Paul Rudd
Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an 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 and was named People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” in 2021. The accolades he has received include a Critics’ Choice Television Award, as well as 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). He 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.
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Paul Rudd Movies
Discover the best Paul Rudd movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Paul Rudd ranked by year and score.
1
Avengers: Doomsday (2026)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Three separate universes, each with its own roster of beloved heroes, are pulled toward a single catastrophic convergence. Whatever force sits at the center of it has no interest in...
Score
-.-
2
Power Ballad (2026)
Comedy
Drama
Music
Rick's been playing the same wedding circuits for years, his musical dreams gathering dust. When he connects with Danny, a washed-up pop star nursing his own faded glory, something clicks...
Score
7.0
3
Anaconda (2025)
Adventure
Comedy
Horror
Four friends deep in their midlife funk convince themselves that recreating the low-budget jungle adventure they loved as teenagers will fix everything. Armed with a camcorder, misplaced confidence, and zero...
Score
5.8
4
Friendship (2025)
Comedy
Craig is a perfectly comfortable suburban dad whose quiet routine gets upended the moment Austin moves in next door. Funny, magnetic, and everything Craig secretly wishes he could be, Austin...
Score
6.4
5
Death of a Unicorn (2025)
Comedy
Fantasy
Horror
When a father and daughter's car strikes a mythical unicorn on a remote highway, they become entangled in a darkly comic nightmare. Their weekend getaway transforms into a twisted scavenger...
Score
6.4
6
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
When a frozen relic surfaces in Manhattan, it resurrects far more than just icy supernatural threats. The Spengler family finds themselves back at the legendary firehouse, joining forces with the...
Score
6.5
7
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
Action
Animation
Comedy
Four teenage turtles trained in the shadows of New York finally venture into the sunlight, desperate to prove themselves as heroes rather than outcasts. When they befriend a scrappy journalist...
Score
7.2
8
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Scott Lang has made peace with being a small-time hero in a world of gods and super-soldiers. Then a family mishap pulls him, Hope, Cassie, Hank, and Janet into the...
Score
6.2
9
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
A broke single mother moves her two kids into a crumbling Oklahoma farmhouse left by a grandfather they barely knew. What they find buried beneath the property, and the strange...
Score
7.3
10
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Half of all life has been erased, and the survivors are left to grieve in a world that feels fundamentally broken. The remaining Avengers, scattered and diminished, must find a...
Score
8.2
11
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Scott Lang is days away from completing house arrest when Hank Pym and Hope van Dyne pull him back into the fold with a mission that could rewrite everything. The...
Score
6.9
12
Sausage Party (2016)
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Frank is a hot dog with big dreams, convinced that being picked off the supermarket shelf means paradise awaits. When a series of chaotic events forces him and a ragtag...
Score
5.8
13
The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)
Comedy
Drama
Ben's grief has left him stranded in his own life. When he takes a job caring for Trevor, a sharp-witted eighteen-year-old navigating life in a wheelchair, something unexpected happens: they...
Score
7.3
14
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
When global governments demand that superheroes submit to an oversight committee, the Avengers fracture along ideological lines. Steve Rogers believes accountability means surrendering the freedom to do what is right....
Score
7.4
15
Ant-Man (2015)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Scott Lang is a small-time thief who gets handed a very unusual second chance: a suit that can shrink him to the size of an insect while multiplying his physical...
Score
7.1
16
They Came Together (2014)
Comedy
When a scrappy candy store owner faces bankruptcy from a ruthless corporate chain moving into her neighborhood, a wealthy businessman with a hidden agenda stumbles into her life. What begins...
Score
5.5
17
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
Comedy
Ron Burgundy's comfortable life as San Diego's most beloved news anchor implodes when he's offered a chance to anchor America's first round-the-clock news network in New York. The mustachioed journalist...
Score
6.1
18
This Is the End (2013)
Action
Comedy
Jay Baruchel flies into Los Angeles hoping for a low-key visit with his buddy Seth Rogen, but the night takes a hard turn when a gathering at James Franco's house...
Score
6.2
19
Admission (2013)
Comedy
Drama
Romance
A Princeton admissions officer's carefully constructed life unravels when she reconnects with an old classmate now running an unconventional high school. He believes one of his brilliant students might be...
Score
5.6
20
Prince Avalanche (2013)
Comedy
Drama
Summer 1988: two mismatched road workers repaint highway lines across a scorched, empty landscape. One seeks redemption from a troubled past; the other chases escape from the complications of home....
Score
6.1
21
This Is 40 (2012)
Comedy
Pete and Debbie face the indignity of middle age with two kids who barely tolerate each other, crumbling businesses, and a marriage held together mostly by habit and inertia. As...
Score
5.9
22
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Drama
A shy freshman navigates the bewildering social landscape of 1990s Pittsburgh until two charismatic seniors pull him into their orbit. What unfolds is a tender portrait of adolescence: the intoxicating...
Score
7.8
23
I Love You, Man (2009)
Comedy
Romance
When a successful real estate agent gets engaged, he realizes he's spent so much time cultivating business connections that he has no genuine male friendships to draw from. Desperate to...
Score
6.6
24
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Peter Bretter is a man undone. Dumped by his TV-star girlfriend for a preening British rock god, he books a flight to Hawaii hoping sun and distance can fix a...
Score
6.5
25
Knocked Up (2007)
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Ben Stone lives on his couch, splitting his days between his roommates and a website he never quite finishes. Alison Scott has a rising career at E! and a plan...
Score
6.3
26
Night at the Museum (2006)
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Larry Daley is a down-on-his-luck dad who lands the overnight security shift at New York's Natural History Museum, figuring it's an easy gig. He figures wrong. An ancient Egyptian tablet...
Score
6.6
27
The Baxter (2005)
Comedy
Romance
Elliot Sherman is the guy who always loses the girl. Dependable, tidy, genuinely pleasant, he is exactly the type who gets abandoned at the altar when a more exciting ex...
Score
6.0
28
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
Comedy
Romance
Andy Stitzer has built a quiet, orderly life organizing invoices at an electronics store. His coworkers, however, have identified what they see as a problem: at forty, Andy remains sexually...
Score
6.4
29
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Comedy
Ron Burgundy rules the San Diego news desk in the groovy seventies, a pompadoured king of local television until Veronica Corningstone walks through the station door. She's talented, she's ambitious,...
Score
6.7
30
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
Comedy
August 1981, and Camp Firewood has exactly one day left before the summer officially dies. The counselors have unfinished romances, unresolved rivalries, and deeply questionable priorities, including a camp director...
Score
6.3
31
The Cider House Rules (1999)
Drama
Raised in a rural orphanage, Homer has absorbed medicine from his mentor Dr. Larch without ever stepping into the wider world. When he finally escapes to find his own path,...
Score
7.1
32
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Drama
Romance
Baz Luhrmann transplants Shakespeare's feuding dynasties to 1990s Miami, where neon-soaked beaches replace Renaissance plazas and guns substitute for swords. Two teenagers from warring families discover each other at a...
Score
6.8
33
Clueless (1995)
Comedy
Romance
Cher Horowitz runs Beverly Hills High with the confidence of someone who has never once questioned her own judgment. She brokers a romance between two teachers, then turns a socially...
Score
7.3
Paul Rudd TV Shows
Browse the ultimate list of Paul Rudd TV shows. Find top-rated television series, critically acclaimed dramas, and hit shows starring Paul Rudd.
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Living with Yourself (2019)
Comedy
Drama
Miles is stuck in the suburban doldrums when a mysterious treatment at a strip mall wellness center promises transformation. He wakes to discover an impossibly perfect duplicate has taken his...
Score
6.8
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the highest-rated movies starring Paul Rudd?
According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Paul Rudd are Avengers: Doomsday, Power Ballad, and Anaconda.
How many movies and TV shows has Paul Rudd starred in?
Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 34 titles starring Paul Rudd, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
Are the movies starring Paul Rudd worth watching?
Yes! The overall filmography starring Paul Rudd maintains a strong average user rating of 6.6 out of 10 across all tracked titles.