Paul Rudd Filmography

I Love You, Man

Actors: Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, Jaime Pressly

Synopsis: Paul Rudd stars as a soon-to-be-married man who goes on a search to find a buddy to fill his empty best man spot in I Love You, Man. Along Came Polly's John Hamburg directs from his own script for this DreamWorks production, with Rashida Jones, Jaime Pressly, and Jason Segal rounding out the cast. Read More

Role Models

Actors: Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Actors: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Bill Hader

Synopsis: In desperate need of a vacation after being unceremoniously dumped by his TV-star girlfriend, a man travels to a lavish Hawaiian resort to nurse his wounds and forget his heartache, only to discover that his ex and her handsome new boyfriend are currently staying at the exact same island hot spot. Read More

Over Her Dead Body

Actors: Eva Longoria Parker, Paul Rudd, Lake Bell, Jason Biggs, Lindsay Sloane

Synopsis: Eva Longoria Parker, Paul Rudd, and Lake Bell star in first-time feature filmmaker Jeff Lowell's heavenly romantic comedy concerning a female psychic and a doubtful skeptic who find their fledgling love affair thwarted by the latter's recently deceased fiancée. Henry (Rudd) and Kate (Longoria Parker Read More

Big Brothers

Actors: Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott

Synopsis: When two hard-partying bachelors (Paul Rudd and Sean William Scott) land in the courtroom after one of their notorious, beer-soaked romps spins wildly out of control, a stern judge orders the rowdy pair to enroll in the Big Brothers program as a stipulation of their community service. Luke Read More

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Actors: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Raymond J. Barry, Kristen Wiig, Tim Meadows

Synopsis: Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan team up to take the swagger out of the traditional music biopic with this look at the troubled life of fictional music legend Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly). Apatow and Kasdan both write and produce, while Freaks and Geeks and Orange County director Kasdan steps into the Read More

The Ten

Crew: Producer

Actors: Paul Rudd, Famke Janssen, Gretchen Mol, Winona Ryder, Jessica Alba, Adam Brody, Rob Corddry, Justin Theroux, Liev Schreiber, Oliver Platt, Ken Marino, Kerri Kenney-Silver

Synopsis: Much of the group responsible for MTV's The State - including director/actor David Wain and performers Ken Marino, Kerri Kinney-Silver and Joe Lo Truglio - reunite for this outrageous, irreverent and raunchy sketch comedy, which skewers the Ten Commandments. In the framing sequences, comedian Paul Read More

Knocked Up

Actors: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jay Baruchel

Synopsis: When a one-night stand that should have stayed that way has unexpected consequences, the reluctant odd couple attempts to transform their tentative relationship into a lasting love in this conception comedy. Twenty-four-year-old entertainment journalist Allison Scott (Katherine Heigl) is on the Read More

Diggers

Actors: Paul Rudd, Lauren Ambrose, Ron Eldard, Josh Hamilton, Sarah Paulson, Ken Marino, Maura Tierney

Synopsis: In the years before the Hamptons became the ultimate Long Island destination, two generations of clam diggers work the land and struggle to make sense of the changes that threaten to forever change their simple way of life. The year is 1976, and the future Long Island vacationing hotspot is little Read More

Reno 911!: Miami

Actors: Lennie Loftin, Danny DeVito, Robert Ben Garant, Niecy Nash, Mary Birdsong

Synopsis: The bumbling cops of Comedy Central's hit television series take a trip to Miami Beach for a national police convention. After the trip there turns out to be much more difficult than anticipated, the bumbling crew must leap into action when the convention center becomes the target of a biological Read More

I Could Never Be Your Woman

Actors: Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Saoirse Ronan, Stacey Dash, Fred Willard

Synopsis: Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Clueless director Amy Heckerling returns to her position behind the camera for the first time in six years with this romantic comedy contrasting the age disparity romance of an older divorcée with the spring butterflies that her daughter experiences upon falling in Read More

The Ex

Actors: Zach Braff, Amanda Peet, Jason Bateman, Charles Grodin

Synopsis: Acclaimed music-video director Jesse Peretz made his third feature with this comedy starring Zach Braff and Jason Bateman. Tom (Braff) is an aspiring chef whose wife Sofia (Amanda Peet) has just quit her high-paying job to stay home with their new baby. When it becomes abundantly clear that they Read More

Night at the Museum

Actors: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Jake Cherry, Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams

Synopsis: The new night watchman at New York's Museum of Natural History finds that the job comes with more responsibility than he ever dreamed in this wild fantasy comedy directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney, and Dick Van Dyke. Larry Daley (Stiller) is a Read More

The Oh in Ohio

Actors: Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Danny DeVito, Mischa Barton, Miranda Bailey

Synopsis: A woman gets a belated introduction to the joy of sex in this comedy. Priscilla (Parker Posey) is a thirtysomething public-relations agent with the unenviable job of trying to lure new businesses to Cleveland, OH. Priscilla is married to Jack (Paul Rudd), a high-school teacher who is reaching the Read More

Wanderlust

The Baxter

Actors: Michael Showalter, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Williams, Justin Theroux

Synopsis: A man with a "doormat" personality tries standing up for himself for a change in this comedy. Mild mannered tax accountant Elliot Sherman (Michael Showalter) is what he calls a "Baxter": the kind of calm, unexciting fellow who "wears sock garters" and "enjoys raking leaves." Loved by bosses and Read More

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

Actors: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Seth Rogen

Synopsis: One man nervously ventures forth into the final frontier in this comedy starring comic actor Steve Carell. Andy Stitzer (Carell) is a cheerfully geeky guy who is settling into middle age with his large collection of comic books, action figures, and collectable models. Andy works in an electronics Read More

Tennis, Anyone...?

Actors: Donal Logue, Kirk Fox, Jason Issacs, Kylie Bax, Kenneth Mitchell

P.S.

Actors: Laura Linney, Topher Grace, Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, Paul Rudd, Lois Smith

Synopsis: Directed by Dylan Kidd, P.S. follows Louise Harrington (Laura Linney), a divorcee who works in Columbia University's School of Fine Arts and at first glance seems utterly satisfied with her life. The thirties-odd woman has found success in the workplace, is respected among her peers, and is fairly Read More

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Actors: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner

Synopsis: Marking the directorial debut of Adam McKay, former head writer for Saturday Night Live and founder of the Upright Citizen's Brigade, Anchorman is set during the 1970s and stars Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy, San Diego's top-rated news anchorman. While Burgundy is outwardly willing to adjust to the Read More

Friends: The One With Princess Consuela

Actors: Paul Rudd, Dakota Fanning, Steven Eckholdt, James Michael Tyler, Steve Ireland

Synopsis: Upon discovering that she can now legally change her name to anything she likes, new bride Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) assumes the identity of "Princess Consuela Bananahammock," much to the bemusement of her husband, "Crap Bag" -- er, Mike (Paul Rudd). Elsewhere, a morose Joey (Matt LeBlanc) turns to an Read More

Friends: The One With Phoebe's Wedding

Actors: Paul Rudd, James Michael Tyler, Gregory Itzin, Christine Rose

Synopsis: In this landmark 45-minute episode, Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) anxiously prepares for her marriage to Mike (Paul Rudd). Things hit a snag early in the proceedings, thanks to control-freak Monica (Courteney Cox) and her labyrinthine plans for the ceremony; also, Joey (Matt LeBlanc) takes his "surrogate Read More

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

Actors: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner

Synopsis: After completing the final cut of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, producers were left with enough deleted material to create an entire alternate film--so they did just that. Wake Up, Ron Burgundy uses alternate takes, cleverly edited pre-existing scenes, and additional voice-over narration Read More

Friends: The Last One, Part 1

Actors: Paul Rudd, Anna Faris, John Rubinstein, James Michael Tyler, Carole Gutierrez

Synopsis: Originally running 65 minutes (and later re-edited as two separate programs for syndication), the final episode of Friends finds Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) on the verge of leaving New York for her new job in Paris. Just before the big departure, stalwart "coffee guy" Gunther (James Michael Tyler) Read More

The Shape of Things

Actors: Gretchen Mol, Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz, Frederick Weller

Synopsis: After a detour into lighter and more compassionate fare with Nurse Betty and Possession, Neil LaBute returns to the themes of his earlier films with this dark and corrosive look at male-female relationships. Adam (Paul Rudd) is a chubby, bespectacled nebbish of a college student who makes money in Read More

Friends: The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits

Actors: Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Aisha Tyler

Synopsis: Christina Applegate returns as Amy, terminal tactless sister of new mommy Rachel (Jennifer Aniston). Enlisted as babysitter for little Emma, Amy proves to be the worst possible choice for the job when she gets the infant's ears pierced. Meanwhile, Joey (Matt LeBlanc) pores over a thesaurus while Read More

Friends: The One After Joey and Rachel Kiss

Actors: Paul Rudd, Aisha Tyler, Anne Dudek

Synopsis: The tenth and final season of Friends opens with this 45-minute episode, which takes place right after the big kiss in Barbados. Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) and Joey (Matt LeBlanc) are definitely in love; the problem now is how to tell Ross (David Schwimmer). Of course, all the other friends know Read More

Friends: The One With the Home Study

Actors: Paul Rudd, Maria Pitillo, Matt Winston

Synopsis: Maria Pitillo guest stars as Laura, the social worker assigned to visit Monica (Courteney Cox) and Chandler (Matthew Perry) to discuss their prospects for becoming adoptive parents. Arriving at the apartment, Laura is seized by a feeling of déjà vu -- understandable, since she previously had a Read More

House Hunting

Actors: Paul Rudd, Zooey Deschanel, Terry Kinney, Felicity Huffman

Friends: The One in Barbados, Part 2

Actors: Paul Rudd, Aisha Tyler, John Bauma, Robert Alan Beuth, Joe Everett Michaels

Synopsis: In the concluding half of Friends' ninth-season finale (originally telecast as a single, 75-minute "special"), Joey (Matt LeBlanc) is shocked by Rachel's (Jennifer Aniston) declaration of love during a trip to Barbados. Under any other circumstances, Joey would be delighted, but in this instance Read More

Friends: The One in Barbados, Part 1

Actors: Hank Azaria, Paul Rudd, Aisha Tyler, Audrey Wasilewski

Synopsis: In the first half of Friends' ninth-season finale (originally telecast as a single, 75-minute "special"), the gang travels to Barbados for both business and pleasure, emphasis on the latter. David (Hank Azaria) hopes to pop the question to Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), but Monica (Courteney Cox) foils his Read More

2 Days

Actors: Paul Rudd, Donal Logue, MacKenzie Astin, Joshua Leonard

Synopsis: A struggling actor decides to quit the business in the most permanent way possible in this dark comedy drama starring Paul Rudd, Donal Logue, and Mackenzie Astin. Dismayed at his lack of success onscreen and depressed by his lackluster personal life, actor Paul Miller (Rudd) announces that in two Read More

Friends: The One With Phoebe's Rats

Actors: Paul Rudd, Dermot Mulroney, Melissa George, Carly Thomas, Cheryl Kennard

Synopsis: Back on the job, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) is still wary of Gavin (Dermot Mulroney), the young hotshot who covered for her while she was on maternity leave. To all outward appearances, Gavin is less interested in getting Rachel's job than in winning her heart -- as he demonstrates by presenting Read More

Friends: The One Where Monica Sings

Actors: Paul Rudd, Dermot Mulroney, Melissa George, Jennifer Aspen, Lori Alan

Synopsis: Monica (Courteney Cox) drops in at Mike's (Paul Rudd) piano bar, an evening which culminates in our heroine's public singing debut -- and a hot number it is indeed! Meanwhile, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) has responded to the attentions of her co-worker Gavin (Dermot Mulroney) with a kiss, whereupon Read More

Friends: The One With the Memorial Service

Actors: Paul Rudd, Ivana Milicevic, Jonathan Slavin, Ernie Grunwald

Synopsis: Invited to contribute to their college website, Chandler (Matthew Perry) and Ross (David Schwimmer) refuse to take the assignment seriously. In fact, the giddy pair end up penning a mock obituary for Ross. The fun and laughs come to an end when the alumni hold a memorial service for Ross, where Read More

Friends: The One With the Boob Job

Actors: Paul Rudd, Timothy Starks

Synopsis: Against all odds (specifically, the past eight seasons of Friends), Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) has apparently found a true and lasting love in the form of Mike (Paul Rudd). Their future happiness would seem to be secured when Phoebe and Mike decide to move in together...but there's still one big problem Read More

The Château

Actors: Paul Rudd, Sylvie Testud, Didier Flamand

Synopsis: Two siblings with practically nothing in common are brought together by a real estate deal that threatens to leave them even more at odds than they were before in this semi-improvised comedy. Graham (Paul Rudd) and Rex (Romany Malco) are about as different as two brothers can get -- Graham is Read More

Friends: The One With the Pediatrician

Actors: Paul Rudd, DeDee Pfeiffer, Elaine Hendrix, Gregory White, Angee Hughes

Synopsis: Paul Rudd makes his first series appearance as Mike, who has been set up as a blind date for Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) by helpful Joey (Matt LeBlanc). Phoebe is grateful for Joey's gesture -- until she gets wise to the somewhat abrupt way in which Joey and Mike became acquainted in the first place. Read More

Friends: The One With Rachel's Phone Number

Actors: Paul Rudd, Chris Payne Gilbert

Synopsis: Joey (Matt LeBlanc) jumps to the wrong conclusion when he fails to recognize Chandler (Matthew Perry) as the person who is sneaking in to visit Monica (Courteney Cox). Meanwhile, poor Ross (David Schwimmer) just can't hit it off with Phoebe's (Lisa Kudrow) new boyfriend, Mike (Paul Rudd). And Read More

Friends: The One With the Sharks

Actors: Paul Rudd, James Michael Tyler, Susan Ward, Nikita Ager

Synopsis: Now that she has been dating Mike (Paul Rudd) for a while, Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) feels comfortable enough to tell him a bit more about herself. Unfortunately, her confession that few (actually, none) of her previous romances have led to long-term commitments may put the kibosh on her present Read More

Friends: The One With Ross's Inappropriate Song

Actors: Paul Rudd, Gregory Itzin, Cristine Rose, Robin Krieger

Synopsis: Baby Emma gets a loose case of the giggles whenever she hears the raunchy rap song "Baby Got Back," courtesy of Ross (David Schwimmer) and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), but is good for the kid to hear something so baaaaaad? Meanwhile, Chandler (Matthew Perry) gets more than he bargains for when he Read More

Friends: The One With the Male Nanny

Actors: Hank Azaria, Paul Rudd, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Susan Slome

Synopsis: In Friends' extra-length 200th episode (40 minutes rather than the usual 30), Hank Azaria returns as science wonk David, freshly arrived from Minsk and armed with the hope that he can renew his romance with Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) -- who, of course, is currently involved with Mike (Paul Rudd). No one Read More

Wet Hot American Summer

Actors: Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Showalter, Marguerite Moreau, Paul Rudd

Synopsis: 1980s teen comedies finally get the parody they so richly deserve with Wet Hot American Summer, the first feature film from writer/director David Wain and co-screenwriter Michael Showalter, formerly of the sketch comedy troupe the State. It's the last day of the summer season at Camp Firewood, and Read More

On the Edge

Actors: Andie MacDowell, Paul Rudd, Anthony LaPaglia, John Goodman, David Hyde Pierce

Synopsis: First seen over the Showtime cable network on June 29, 2001, On the Edge is a compendium of three short science-fiction films, each with a decidedly feminist slant. The first segment, directed by Helen Mirren, is "Happy Birthday," in which a straight-A student (Sidney Tamilia Poitier) seeks Read More

The Great Gatsby

Actors: Toby Stephens, Mira Sorvino, Paul Rudd, Martin Donovan, Francie Swift

Synopsis: F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, often regarded as one of the greatest American novels of the 20th century, is brought to the screen in this made-for-TV feature, produced in collaboration with the A&E Cable Network in the United States, and Granada Entertainment in Great Britain. Nick Carraway Read More

Bash: Latter Day Plays

Actors: Paul Rudd, Calista Flockhart, Ron Eldard

Synopsis: Neil LaBute's Bash: Latter Day Plays is a film of his theatrical presentation of three one-act plays. As in much of LaBute's work, the darker side of human nature is explored. "Gaggle of Saints" features a couple (Paul Rudd of Clueless and Calista Flockhart of Ally McBeal), students at Boston Read More

Gen-Y Cops

Synopsis: Making its American debut as part of the cable TV anthology Jackie Chan Presents, Metal Mayhem was originally released theatrically in Asia and Europe as Tejing xinrenlei 2 -- a title which roughly translates to Gen-X Cops II, proof enough that the film was intended as a sequel to the futuristic Read More

The Cider House Rules

Actors: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd, Michael Caine

Synopsis: John Irving scripted this screen adaptation of his 1985 novel. Set during World War II, The Cider House Rules concerns Homer Wells (Tobey Maguire), an orphan who spent most of his childhood at the St. Cloud Orphanage in rural Maine, where he grew up under the strong but affectionate care of Dr. Read More

200 Cigarettes

Actors: Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Diaz, Angela Featherstone

Synopsis: On New Year's Eve, no one wants to be alone. On this night in 1981, several different groups of young desperate people begin a journey from around New York City to a big party hosted by Monica (Martha Plimpton) and new friend Hillary (Catherine Kellner). As the hours pass and no one shows, Monica Read More

The Object of My Affection

Actors: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Alan Alda, Nigel Hawthorne, John Pankow

Synopsis: Nicholas Hytner (The Crucible) directed this Wendy Wasserstein screenplay, adapted from Stephen McCauley's novel, about the romantic mismatch of a gay man and a young pregnant woman. When literary agent Sidney Miller (Alan Alda) and his wife Constance (Allison Janney) have a dinner party Read More

The Locusts

Actors: Kate Capshaw, Jeremy Davies, Vince Vaughn, Ashley Judd, Paul Rudd

Synopsis: A young drifter unexpectedly wanders into a maelstrom of bizarre sex and shameful secrets in this drama. With a mere seven dollars to his name, Clay Hewitt (Vince Vaughn) happens upon a ranch run by Delilah Potts (Kate Capshaw), a hard-as-nails widow who inherited a cattle empire from her late Read More

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau, Jr., Pete Postlethwaite

Synopsis: The classic Shakespearean romantic tragedy is updated by director Baz Luhrmann to a post-modern Verona Beach where swords are merely a brand of gun and bored youths are easily spurred toward violence. Longtime rivals in religion and business, the Montagues and the Capulets share a page from the Read More

The Size of Watermelons

Synopsis: Alex, an undergraduate art student at a California school, attempts to find meaning and purpose in his life in this satirical Canadian comedy-drama. He decides that the only way to accomplish this is to become a filmmaker. Unfortunately he has no inspiration as to a subject matter until he looks Read More

Overnight Delivery

Actors: Paul Rudd, Reese Witherspoon, James Belushi, Larry Drake, Christine Taylor

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, a college student's heart breaks when he thinks his beloved has been untrue and so writes her a harsh letter to end their affair. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't learn the truth until after he sends the damning missive to where she lives. Fortunately, she lives on the Read More

Clueless

Actors: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd, Dan Hedaya

Synopsis: Jane Austen might never have imagined that her 1816 novel Emma could be turned into a fresh and satirical look at ultra-rich teenagers in a Beverly Hills high school. Cher (Alicia Silverstone) and Dionne (Stacey Dash), both named after "great singers of the past that now do infomercials," are Read More

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