he majored in theater{{cite web |first=Rebecca Flint |last=Marx |title=Paul Rudd: Biography |publisher=AllMovie |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/paul-rudd-p225541 |access-date=July 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512153650/http://www.allmovie.com/artist/paul-rudd-p225541 |archive-date=May 12, 2015 |url-status=live }} and belonged to the Sigma Nu fraternity's Nu chapter.{{cite web |title=Famous Members of Sigma Nu |url=http://www.sigmanu.org/about/famous_sigmanus.php |website=Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc. |access-date=January 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912164745/http://www.sigmanu.org/about/famous_sigmanus.php |archive-date=September 12, 2012 |url-status=live }} He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts{{cite web |url= https://www.aada.edu/notable-alumni#decade:1980_current/orderby:all/display:panel |title= AADA Alumni - Notable past Students |access-date= January 7, 2024 |archive-date= February 16, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190216094141/https://www.aada.edu/notable-alumni#decade:1980_current/orderby:all/display:panel |url-status= live }} with fellow actor Matthew Lillard. He also spent three months studying Jacobean drama at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford.{{cite magazine |last=Heath |first=Chris |title=You Know You're Paul Rudd When... |magazine=GQ |date=May 2009 |url=https://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/200904/paul-rudd-oxford-elvis-costello |access-date=June 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317191338/http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/200904/paul-rudd-oxford-elvis-costello |archive-date=March 17, 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.badaonline.com/127/alumni/alumni.html |title=Alumni |publisher=British American Drama Academy |access-date=July 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707204952/http://www.badaonline.com/127/alumni/alumni.html |archive-date=July 7, 2011 }} While at acting school, he worked as a disc jockey (DJ) at bar mitzvahs.{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/10/07/paul-rudd-on-grace-bar-mitzvahs-and-this-is-40.html |title=Paul Rudd on Grace, Bar Mitzvahs and This is 40 |first=Marlow |last=Stern |date=October 8, 2012 |website=The Daily Beast |access-date=January 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212060932/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/10/07/paul-rudd-on-grace-bar-mitzvahs-and-this-is-40.html |archive-date=December 12, 2012}} After graduation, he had a variety of odd jobs, including glazing hams at the Holiday Ham Company in Overland Park, Kansas.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/03/ant-man-and-the-wasp-paul-rudd-glazing-hams.html |title='Ant-Man' Paul Rudd reveals the weirdest odd job he did to save money for acting school |last=Huddleston |first=Tom |date=July 6, 2018 |publisher=CNBC |access-date=July 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711190456/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/03/ant-man-and-the-wasp-paul-rudd-glazing-hams.html |archive-date=July 11, 2018 |url-status=live }}

Career

=Film and television=

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Rudd made his acting debut in 1991 when he starred in a commercial promoting the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (which he would reference in a 2025 commercial for the Nintendo Switch 2).{{Cite news |last=Greene |first=Jordan |title=Ultimate Throwback Video of Paul Rudd Introducing World to Super Nintendo 33 Years Ago Goes Viral |url=https://people.com/throwback-video-paul-rudd-introducing-world-to-super-nintendo-33-years-ago-goes-viral-8700784 |date=April 19, 2025 |access-date=April 20, 2025 |website=People.com |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Valentine |first1=Rebekah |title=Paul Rudd Hypes Nintendo Switch 2 With Playful Throwback to Infamous 90s SNES Commercial |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/paul-rudd-hypes-nintendo-switch-2-with-playful-throwback-to-infamous-90s-snes-commercial |website=IGN |access-date=April 20, 2025 |date=April 19, 2025 |df=mdy-all}} Starting in 1992, he had a recurring role on the television drama Sisters as Kirby Quimby Philby.{{cite web |last=Nemetz |first=Dave |url=https://tvline.com/2017/04/06/paul-rudd-sisters-kirby-acting-debut/ |title=#TBT: Paul Rudd's TV Debut on 'Sisters' — Kirby Philby |publisher=TVLine |date=April 6, 2017 |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123140424/https://tvline.com/2017/04/06/paul-rudd-sisters-kirby-acting-debut/ |url-status=live }} In 1994, he appeared in Wild Oats for six episodes. In 1995, he left Sisters for one season to appear in the comedy film Clueless.{{cite news |last=Billson |first=Anne |title=Paul Rudd's 10 best roles |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-blog/10383663/Paul-Rudds-10-best-roles.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=December 20, 2013 |date=October 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128231936/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-blog/10383663/Paul-Rudds-10-best-roles.html |archive-date=January 28, 2014 |url-status=live }} Rudd followed Clueless with supporting roles in films such as Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers as Tommy Doyle, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, The Locusts, Overnight Delivery, The Object of My Affection, and 200 Cigarettes. He was in the cast of the 1999 film The Cider House Rules that received a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

He played FBI Agent Ian Curtis in the 2000 Hong Kong action film Gen-Y Cops. In 2002, he was cast on the sitcom Friends as Mike Hannigan, who dates and marries Phoebe Buffay. In 2006, he appeared in several episodes of Reno 911! as Guy Gerricault (pronounced "jericho"), the coach of a lamaze class; then portrayed a drug lord in the film Reno 911!: Miami. He guest-starred as a has-been 1990s rock star, Desmond Fellows, on the television series Veronica Mars, in the 2007 episode "Debasement Tapes."

The year 2004 marked the start of Rudd's work with director/producer Judd Apatow, first on the film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy with Steve Carell, produced by Apatow; and again in 2005 in The 40-Year-Old Virgin with Carell, directed by Apatow. He subsequently appeared in 2007's Knocked Up which was written, produced and directed by Apatow.{{cite magazine |last=Zakarin |first=Jordan |title=Judd Apatow: I'm 'Disgusted' When Wife Leslie Mann Fools Around Onscreen With Other Men |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/judd-apatow-im-disgusted-wife-409103 |date=January 7, 2013 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=December 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218110318/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/judd-apatow-im-disgusted-wife-409103 |archive-date=February 18, 2014 |url-status=live }} He narrated the 2007 edition of the long-running sports documentary series Hard Knocks, which featured the Kansas City Chiefs, whom he continues to support. It was the only season not to feature the series' regular narrator, Liev Schreiber.

Rudd appeared as John Lennon in the comedy film Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story in 2007 and as a drug-addled surf instructor in Forgetting Sarah Marshall in 2008, both of which Apatow produced.{{cite magazine |last=Bonaime |first=Ross |title=The 10 Best Paul Rudd Film Roles |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/paul-rudd/the-10-best-paul-rudd-film-roles/ |magazine=Paste |access-date=November 22, 2021 |date=August 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220165417/http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2011/08/the-10-best-paul-rudd-film-roles.html |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |url-status=live }} Rudd had uncredited cameos in Year One (2009) and Bridesmaids (2011). In 2012, he starred in and co-produced with Apatow Wanderlust. He starred in the Knocked Up spinoff This Is 40, directed and produced by Apatow, and reprised his role of Brian Fantana in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013).

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In 2007, he starred in The Oh in Ohio and The Ten, which reunited him with David Wain and Michael Showalter,{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Nathan |title=Movie Review: The Oh in Ohio (2006) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/14/movies/14ohio.html|newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=December 20, 2013 |date=July 14, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104095856/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/14/movies/14ohio.html?_r=0 |archive-date=January 4, 2014 |url-status=live }} and then in Over Her Dead Body the next year. In his next comedy, which he also wrote, Role Models, he and co-star Seann William Scott portray energy drink salesmen forced to perform community service in a child mentoring program.{{cite news |last=Neumaier |first=Joe |title=Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott are no 'Role Models' |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/paul-rudd-seann-william-scott-role-models-article-1.334232 |newspaper=Daily News|location=New York |access-date=December 20, 2013 |date=November 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222222354/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/paul-rudd-seann-william-scott-role-models-article-1.334232 |archive-date=December 22, 2013 |url-status=live }}

In 2009, Rudd again appeared with Jason Segel in I Love You, Man where he and Segel play buddies who bond over their shared love for the rock band Rush. Both Rudd and Segel are themselves fans of the band.{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rush-paul-rudd-clockwork-angels/ |title=Actor Paul Rudd Joins Rush Onstage at Tour Finale |first=Shauna |last=Wright |date=August 7, 2013 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=July 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831232156/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rush-paul-rudd-clockwork-angels/ |archive-date=August 31, 2015 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/53719-paul-rudd-jason-segel-get-friendly |title=Paul Rudd & Jason Segel Get Friendly |first=Edward |last=Douglas |date=March 19, 2009 |website=Comingsoon.net |access-date=July 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002102837/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/53719-paul-rudd-jason-segel-get-friendly |archive-date=October 2, 2015 |url-status=live }} Also in 2009, Rudd co-created the TV series Party Down with John Embom, Rob Thomas, and Dan Etheridge. He lent his voice to the DreamWorks animated movie Monsters vs. Aliens.

In 2010, Rudd reunited with Carell for the comedy Dinner for Schmucks. In 2012, he had a supporting role in the drama The Perks of Being a Wallflower. He starred in the 2011 comedy-drama film Our Idiot Brother.{{cite news |title='Our Idiot Brother' premiere: Paul Rudd hits Hollywood with his 'sisters' |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/08/our-idiot-brother-paul-rudd-zooey-deschanel-rashida-jones.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 20, 2013 |date=August 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140123132151/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/08/our-idiot-brother-paul-rudd-zooey-deschanel-rashida-jones.html |archive-date=January 23, 2014 |url-status=live }} It was the fifth film that Rudd starred in with Elizabeth Banks. He had previously appeared with her in Wet Hot American Summer (2001), The Baxter (2005), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), and Role Models (2008).{{cite magazine |last=Collis |first=Clark |title=Elizabeth Banks talks stuffing her bra and slobbering over Paul Rudd for 'Wet Hot American Summer' |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/07/16/elizabeth-banks-wet-hot-american-summer/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=October 18, 2019|date=July 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220194003/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/07/16/elizabeth-banks-wet-hot-american-summer/ |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |url-status=live }}

In 2012 and 2015, Rudd appeared in four episodes of NBC's Parks and Recreation as a rival of Amy Poehler's character Leslie Knope, a role for which he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2014/12/29/parks-and-recreation-paul-rudd/|title=Paul Rudd to return in final season of 'Parks and Recreation' – exclusive |first=Dan |last=Snierson |date=December 29, 2014 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=October 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105075342/http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/12/29/parks-and-recreation-paul-rudd/ |archive-date=January 5, 2015 |url-status=live }} In 2014, he began providing voiceovers for Hyundai television commercials. He has also voiced the audiobook recordings of John Hodgman's books The Areas of My Expertise (2005) and More Information Than You Require (2008).{{cite web |title=The Areas of My Expertise |url=http://www.powells.com/biblio/9780143059097 |website=Powells.com |access-date=December 19, 2013 |year=2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220040553/http://www.powells.com/biblio/9780143059097 |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Kuntzman |first=Gersh |title=John Hodgman is big — bigger than Paul Rudd, even |url=http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/34/43/24_hodgmania_2011_10_28_bk.html |newspaper=The Brooklyn Paper |access-date=December 19, 2013 |date=October 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220030721/http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/34/43/24_hodgmania_2011_10_28_bk.html |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |url-status=live }}

On December 19, 2013, Rudd was officially confirmed as cast in the 2015 Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Ant-Man. He played lead character Scott Lang/Ant-Man.{{cite web |title=It's Yellowjacket From the 'Ant-Man' Movie! |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/images/3326133/yellowjacket-ant-man-movie/ |website=Bloody Disgusting |date=December 29, 2014 |access-date=December 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229235756/http://bloody-disgusting.com/images/3326133/yellowjacket-ant-man-movie/ |archive-date=December 29, 2014 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Sneider |first=Jeff |date=December 18, 2013 |url=https://www.thewrap.com/paul-rudd-early-talks-play-ant-man-edgar-wrights-marvel-movie-exclusive/ |title=Paul Rudd to Play Ant-Man in Edgar Wright's Marvel Movie (Exclusive) |website=TheWrap |access-date=December 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603073003/http://www.thewrap.com/paul-rudd-early-talks-play-ant-man-edgar-wrights-marvel-movie-exclusive/ |archive-date=June 3, 2014 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=December 18, 2013 |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/paul-rudd-marvel-ant-man-1200756440/ |title=Paul Rudd to Star in Marvel's 'Ant-Man' |magazine=Variety |access-date=December 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404203844/http://variety.com/2013/film/news/paul-rudd-marvel-ant-man-1200756440/ |archive-date=April 4, 2014 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=112721 |title=It's Official: Marvel Studios Confirms Paul Rudd Will Play Ant-Man |website=Comingsoon.net |date=December 19, 2013 |access-date=December 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220090906/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=112721 |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Paul Rudd Set to Star in Marvel's Ant-Man |url=http://marvel.com/news/movies/2013/12/19/21669/paul_rudd_set_to_star_in_marvels_ant-man |website=Marvel Entertainment |publisher=Marvel Studios |access-date=December 19, 2013 |date=December 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519214458/http://marvel.com/news/movies/2013/12/19/21669/paul_rudd_set_to_star_in_marvels_ant-man |archive-date=May 19, 2014 |url-status=live }} Rudd reprised his role in Captain America: Civil War (2016){{cite web |url=http://marvel.com/news/movies/24586/marvel_studios_begins_production_on_marvels_captain_america_civil_war |title=Marvel Studios Begins Production on Marvel's 'Captain America: Civil War' |website=Marvel.com |date=May 7, 2015 |access-date=May 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508130749/http://marvel.com/news/movies/24586/marvel_studios_begins_production_on_marvels_captain_america_civil_war |archive-date=May 8, 2015 |url-status=live }} as well as Ant-Man{{'}}s 2018 sequel, Ant-Man and the Wasp; he also co-wrote the latter.{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/ant-man-and-the-wasp-release-date-cast-plot-and-rumors/ |title=Prepare yourself for Ant-Man & the Wasp |date=June 29, 2018 |publisher=CNET |access-date=July 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702150715/https://www.cnet.com/news/ant-man-and-the-wasp-release-date-cast-plot-and-rumors/ |archive-date=July 2, 2018 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/29/entertainment/paul-rudd-ant-man-and-the-wasp/index.html |title=Paul Rudd promises 'Ant-Man' is a break from the bleak news cycle |first=Chloe |last=Melas |date=June 29, 2018 |publisher=CNN |access-date=July 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702175648/https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/29/entertainment/paul-rudd-ant-man-and-the-wasp/index.html |archive-date=July 2, 2018 |url-status=live }} Rudd returned alongside Evangeline Lilly in Avengers: Endgame (2019), which received critical acclaim and went on to become the highest-grossing film of all time. He reprised his role in 2023 with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

In 2015, Rudd reprised his role as Andy from Wet Hot American Summer in the Netflix prequel Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, alongside an ensemble cast including Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, and Elizabeth Banks, all reprising their roles from the 2001 film. In 2016, he appeared in the comedy-drama film The Fundamentals of Caring, and lent his voice to the animated films The Little Prince and Sausage Party. He also lent his voice to a struggling actor named John in the animated comedy film Nerdland (2016).{{cite news|first=Jordan|last=Hoffman|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/25/the-catcher-was-a-spy-review-paul-rudd-sundance-2018|title=The Catcher Was a Spy review – Paul Rudd goes from baseball to Bond in engaging thriller|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London, England|date=January 25, 2018|access-date=May 25, 2019|archive-date=November 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123140425/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/25/the-catcher-was-a-spy-review-paul-rudd-sundance-2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/paul-rudd/credits/169503/ |title=Paul Rudd List of Movies and TV Shows |work=TV Guide |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123140442/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/paul-rudd/credits/169503/ |url-status=live }} Rudd was also cast as the lead in The Catcher Was a Spy (2018), playing Moe Berg, a catcher for the Boston Red Sox who joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. In 2019, Rudd starred in Netflix's comedy series Living with Yourself, which he executive produced.{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/18/20921269/netflix-living-with-yourself-tv-review-season-1-sitcom-paul-rudd-aisling-bea-clone|title=Netflix's Living With Yourself fuses sitcom humor with high-tech anxiety|last=Nelson|first=Samantha|work=The Verge|date=October 18, 2019|access-date=October 19, 2019|archive-date=November 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123140444/https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/18/20921269/netflix-living-with-yourself-tv-review-season-1-sitcom-paul-rudd-aisling-bea-clone|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/paul-rudd-playing-double-netflixs-living-yourself-1248424|title=Paul Rudd on Playing Double in Netflix's 'Living With Yourself'|last=Chuba|first=Kirsten|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 17, 2019|access-date=October 19, 2019|archive-date=November 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123140426/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/paul-rudd-playing-double-netflixs-living-yourself-1248424|url-status=live}} He also appeared in season 3 of Hulu's comedy mystery series Only Murders in the Building.{{cite news |url= https://lahoreherald.com/only-murders-in-the-building/ |title= Paul Rudd Joins the Cast of "Only Murders in the Building" |date= February 18, 2023 |website= Lahore Herald |access-date= February 18, 2023 |archive-date= December 1, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231201154859/https://lahoreherald.com/only-murders-in-the-building/ |url-status= dead }}

From 2004 until 2021, during all appearances on the late night comedy shows hosted by comedian Conan O'Brien, when promoting his projects Rudd would explain the clip that is about to be shown, but would instead show a clip from the 1988 movie Mac and Me. Rudd admitted that he "never imagined" that the running gag would last so long: "There's something so tricky about it. Cause here I am. I'm gonna sell my wares on TV. Like, 'Here's something from what I just filmed.' It just seemed—and still does to a large extent—kind of insincere."{{Cite web|title=Paul Rudd Explains Origins of Long-Running Conan O'Brien Gag|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paul-rudd-explains-conan-obrien-mac-me-joke-1253834|access-date=August 22, 2020|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 11, 2019|archive-date=November 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123140444/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paul-rudd-explains-conan-obrien-mac-me-joke-1253834|url-status=live}} Rudd continued the tradition with an audio version of the prank in a 2022 episode "Paul Rudd Returns" on the podcast Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend.{{Cite web |url=https://teamcoco.com/podcasts/conan-obrien-needs-a-friend/episodes/paul-rudd-returns |title=Paul Rudd Returns |publisher=Team Coco |date=March 28, 2022 |accessdate=February 11, 2023 |archive-date=February 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211061336/https://teamcoco.com/podcasts/conan-obrien-needs-a-friend/episodes/paul-rudd-returns |url-status=live }}

In 2024, Rudd received two nominations at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards; for his role as a murder victim in the mystery series Only Murders in the Building he was one of the nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, while his narration in the National Geographic documentary series Secrets of the Octopus earned him a nomination for Outstanding Narrator.{{cite web|last=Stewart|first=Matthew|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/paul-rudd-latest-emmy-first-140040613.html|title=Paul Rudd is latest Emmy first-timer with two nominations|work=Yahoo! Entertainment|date=July 18, 2024|access-date=July 19, 2024}}

=Theatre=

In 1997, Rudd performed in the Broadway play The Last Night of Ballyhoo.{{cite magazine |last=Lefkowitz |first=David |title=How Ballyhoo's Paul Rudd Gets His Exercise |access-date=November 22, 2021 |magazine=Playbill |date=September 1, 1997 |url=http://www.playbill.com/features/article/64568-How-Ballyhoos-Paul-Rudd-Gets-His-Exercise |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220013146/http://www.playbill.com/features/article/64568-How-Ballyhoos-Paul-Rudd-Gets-His-Exercise |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |url-status=live }} The next year he appeared in Twelfth Night at the Lincoln Center Theatre.{{cite web |title=Lincoln Center Theatre : Twelfth Night |url=http://www.lct.org/showMain.htm?id=129 |website=Lincoln Center Theatre |access-date=December 19, 2013 |year=1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219225821/http://www.lct.org/showMain.htm?id=129 |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |url-status=live }} In 2006, he appeared in the Broadway production of Three Days of Rain at the Bernard Jacobs Theater.{{cite web |title=Bradley Cooper & Paul Rudd Join Julia Roberts in B'way's Three Days of Rain |url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/95025/bradley-cooper-paul-rudd-join-julia-roberts-in-bways-three-days-of-rain/ |website=Broadway.com |access-date=December 19, 2013 |date=November 28, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220172253/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/95025/bradley-cooper-paul-rudd-join-julia-roberts-in-bways-three-days-of-rain/ |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |url-status=live }} In 2012, Rudd appeared in the Broadway production of Craig Wright's Grace at the Cort Theatre, with Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon and seven-time Emmy Award winner Ed Asner.

In 2000–2001, Rudd was in a production of Long Day's Journey Into Night at the Lyric Theatre, London. In 2001, he starred as Adam in the original London production of The Shape of Things, and again Off-Broadway for three months starting in October 2001. Two years later, a film version was made with the same cast.

Personal life

In 2003, Rudd married Julie Yaeger,{{cite web |title=Paul Rudd |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/paul-rudd |website=Us Weekly |access-date=September 1, 2012 |year=2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009072350/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/paul-rudd |archive-date=October 9, 2012 |url-status=live }} whom he met in his publicist's office, where she worked.{{cite magazine |last=Crisell |first=Luke |date=September 2011 |title=Stand Up Guy |magazine=Nylon Guys |location=New York |page=123}} She has since become a screenwriter and producer.{{cite web |last1=Freedman |first1=Adrianna C. |title=Who Is Paul Rudd's Wife? All About Julie Yaeger |url=https://people.com/movies/who-is-julie-yaeger-paul-rudd-wife/#:~:text=She's%20a%20producer%20and%20screenwriter&text=In%202017%2C%20Yaeger%20and%20Rudd,a%20cameo%20in%20the%20movie. |website=People |access-date=August 25, 2022 |date=April 26, 2022 |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418125352/https://people.com/movies/who-is-julie-yaeger-paul-rudd-wife/#:~:text=She's%20a%20producer%20and%20screenwriter&text=In%202017%2C%20Yaeger%20and%20Rudd,a%20cameo%20in%20the%20movie. |url-status=live }} They live in Rhinebeck, New York, with their two children: a son born in 2006 and a daughter born in 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/06/georgia-film-boycott-famous-actress-sees-win-for-hudson-valley-ny.html|title=Georgia film boycott could be a big win for New York's budding Hudson Valley movie industry, led by this famous actress|first=Elizabeth|last=MacBride|publisher=CNBC|date=June 6, 2019|access-date=June 6, 2019|quote=Rhinebeck, a historic town in an area that's home to other A-list actors, including Paul Rudd|archive-date=November 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123140427/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/06/georgia-film-boycott-famous-actress-sees-win-for-hudson-valley-ny.html|url-status=live}}

Rudd is a fan of Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals,{{cite news |last1=Payne |first1=Marissa |title=The Royals won the World Series and famous fan Paul Rudd could not be happier |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2015/11/02/the-royals-won-the-world-series-and-famous-fan-paul-rudd-could-not-be-happier/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=November 22, 2021 |date=November 2, 2015 |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326030751/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2015/11/02/the-royals-won-the-world-series-and-famous-fan-paul-rudd-could-not-be-happier/ |url-status=live }} the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, for whom he narrated the 2007 season of HBO's Hard Knocks,{{cite web |url=http://www.visitkc.com/things-to-do/entertainment/article-paul-rudd/index.aspx |title=Famous Kansas Citians: Actor Paul Rudd |website=VisitKC.com |date=April 16, 2010 |access-date=June 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211530/http://www.visitkc.com/things-to-do/entertainment/article-paul-rudd/index.aspx |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |url-status=live }} and the University of Kansas' sports teams, the Jayhawks. Rudd has also narrated the Chiefs' annual Super Bowl recap episodes of America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions in 2020, 2023, and 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article291629540.html|title=An NFL special on Chiefs' Super Bowl run, narrated by Paul Rudd, will air next week|last=Grathoff|first=Pete|publisher=The Kansas City Star|date=August 29, 2024|access-date=August 29, 2024|language=en}}

Rudd received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on July 1, 2015, unveiling the 2,554th star on Hollywood Boulevard. He said, "I remember being a kid and walking this boulevard and reading the names and thinking about what so many other millions of people thought about, which is, you know, 'Who's that?'"{{cite web |last1=Davis-Young |first1=Katherine |title=Paul Rudd ponders how he will be remembered with Walk of Fame star |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-paulrudd-idUSKCN0PC00E20150702 |access-date=July 2, 2015 |work=Reuters |date=July 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702171604/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/02/us-people-paulrudd-idUSKCN0PC00E20150702 |archive-date=July 2, 2015 |url-status=live }}

Since 2014, Rudd and fellow actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan have been co-owners of Samuel's Sweet Shop, a candy store in Rhinebeck, New York that they saved from closing when the previous owner, a friend of theirs, died unexpectedly.{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/804252/friendly-reminder-jeffrey-dean-morgan-co-owns-a-candy-shop-with-paul-rudd|date=October 24, 2016|first=Kendall|last=Fisher|title=Friendly Reminder: Jeffrey Dean Morgan Co-owns a Candy Shop with Paul Rudd|publisher=E!|access-date=November 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014091745/https://www.eonline.com/news/804252/friendly-reminder-jeffrey-dean-morgan-co-owns-a-candy-shop-with-paul-rudd|archive-date=October 14, 2018|url-status=live}}

Rudd's seemingly ageless appearance has been subject to numerous jokes and memes; it was referenced in Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) where Deadpool and Wolverine stumble upon Giant-Man's corpse, prompting the former to say "Paul Rudd finally aged!"{{Cite web |last=Griffin |first=Griff |date=2024-05-23 |title=Ant-Man's Corpse Shown Off in Footage From Deadpool and Wolverine |url=https://www.mensjournal.com/streaming/ant-mans-corpse-deadpool-and-wolverine |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=Men's Journal |language=en |archive-date=May 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527230217/https://www.mensjournal.com/streaming/ant-mans-corpse-deadpool-and-wolverine |url-status=live }} Responding to the jokes, Rudd has explained that eight hours of sleep, along with cardio, exercise with weights, and healthy meals, make it possible for him to age well.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-03 |title=How the Actor From Ant-Man, Paul Rudd, Doesn't Age! |url=https://gotobeauty.com/anti-aging/how-the-actor-from-ant-man-paul-rudd-doesnt-age/ |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=gotobeauty.com |language=en-US}}

Rudd identifies as Jewish, although he has added that he is not "particularly religious". While promoting the film Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the actor said that if he could talk with anyone throughout history, he would want to speak with Jesus.{{Cite web |last=VanDyke |first=Nicole |date=2024-06-19 |title=Jewish actor Paul Rudd of 'Ant-Man,' 'Clueless' says if he could meet anyone, he'd want to meet Jesus |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/jewish-actor-paul-rudd-says-he-would-meet-jesus-if-he-could.html |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Christian Post |language=en |archive-date=August 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826014124/https://www.christianpost.com/news/jewish-actor-paul-rudd-says-he-would-meet-jesus-if-he-could.html |url-status=live }}

= Philanthropy and advocacy =

Rudd is a supporter of the Stuttering Association for the Young (SAY), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping young people who stutter. He hosted its 6th Annual All-Star Bowling Benefit in January 2018.{{cite web |url=http://www.thathelps.com/paul-rudd-stuttering-activism/ |title=We Heart Paul Rudd And His Activism For Kids Who Stutter |date=January 18, 2018 |website=thathelps.com |access-date=July 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614025021/http://www.thathelps.com/paul-rudd-stuttering-activism/ |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |url-status=live }} He told Vanity Fair that he became an advocate for stuttering awareness after portraying a character who stuttered in a play.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/10/paul-rudd-stuttering-bullying |title=Paul Rudd on Stuttering, Bullying, and How He Still Uses Humor as a Defense Mechanism |first=Bennett |last=Marcus |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=July 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729204122/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/10/paul-rudd-stuttering-bullying |archive-date=July 29, 2016 |url-status=live }} Also, he is a founder of The Big Slick, a celebrity charity sports event held in Kansas City each June that supports Kansas City's Children's Mercy Hospital.

Rudd was part of Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity, to increase awareness and investment in Alzheimer's research.{{Cite web |last=Dolan |first=Kerry A. |date=May 9, 2016 |title=A New Wave Of Philanthropists Is Deploying Celebrity Comedy, Fashion, Mission-Driven Companies And More |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2016/05/06/a-new-wave-of-philanthropists-is-deploying-celebrity-comedy-fashion-mission-driven-companies-and-more/?sh=3bfc0c17893d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902002410/https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2016/05/06/a-new-wave-of-philanthropists-is-deploying-celebrity-comedy-fashion-mission-driven-companies-and-more/?sh=3bfc0c17893d |archive-date=September 2, 2023 |access-date=June 13, 2023 |website=Forbes}}