Age, Biography, and Wiki
Paul Rudd was born in New Jersey to a family of Jewish descent. His early life was marked by moves between New Jersey and Kansas. Rudd attended the University of Kansas, where he began studying theater. He later moved to London to further his acting education at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Rudd's career breakthrough came in the early 1990s with roles in films like "Clueless" and television shows such as "Friends." As of 2025, he is 56 years old.
Rudd's biography is filled with awards and nominations for his performances. In 2015, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, recognizing his contributions to the film industry.
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| Date of Birth | 6 April 1969 |
| Age | 56 Years |
| Birth Place | Passaic, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Aries |
| Country | Jersey |
Height, Weight & Measurements
- Height: 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
- Weight: Approximately 70 kg (154 lbs)
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| Height | 178 cm |
| Weight | 154 lbs |
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Dating & Relationship Status
Paul Rudd is married to Julie Yaeger, a former publicist. The couple married in 2003 and has two children together. Rudd and Yaeger are known for their private and stable relationship, often attending red-carpet events together.
His father, Michael Rudd (1943–2008), was a historical tour guide and worked for Trans World Airlines (TWA). His mother, Gloria Irene Granville, was a sales manager at television station KSMO-TV in Kansas City, Missouri. They were both from London, with his father hailing from Edgware and his mother from Surbiton, and both were descended from Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants who moved to England from Belarus, Poland and Russia. His parents were second cousins. Rudd had a bar mitzvah service in Ontario, Canada. Growing up, he loved reading the British comics The Beano and The Dandy, which his uncle sent him from the United Kingdom.
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. 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. He attended the University of Kansas, where he majored in theater and belonged to the Sigma Nu fraternity's Nu chapter. He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with fellow actor Matthew Lillard. He also spent three months studying Jacobean drama at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford. While at acting school, he worked as a disc jockey (DJ) at bar mitzvahs. After graduation, he had a variety of odd jobs, including glazing hams at the Holiday Ham Company in Overland Park, Kansas.
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Net Worth and Salary
As of 2025, Paul Rudd's net worth is estimated to be around $70 million. This figure is largely due to his successful film career, particularly his roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where he has earned approximately $41 million from his appearances in Marvel movies. Rudd's annual earnings can be substantial, with reports indicating he earned $40 million between June 2018 and June 2019.
Career, Business, and Investments
Paul Rudd's career spans multiple genres, from comedy to action films. He rose to fame with roles in "Anchorman" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin." His transition to action films was marked by his starring role in Marvel's "Ant-Man" series, including "Ant-Man," "Captain America: Civil War," "Ant-Man and the Wasp," and "Avengers: Endgame." Rudd is also set to reprise his role in the third installment of the "Ant-Man" series.
Outside of acting, Rudd owns a local candy store in New York called Samuel's Sweet Shop, which he purchased in 2014.
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. He told Vanity Fair that he became an advocate for stuttering awareness after portraying a character who stuttered in a play. 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.
Social Network
Paul Rudd is not very active on social media platforms, preferring to maintain a private life. However, his public appearances and interviews often generate significant social media buzz.
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. 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).
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." 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.
Education
Rudd attended the University of Kansas, where he studied theater. He later furthered his education at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
This combination of education and early career choices laid the foundation for his successful acting career.
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, 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.
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."
Rudd is a fan of Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals, the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, for whom he narrated the 2007 season of HBO's Hard Knocks, 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.
