Paul Rudd Trivia | 35 facts about the actor

Paul Rudd is an American actor, who has appeared in many movies and TV shows including «Friends».

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1. His full name is Paul Stephen Rudd.
2. He was born on April 6th, 1969.
3. His zodiac sign is Aries.
4. He studied theater at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making his acting debut in 1991.
5. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in July 2015.
6. He was included on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2019.
7. In 2021, he was named People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive”.
8. Has been friends with Jennifer Aniston since they were age 21, before they both succeeded.
9. 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 wheelchair user 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 UpΜε την πρώτη (2007).
10. Judd Apatow showed up specifically to make sure Rudd would not do so.
11. Was a disc jockey at bar/bat mitzvahs before he became successful.
12. Improvised the “You know how I know you’re gay?” sequence in The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) with Seth Rogen.
13. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 3, 2015.
14. Has two children with Julie Rudd: Jack Rudd (born 2006) and daughter Darby Rudd (born 2010).
15. His parents were both born in Britain. His father was from Edgware and his mother was raised in Surbiton, both in London. Both of his parents’ families were Jewish (they moved from Poland, Belarus, and Russia to the UK).
16. Paul’s paternal grandfather, born Davis Rudnitsky, had anglicized his family’s surname from Rudnitzky to Rudd, while Paul’s maternal grandfather, born Louis Goldstein, anglicized his family’s surname to Granville. Paul was raised in Reform Judaism, and had a bar mitzvah.
17. Was billed under his full name, Paul Stephen Rudd. in his early roles, as there was already an actor in the Screen Actors Guild who took the name Paul Rudd.
18. 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).
19. He is a self-described mega-fan of the television series Lost (2004).
20. He volunteered to interview cast member Emilie de Ravin, whom he has never met, for Interview magazine because of his love for the series.
21. Married his fiancee, Julie Rudd in upstate New York. They split their time between Manhattan and New York’s Hudson Valley. As of 2020, they have been together for 25 years.
22. He spray painted his name on Shawnee Mission West High School’s stage wall. Another ex-Shawnee Mission West student was Jason Sudeikis.
23. Co-owns a coffee shop in a small Hudson Valley village with business partner Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
24. Describes himself as a megafan of the television series Lost (2004), starring Evangeline Lilly. The two appeared together in the film Ant-Man (2015).
25. Paul’s dad was an avid Titanic historian, which, unfortunately, did not help Paul land a key role in Titanic (1997) when he auditioned.
26. Ironically, during the Romeo and Juliet (1996) shoot, when co-star Leonardo DiCaprio mentioned that he’d been considering the offer of the lead in Titanic, Paul urged him to go for it.
27. Is an avid fan of the Kansas City Royals. Threw out the first pitch before a game with the cross-state rival St. Louis Cardinals on June 22, 2012.
28. Discovered on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012) that his parents were second cousins. His paternal great-grandmother, Etia/Ethel Gejer/Gayer, was the sister of his maternal great-grandfather, Isaac Gayer.
29. Was classmates with Matthew Lillard at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
30. Appeared in a Super Nintendo commercial in 1991.
31. Huge fan of the rock band Rush. This was not only incorporated into the movie “I Love You, Man”, but he and costar Jason Siegel (also a huge fan) did a short film as their characters from that film (Peter and Sidney, respectively) for a short outtake film used during Rush’s Time Machine Tour. Rudd also did the narrating for Rush:Time Stand Still, the band’s 2016 documentary of its last tour.
32. Friends with television writer Rob Thomas and Jon Hamm.
33. Was disappointed by the final result of Halloween 6 (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.
34. Attended the University of Kansas. Is a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity.
35. In Knocked Up (2007), his character makes a reference to seeing Spider-Man 3 (2007) at the movies. Nine years later, his character Ant-Man in The First Avenger: The War of the Heroes (2016) literally fights Spider-Man.