“There is something about growing up in the Midwest that gives a different kind of sensibility. But if I'm feeling insecure, the smiles and politeness get upped a notch, and maybe that isn't totally reflective of how I'm feeling on the inside.”

American actor

Paul Stephen Rudd is an American actor whose career began in 1991. He studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has received a Critics' Choice Television Award and has been nominated for two Actor Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2019 he was included on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list, and in 2021 People magazine named him Sexiest Man Alive.