The Paul Rudd Handbook - Everything you need to know about Paul Rudd

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Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor, comedian 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.

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• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
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• EAN13: 9781743386606
• Langue: English
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Contents

Articles Paul Rudd Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers Clueless (film) Romeo + Juliet Overnight Delivery The Object of My Affection 200 Cigarettes The Cider House Rules (film) The Great Gatsby (2000 film) Wet Hot American Summer The Shape of Things Two Days Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy P.S. Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie The Baxter The 40-Year-Old Virgin The Oh in Ohio Diggers (film) Night at the Museum Reno 911!: Miami I Could Never Be Your Woman The Ex (2007 film) Knocked Up The Ten Over Her Dead Body Forgetting Sarah Marshall Role Models I Love You, Man Monsters vs. Aliens Year One (film) Dinner for Schmucks How Do You Know Our Idiot Brother

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Bridesmaids (2011 film) Wanderlust (2012 film) The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film) This Is Forty Sisters (TV series) Wild Oats (TV series) Clueless (TV series) Friends Stella (TV series) Robot Chicken The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show Hard Knocks (TV series) Little Britain USA Delocated Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

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Rudd atHollywood Lifemagazine's 8th Annual Breakthrough Awards, December 2007

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Spouse

Paul Stephen Rudd April 6, 1969 Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.

Actor, screenwriter, producer

1989–present

Julie Yaeger (m. 200–3present)

Paul Stephen Rudd(born April 6, 1969) is an American actor, comedian and screenwriter. He has primarily appeared in comedies, and is known for his roles in the filmsClueless,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, andOur Idiot Brother. In television, he appeared on the NBC sitcom Friends, playing Mike Hannigan, Phoebe Buffay's boyfriend and later husband.

Early life [1] Rudd was born in Passaic, New Jersey. His parents, both originally from London (England), were Jewish, and [2] [3] were descended from immigrants from Russia and Poland; the family's original surname, "Rudnitzky", was [4] [5] [6] changed by his grandfather to "Rudd". Rudd had a bar mitzvah. His father, Michael, was a historical tour guide who was formerly the vice president of World Airways, while his mother, Gloria, was a sales manager at the [7] [8] television station KSMO-TV. When he was ten, Rudd's family moved to Overland Park, Kansas, where he was [9] [10] [11] raised; his family also spent three years living in Anaheim, California, because of his father's occupation. [12] [13] He attended high school at Shawnee Mission West and college at the University of Kansas. He spent three [14] [15] months studying Jacobean drama at the British American Drama Academy based in Oxford, U.K.

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Career Rudd made his breakout performance in the 1995 filmClueless, which turned him into a minor teen idol. Additional early-career credits includeWet Hot American Summer,Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers,The Cider House Rules,William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, andThe Object of My Affection. He also garnered recognition with a recurring role on the television sitcomFriendsas Mike Hannigan, who married Phoebe Buffay. Rudd's Broadway acting credits includeThe Last Night of Ballyhoo(1997),Twelfth Night(1998), andThree Days of Rain(2006). He guest-starred as a has-been 1990s rock star, Desmond Fellows, on the television series,Veronica Mars, in an episode titled "Debasement Tapes". He voiced the audiobook recordings of John Hodgman's booksThe Areas of My ExpertiseandMore Information Than You Require. In 2006 he appeared in several episodes ofReno 911!as "Guy Gerricault" (pronounced "jericho"), the coach of a lamaze class, and portrayed a drug lord in the filmReno 911!: Miami. Rudd became a full-fledged comedy star with his roles in Judd Apatow picturesThe 40-Year-Old Virgin(directed by Apatow) andAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy(produced by Apatow). In 2007 he starred as frustrated husband Pete inKnocked Up, his third collaboration with Apatow and Seth Rogen. That year he also starred in indie favoriteThe Oh in OhioandThe Ten, which reunited him with David Wain and Michael Showalter. The former film was a box-office and critical disappointment as was his next starring vehicle,Over Her Dead Bodywith Eva Longoria. He bounced back with a memorable supporting role as Kunu (Hawaiian for "Chuck"), the drug-addled surf instructor in Nicholas Stoller'sForgetting Sarah Marshallwhich also starred Jason Segel and was produced by Apatow. The film was a hit, as was his next comedyRole Models, where he and co-star Seann William Scott portrayed energy-drink salesmen forced to perform community service in a child mentoring program. Rudd also cameoed inWalk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,Year OneandNight at the Museum. In 2009, Rudd he appeared with Jason Segel inI Love You Man. He lent his voice to the star-studded Dreamworks computer-animated hit movieMonsters Vs. Aliens. In 2010 he reunited with Steve Carell for the first time sinceKnocked Up,The 40 Year Old Virgin, and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundyfor the Jay Roach-directed comedyDinner for Schmucks, which also featured Zach Galifinakis and Ron Livingston. Rudd (right) withI Love You, Manco-stars Jason Segel and Rashida Jones at the premiere in March Rudd has become one of the most popular and marketable stars of Judd 2009 Apatow's films and others in the same vein, starring often with other Apatow regulars like Seth Rogen (four films), Jonah Hill (three films), Leslie Mann (three films), Kristen Wiig (three films), Jason Segel (three films), Steve Carell (four films), Elizabeth Banks (five films), and less noticeably Joe Lo Truglio (five films).

Running gags on television As part of a running gag during his appearances onLate Night with Conan O'Brien,The Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienandConan, Rudd has brought a clip from the filmMac and Me, where the wheelchair-using Eric (Jade Calegory) flies off a cliff while Mac watches on, instead of showing clips from the actual film he is there to [16] [17] promote. He also has appeared on stage for Conan O'Brien's live tour.

Personal life In 2003, Rudd married his girlfriend of five years, Julie Yaeger; they have a son, Jack Sullivan, and a daughter, Darby, and live in Manhattan, New York. Rudd frequently travels to Overland Park, Kansas, where he went to high [18] school. He is a fan of Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals and National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, for whom he narrated the 2007 HBO specialHard Knocks.

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John Lennon

Uncredited Cameo

Also Writer

2008

200 Cigarettes

TV

Kevin

Nick Carraway

Wally Worthington

Earl

Dr. Henry Mills

Danny Donahue

Chuck or "Kunu"

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Role

Notes

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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Pete

Diggers

George Hanson

Adam Pearl

Tennis, Anyone...?

Wyatt Trips

The Object of My Affection

The Shape of Things

TheCthâeau

Wet Hot American Summer

Reaching Normal

Paul Rudd

Film

P.S.

2004

The Great Gatsby

Overnight Delivery

The Cider House Rules

House Hunting

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

I Could Never Be Your Woman

2007

1998

Role Models

The Ex

Reno 911: Miami

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

Romeo + Juliet

Clueless

Brian Fantana

Ian Curtis

Sammy Silverstein

Graham Granville

Jack Chase

Kenneth

Adam Sorenson

Paul Miller

Leon

Lance Rockwood

Also Producer

Brian Fantana

2000

2001

2003

Two Days

2005

Gen Y Cops

Andy

Ethan the Drug lord

Jeff Reigert

Don

Tommy Doyle

Dave Paris

Title

Daniel

Hunt

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

David

Dan Abbott

2006

The Locusts

Night at the Museum

Over Her Dead Body

The Ten

Knocked Up

The Baxter

The Oh in Ohio

Josh

Alex

as Paul Stephen Rudd

The Size of Watermelons

1997

1999

1995

1996

Filmography

Year

Sonny

Peter Klaven

Brian Grant

Derek

Zander Price

Producer, Post-Production

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Voice Only

Tim Conrad

George Madison

2009

Delocated

2008

Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Kansas City Chiefs

2006–2007

2007

Guest star, episode: "The Last Temptation of Blank"

Guest star, episode: "1996 Spelling Bee: Part 2"

Notes

Guest star, episode: "I Got You Babe"

Guest star, episode: "Office Party"

Series regular

Guest star, episode: "Lovers and Madmen"

Recurring guest star 18 episodes

Recurring guest star

Guest star, episode: "Debasement Tapes"

How Do You Know

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Uncredited Cameo

Guest star, episode: "Gold Watch"

Guest Star

Desmond Fellows

Cameo (May 16)

Guest Star (February 13)

Host (November 15)

Mike Hannigan

Greg

Dave Penders

Year

Guy Gerricault

Antagonistic Passenger

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Himself

Himself

The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show

Bill

Himself

Title

Himself

George

Dave

Billy Phillips (William B. Phillipson)

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Casting By

2012

Wanderlust

This Is Forty (Knocked Up Spin-Off)

I Love You, Man

Monsters vs. Aliens

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Little Britain USA

Reno 911!

Sisters

Strangers with Candy

1996

Clueless

2005

Wild Oats

2002–2004

1994

Friends

2000

Deadline

2006

Cheap Seats

Stella

Himself

Guest star, episode: "Book of Corrine"

Narrator

Pete

Jasper the Douchebag Ghost, Ang Lee

Veronica Mars

French president

Brent Brooks

1992–1995

Stalker II: Billy Begins

[19] Post-Production

[21] Filming

[20] Post-production

Television

Abel

Billy Phillips

Bridesmaids

2009

2010

Paul Rudd

Dinner for Schmucks

Year One

2011

Our Idiot Brother

Stalker

Recurring guest star

Kirby Quimby Philby

Robot Chicken

Uncredited DVD Cameo

Paul Rudd

2010

2011

Saturday Night Live

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

The Simpsons

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

References

Himself

Himself, Celery Man, Oyster, Tayne

Homer's Therapist, Dr. Zander

Himself

Himself

Cameo (March 6)

Guest star, episode: "Man Milk"

Guest star, season 22

Host (December 11)

Cameo (November 19)

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External links a Paul Rudd (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm748620/) at the Internet Movie Database Paul Rudd (http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=58595) at the Internet Broadway Database Paul Rudd (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12373448) on National Public Radio

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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

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Country

Language

Budget

Box office

Joe Chappelle

Moustapha Akkad Malek Akkad Paul Freeman

Daniel Farrands

Donald Pleasence Paul Stephen Rudd Marianne Hagan Mitch Ryan

Alan Howarth

Billy Dickson

Randolph K. Bricker

Dimension Films

September 29, 1995 (United States)

88 minutes (Theatrical) 94 minutes (Producer's cut) 89 minutes (Director's cut)

United States

English

$5 million

$15,116,634

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myersis a 1995 American horror film and the sixth installment in theHalloween series. Directed by Joe Chappelle from a screenplay by Daniel Farrands, the plot involves the "Curse of Thorn", a mystical symbol first shown inHalloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myersand revealed in the film to be the source [1] of Michael Myers' evil. The cast includes Paul Rudd (in his first film appearance) as Tommy Doyle, a returning character from the originalHalloweenfilm, and Donald Pleasence reprising his final role as protagonist Dr. Sam Loomis. Jamie Lloyd's appearance in the beginning of the film ties up loose ends toHalloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers. Curseopened to a respectable $7.3 million on September 29, 1995, coming in second to New Line's seminal serial [2] killer thrillerSeven.Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myersand the Thorn plotline would be ignored in succeeding installments, 1998'sHalloween H20: 20 Years Laterand 2002'sHalloween: Resurrection. However, the 2001Halloweencomic book series published by Chaos Comics—and based on Farrands' concept for the eighth Halloweenfilm—attempts to bridge the continuity betweenThe Curse of Michael MyersandHalloween H20. The sixth installment is known for its controversial behind-the-scenes history, suffering from re-shoots in production and numerous cuts and arrangements made in the editing room; the workprint of the film, with 43 minutes of alternate footage including a different ending, was eventually discovered by fans of the series. This version, dubbed

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