Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor and screenwriter. He has primarily appeared in comedies, and is known for his roles in the films Clueless, Wet Hot American Summer, Anchorman, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Dinner for Schmucks, The Object of My Affection, Role Models, I Love You, Man, and Our Idiot Brother. In television, he appeared on the NBC sitcom Friends, playing Mike Hannigan, Phoebe Buffay’s boyfriend and later husband.

1998: Began filming on a movie called “Chicken Blood and Other Tales,” but production was canceled before it wrapped.
Was disappointed by the final result of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) because filming had him believing it was going to be a high-caliber suspense film, but the reaction to the film was overwhelmingly negative.
Was classmates with Matthew Lillard at American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Was a DJ at Bar Mitzvahs before his career took off.
2/23/03: Married his girlfriend, Julie Yaeger in upstate New York. They live in Manhattan. As of 2009, they have been together for 14 years.
Prior to joining the cast of “Friends” (1994), he co-starred with Jennifer Aniston in The Object of My Affection (1998).
Attended the University of Kansas.
His favorite music is that of Tom Waits.
His parents were Jewish immigrants from England. Original family surname, “Rudnitzky,” was shortened by his grandfather.
He is a self-described “mega-fan” of the TV show “Lost” (2004). He volunteered to interview “Lost” star Emilie de Ravin, whom he has never met, for “Interview Magazine” because of his love for the show.
Has a son with wife Julie Yaeger named Jack Rudd (b. 2006).
Friend of TV writer Rob Thomas and Jon Hamm.
Kansas City Chiefs fan.
Is a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity.
He spray painted his name on Shawnee Mission West High School’s stage wall. Another ex-Shawnee Mission West student was Jason Sudeikis.
Came up with the idea of the “Kelly Clarkson!” call-out during ‘Steve Carell”s infamous chest wax in The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005).
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 the wheelchair-bound 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 wouldn’t do it.
Improvised the “You know how I know you’re gay?” sequence in The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) with Seth Rogen.
While on “Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show” (2009), Rudd told Kevin Pollak that when Rudd was a freshman theater student at the University of Kansas, he appeared in a highly experimental production of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” in which there were two different actors playing a “good” Macbeth and a “bad” Macbeth; Rudd played the “good” Macbeth. Many years later, while he was auditioning to appear in the original production of “Bash: Latter-Day Plays”, he learned that the play’s author, Neil LaBute, had seen that “Macbeth” while LaBute was a graduate student at KU; Rudd was worried that LaBute would make the connection between Rudd and that “Macbeth” and would no longer want him to be in the play. They later became friends and frequent collaborators.