Posted April 30, 200817 yr Early lifeRudd was born in Passaic, New Jersey, the son of Jewish immigrants from England;[1][2][3] his family's original surname was "Rudnitzky".[4] His father, Michael Rudd, is a historical tour guide who was formerly the vice president of World Airways, while Rudd's mother managed a television station.[5] He was raised in Overland Park, Kansas. He attended high school at Shawnee Mission West, and college at the University of Kansas, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.[6] [edit] Career Rudd's breakout performance was in the 1995 film Clueless. Additional credits include Wet Hot American Summer, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, The Cider House Rules, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, Friends (in the recurring role of Mike Hannigan, who married Phoebe Buffay in 2004), The Object of My Affection with Jennifer Aniston and Tim Daly, and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. While he played the original Josh in Clueless, he returned to play the character of Sonny when the movie was adapted into a television show in 1996. Rudd's Broadway credits include The Last Night of Ballyhoo (1997), Twelfth Night (1998), and Three Days of Rain (2006). He recently guest-starred as a has-been 1990s rock star, Desmond Fellows, on the television series, Veronica Mars, in an episode titled "Debasement Tapes". He has also appeared in the audiobook recording of John Hodgman's book The Areas of My Expertise. In 2006, he appeared in several episodes of Reno 911! as the coach of a birthing class, and portrayed a drug lord in the film Reno 911!: Miami. In 2007, he appeared in the films Knocked Up (his third collaboration with Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen), and The Ten (which reunites him with frequent collaborators David Wain and Michael Showalter). The same year, Rudd provided his voice for the narration of the HBO/NFL Films series Hard Knocks: Training Camp With The Kansas City Chiefs. In 2008, Rudd starred in Over Her Dead Body, opposite Eva Longoria, I Could Never Be Your Woman, a direct-to-video release opposite Michelle Pfeiffer (reuniting him with Clueless director Amy Heckerling), and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. He will appear in Little Big Men. [edit] Personal life In 2003, he married his girlfriend of five years, Julie Yaeger. In 2006, their son, Jack was born. Wikipedia clickables, collected from Google
May 1, 200817 yr nice subject! one of my all time fave movies is 'the shape of things' with rachel weisz, brilliance!!!!! ive been loving him in all these crfazy comedies 40 yr old virgin anchorman etc.. the cutest smile
May 1, 200817 yr I loved him in the movie with Jennifer Aniston. He plays a gay guy, I do not know the english title, sorry. But he was sooooo cute. I like him a lot. Also he was damn funny in "Friends"
May 1, 200817 yr i think it was 'the object of my affection' never saw him on friends, wait, did he go out with phoebe? i remember that much, thas about it he was really cute in romeo and juliet as paris
May 1, 200817 yr Author I'll be adding more pictures soon, promise I adore this man so much. I swear... If I met him - well, he's lucky he's married, lol. The movie you're talking about is, indeed, The Object of My Affection. :] He was adorable. Yes, he dated Phoebe. And he was in Clueless as well, where he was very sweet. He has a new movie coming out where his fiance died while planning the wedding and then she comes back as a ghost to haunt his new girlfriend. He is also in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and he was in Knocked Up, and others ^^
May 2, 200817 yr :wub: First time I so him was in the movie Clueless in 1995, her he played whit Alicia Silverstone :whistle: oh his was the cutest thing E V E R…. Also loved him in The Object of My Affection from 1998, an as Mike Hannigan in "Friends", there he played Lisa Kudrow boyfriend her some pictures from The Object of My Affection her some pictures from "Friends"
April 17, 200916 yr He is awesome!Saw his appearances in the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Very funny. ^^
February 8, 201114 yr Thanks for pics cop!!! We needed pics in the thread.... He is just too gorgeous
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