Paul Rudd Age, Wife, Net Worth & Biography

Paul Rudd is 57 years old. The American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer, born in Passaic, New Jersey, on April 6, 1969, has been married to Julie Yaeger since 2003, and his net worth is approximately $80 million (Celebrity Net Worth, 2026). Rudd is best known for playing Josh in Clueless, Mike Hannigan in Friends and Scott Lang, also known as Ant-Man, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — a career that has lasted more than three decades and shows no sign of slowing down.

Paul Rudd Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul Stephen Rudd
Date of Birth	April 6, 1969
Age	57 years old
Birthplace	Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.
Wife	Julie Yaeger (m. 2003)
Children	2
Occupation	Actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer
Net Worth	Approx. $80 million (Celebrity Net Worth, 2026)
Known For	Clueless; Ant-Man; Friends

Who Is Paul Rudd?

Paul Rudd is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer whose career has moved from 1990s teen comedy to the Marvel Cinematic Universe without ever losing the easy charm that made him famous. He first became widely known as Josh in the 1995 comedy Clueless, then joined Friends in 2002 as Mike Hannigan, the love interest and eventual husband of Phoebe Buffay. He became a fixture of Judd Apatow’s comedy universe in films such as Anchorman, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, I Love You, Man and This Is 40, and in 2015 he became a Marvel superhero, playing Scott Lang, also known as Ant-Man, in five films — including Avengers: Endgame, one of the highest-grossing films of all time.

Rudd has earned a Golden Globe nomination for the Netflix series Living with Yourself (2019), in which he played two versions of the same man, and an Emmy nomination for his role in Only Murders in the Building (2023–2025). People named him the Sexiest Man Alive in 2021, and Forbes placed him on its Celebrity 100 list in 2019 — the year he earned an estimated $41 million, making him the ninth-highest-paid actor in the world. Like fellow comedy stars John Krasinski and Kumail Nanjiani, Rudd has built a career that balances blockbuster franchises with smaller, character-led projects.

Paul Rudd’s Early Life & Background

Paul Stephen Rudd was born on April 6, 1969, in Passaic, New Jersey, to English Jewish parents. His father, Michael Rudd (1943–2008), was a historical tour guide who had worked for Trans World Airlines, and his mother, Gloria Irene Granville, was a sales manager at the television station KSMO-TV in Kansas City. His father was from Edgware and his mother from Surbiton, both in London, and both were descended from Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants from Belarus, Poland and Russia. He had his bar mitzvah in Ontario, Canada, and as a child he loved the British comics The Beano and The Dandy, which his uncle sent over from the United Kingdom.

When Rudd was 10, the family moved to Lenexa, Kansas, and he also spent three years growing up in Anaheim, California. He attended Broadmoor Junior High and Shawnee Mission West High School, graduating in 1987, and placed fifth in Humorous Interpretation at the 1987 National Forensics League National Tournament. He then studied theatre at the University of Kansas, where he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity, before training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts alongside Matthew Lillard and spending three months studying Jacobean drama at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford. To support himself, he worked as a DJ at bar mitzvahs and took odd jobs — including glazing hams at the Holiday Ham Company in Overland Park, Kansas.

Paul Rudd’s Career

Rudd’s first acting job was a 1991 commercial for the Super Nintendo — a role he referenced again in a 2025 commercial for the Nintendo Switch 2. His first substantial television role came in 1992, when he joined the NBC drama Sisters as Kirby Quimby Philby, and he left the show for one season to appear in Clueless (1995) as Josh, the politically minded college student who falls for Cher Horowitz, played by Alicia Silverstone. The film became a surprise hit and one of the defining teen comedies of the decade. His other films of the 1990s included Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), in which he played Tommy Doyle, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet (1996), The Locusts, Overnight Delivery, The Object of My Affection and 200 Cigarettes, as well as The Cider House Rules (1999), for which the cast was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

In 2002 Rudd joined Friends as Mike Hannigan, Phoebe Buffay’s love interest and eventual husband, and he went on to become one of the most recognisable faces in American comedy. He played television newsman Brian Fantana in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), appeared in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007) and Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), played John Lennon in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), co-wrote and starred in Role Models (2008) and starred opposite Jason Segel in I Love You, Man (2009). He also co-created the cult comedy series Party Down (2009), starred in and produced Wanderlust (2012), played Pete in This Is 40 (2012) and won a Critics’ Choice Television Award for his guest role as Bobby Newport in Parks and Recreation. On stage, he appeared on Broadway in The Last Night of Ballyhoo (1997), Twelfth Night (1998), Three Days of Rain (2006) and Grace (2012).

Rudd’s career entered its most commercially successful period when Marvel cast him as Scott Lang in Ant-Man (2015), a film he also worked on as a writer. He returned as the character in Captain America: Civil War (2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), which he co-wrote, Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), and he is set to appear in Avengers: Doomsday (2026). In 2019 he starred in and executive-produced the Netflix series Living with Yourself, playing two versions of the same man, and in 2021 he starred opposite Will Ferrell in Apple TV+’s The Shrink Next Door. He joined the Ghostbusters franchise in 2021 as Gary Grooberson in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, reprising the role in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024), and played movie star Ben Glenroy in the third season of Only Murders in the Building (2023), earning an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. His recent films include the A24 comedy Friendship (2025) with Tim Robinson, the dark comedy Death of a Unicorn (2025) with Jenna Ortega and Anaconda (2025) with Jack Black, and in 2026 he stars opposite Nick Jonas in Power Ballad.

Facts About Paul Rudd

• His first acting job was a 1991 Super Nintendo commercial — a role he referenced again in a 2025 Nintendo Switch 2 commercial.
• He has a long-running gag on Conan O’Brien’s shows, showing the same clip from the film Mac and Me (1988) instead of a real clip from his latest project, from 2004 to 2021.
• He was named People‘s Sexiest Man Alive in 2021.
• He has narrated the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl recap episodes of America’s Game in 2020, 2023 and 2024.
• Since 2014 he has co-owned Samuel’s Sweet Shop, a candy store in Rhinebeck, New York, with Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hilarie Burton.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Paul Rudd?

Paul Rudd is 57 years old. He was born on April 6, 1969, in Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.

Who is Paul Rudd’s wife?

Paul Rudd’s wife is Julie Yaeger. They married in 2003, after meeting shortly after he moved to New York in the 1990s, when she worked in his publicist’s office. She is now a screenwriter and producer, and they live in Rhinebeck, New York, with their two children.

What is Paul Rudd’s net worth?

Paul Rudd’s net worth is approximately $80 million (Celebrity Net Worth, 2026).

What is Paul Rudd best known for?

Paul Rudd is best known for playing Josh in Clueless, Mike Hannigan in Friends and Scott Lang, also known as Ant-Man, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Is Paul Rudd in Ghostbusters?

Yes. Paul Rudd plays Gary Grooberson in Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024).

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