Paul Rudd

 Paul Stephen Rudd was born in Passaic, New Jersey. His parents, Michael Rudd and Gloria, are both Jewish. They were both born in London, U.K. He has one sister who is 3 years older than he is. Paul traveled with his family throughout his childhood, as a result of his father's work as an airline employee at TWA. His family eventually relocated to Overland Park, Kansas, where his mother was employed as a sales manager for television station KSMO-TV. Paul was a student at Broadmoor Junior High and Shawnee Mission West High School, which he completed in 1987. There, he served as the Student Body President. He then enrolled at University of Kansas in Lawrence to pursue a degree in theatre. He earned his degree from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts West in Los Angeles. After that the school, he attended a three month intensive workshop at the British Drama Academy in Oxford University. Rudd was part of the Globe Theater's production of Howard Brenton's "Bloody Poetry" that included Rudd as Percy Bysshe Shelley.