Paul Rust

Rust is the son of Jeanne and Bob Rust. His family is of German heritage.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1770256/bio|title = Paul Rust| website=IMDb }} Rust was raised Roman Catholic and attended Gehlen Catholic High School. His mother was a teacher at Le Mars Community High School and his father owned a Western goods and boot-repair shop.{{Cite news|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-794-paul-rust-dax-shepard|title=Episode 795 - Paul Rust / Dax Shepard|work=WTF with Marc Maron Podcast|access-date=August 4, 2017}} He graduated from the University of Iowa in May 2004.{{cite news|last=Landegent|first=Magdalene|title=Love and war: Paul Rust on the big screen|publisher=Le Mars Daily Sentinel|date=May 18, 2009|url=http://www.lemarssentinel.com/story/1540256.html|access-date=May 18, 2009}}{{cite news|last=Fett|first=Jeff|title=Paul Rust fulfills his dream|work=Le Mars Daily Sentinel|date=August 4, 2004|url=http://www.lemarssentinel.com/story/1073676.html|access-date=May 18, 2009}}

Rust struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder in his youth.

Rust is best known as a stand-up and sketch comedian at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles, where he is a member of the sketch comedy group A Kiss from Daddy and the improv team Last Day of School. He has appeared in films such as Inglourious Basterds, Ass Backwards, Freak Dance, Paper Heart and Semi-Pro. He made his most high-profile acting role in summer 2009, playing the male lead in the comedy film I Love You, Beth Cooper alongside Hayden Panettiere. Rust has written for television programs such as Human Giant and Moral Orel.

In November 2010, Rust appeared in the Comedy Central sketch comedy special This Show Will Get You High, created by and starring Matt Besser. He and Paul Reubens co-wrote the Pee-wee Herman film Pee-wee's Big Holiday, which was released in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118021268.html?categoryid=1237&cs=1|title=Apatow developing Pee-wee Herman pic|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|date=June 30, 2010|work=Variety}}
- Landegent, Magdalene, [http://www.lemarssentinel.com/story/1555915.html "We're behind you, Paul Rust"], LeMars Daily Sentinel, July 20, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2016.

Rust appears as a frequent guest on the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast, where he is best known for his "New No-Nos" segment.Anthony, David, Austin Bernhardt, Trip Cook, et al, [https://www.avclub.com/everybody-visits-everybody-as-podcasters-ring-in-the-ho-1798237022 "Everybody Visits Everybody as Podcasters Ring in the Holidays"], AVClub.com, December 21, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2016. He has written for IFC's Comedy Bang! Bang! and also as a writer and story editor on the revived for Netflix fourth season of Arrested Development in 2013.

Rust starred in the Judd Apatow-produced Netflix series Love (2016–2018) with Gillian Jacobs. He co-created the show with his wife, Lesley Arfin.

Rust and the comedian Charlyne Yi formed the band The Glass Beef in 2006. They appeared together in a video for "Song Away" by Hockey. He is also the lead singer and bass guitar player in the comedy rock duo Don't Stop or We'll Die with fellow comedian Michael Cassady. The band had Harris Wittels on drums until his death.

In 2018, he started hosting In Voorhees We Trust With Gourley and Rust with Matt Gourley, a podcast series reviewing every film in the Friday the 13th franchise. The self-proclaimed "easy-listening cozy-cast," now simply titled With Gourley and Rust, has had several seasons analyzing and discussing horror films.{{cite web |last1=Earl |first1=William |title=The Coziest Horror Movies of All Time, From 'Halloween' to 'Psycho II' |url=https://variety.com/lists/coziest-horror-movies-halloween-psycho-ii/halloween-1978-2/ |website=variety.com |date=October 14, 2022 |publisher=Variety |access-date=5 June 2023}}

Rust married comedy writer and author Lesley Arfin in October 2015. They have a daughter born in 2017.{{cite magazine |last=Juneau |first=Jen |date=October 17, 2017 |title=Paul Rust and Lesley Arfin Welcome Daughter Mary James |url=https://people.com/parents/paul-rust-lesley-arfin-welcome-daughter-mary-james/ |magazine=People |access-date=November 14, 2022}}

;Albums (with Don't Stop or We'll Die)

• Gorgeous (2014){{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Bradford |title=Don't Stop Or We'll Die Released Their First Full-Length Album Today |url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/06/dont-stop-or-well-die-released-their-first-full-length-album-today.html |website=Vulture |date=June 23, 2014 |access-date=November 30, 2018}}
• Dazzle Me (2018){{cite web |title=That Dazzles Me Already, episode #575 of Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast on Earwolf |url=https://www.earwolf.com/episode/that-dazzles-me-already/ |website=Earwolf |publisher=Earwolf Media |access-date=November 30, 2018}}
• SONG-A-WEEK Volume One: Bloom of the Goji (2021){{Cite web|title=SONG-A-WEEK Volume One: Bloom of the Goji, by Don't Stop Or We'll Die|url=https://dontstoporwelldie.bandcamp.com/album/song-a-week-volume-one-bloom-of-the-goji-2|access-date=2021-12-30|website=Bandcamp|language=en}}
• Lives of Leisure, SONG-A-WEEK Volume II (2021){{Cite web|title=Lives of Leisure, SONG-A-WEEK Volume II, by Don't Stop Or We'll Die|url=https://dontstoporwelldie.bandcamp.com/album/lives-of-leisure-song-a-week-volume-ii|access-date=2021-12-30|website=Bandcamp|language=en}}
• Signature Please (2023){{Cite web |title=Signature Please, by Don't Stop Or We'll Die |url=https://dontstoporwelldie.bandcamp.com/album/signature-please |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Don't Stop Or We'll Die |language=en}}

;EPs (with Don't Stop or We'll Die)

• The Ballad of Bird and Fox (2008){{cite web |title=The Ballad of Bird and Fox EP - Don't Stop or We'll Die |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-ballad-of-bird-and-fox-ep-mw0002303022 |website=Allmusic|access-date=November 30, 2018}}
• One of the Gang (2011){{cite web |title=Don't Stop or We'll Die - One of the Gang (album review) |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/57245/Dont-Stop-or-Well-Die-One-of-the-Gang/ |website=Sputnik Music |access-date=November 30, 2018}}
• Diamond Skies Over Western Dreams (2019){{Cite web|title=Diamond Skies Over Western Dreams, by Don't Stop Or We'll Die|url=https://dontstoporwelldie.bandcamp.com/album/diamond-skies-over-western-dreams|access-date=2021-12-30|website=Bandcamp|language=en}}

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